The invention is directed to a process for the extraction of one or more oil-soluble components from plant material, to an oil comprising one or more oil-soluble components from plant material, preferably obtainable by the process of the invention, a physiologically acceptable product comprising the oil, and to the use of plant material. The process of the invention comprises:



a) providing oil and plant material;
b) heating the oil to a temperature of 10-80° C., preferably 50-80° C.;
c) contacting the oil with the plant material while the oil and plant material are in motion relative to each other, thereby extracting one or more oil-soluble components from said plant material;
d) replacing plant material with new plant material during the extraction process; and
e) collecting said oil when the concentration of the one or more oil-soluble components has reached a desired level.