Bergamot ยฏavedo (Citrus bergamia Risso) was extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO 2 ) at three dierent conditions: 80 bar of pressure at 408C of temperature, 90 bar at 508C, 100 bar at 608C. The density value was similar for every experiment and was limited between 282 and 288 g/dm 3 . The extractions were performed on fresh and dried minced peels. The extraction curves showed two phases of the process. The ยฎrst part had a constant oil concentration in the SC-CO 2 procedure, with the slope of the line inยฏuenced by the temperature. The second extraction part showed that the concentration of the oil in the solvent is limited by diusion and the oil yield has a small increase during the extraction. The asymptotic value was reached at ms:m0 ratio of 12ยฑ14 (ms:kg of CO 2 utilized; m0:kg of matrix charged). In addition, the composition of the extracts changed during the process. Therefore, in the ยฎrst period a high concentration of hydrocarbon monoterpene was observed; after an appropriate extraction time, the composition of the volatile fraction was similar to that typical bergamot essential oil. Bergaptene content in the samples was also quantiยฎed and increase of its percentage during the extraction was observed. The bergaptene solubility was inยฏuenced by the water content of the matrix, so a higher percentage of this compound was found in extracts obtained from fresh bergamot peels.