The method for the removal of mycotoxins in food products comprises the steps of providing at least a quantity of at least one food product and at least a quantity of calcium oxide, such a food product having a predetermined humidity value suitable for treatment by direct contact with calcium oxide supplied in powder and/or microgranules; mixing at least such a quantity of at least one food product with the quoted at least a quantity of calcium oxide in respective predetermined percentages, so as to determine the contact between the surface of the food products with calcium oxide for the removal of mycotoxins; cleaning the surface of the food products from calcium oxide, to make the treated products suitable for eating again.
