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Soluble coffee with aroma recovered from the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds

US5008125A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1989
Grant dateApr 16, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23F5/486
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process to recover beneficial coffee volatiles such as diacetyl and acetaldehyde from an aroma stream generated by the thermal hydrolysis of spent grounds. The aroma stream is passed over a bed of a non-polar microporous adsorbent and effluent is collected until breakthrough of furfural is detected. The invention also relates to the composition of the recovered/purified coffee aroma and to soluble coffee products containing the coffee aroma.

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