Low-mycotoxin coffee cherry products
AssigneeVDF Futureceuticals, Inc.
InventorsDusan Miljkovic, Brad Duell, Vukosava Miljkovic
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Abstract
A coffee cherry is harvested, preferably in a sub-ripe state, and quick-dried to provide a basis for numerous nutritional products. Such coffee cherries and portions thereof may be particularly characterized by their extremely low concentration of mycotoxins, including various aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxins, and/or vomitoxin (DON, deoxynivalenol).
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A method of producing a low-mycotoxin extract having mycotoxin levels that are below 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, below 5 ppm for total fumonisins, below 5 ppm for total vomitoxins, and below 5 ppb for total ochratoxins, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a plurality of whole coffee cherries or portions thereof, wherein the portion of the coffee cherry is pulp of a coffee cherry;
- within hours of harvest commencing to process the plurality of whole coffee cherries or portions thereof, wherein the step of processing comprises a step of freezing the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof, and a further step of combining the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof with an aqueous solvent;
- wherein the step of processing is performed without a step of mycotoxin detoxification;
- extracting polyphenols from the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof into the aqueous solvent to thereby form the extract that exhibits mycotoxin levels that are below 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, below 5 ppm for total fumonisins, below 5 ppm for total vomitoxins, and below 5 ppb for total ochratoxins.
A method of producing a low-mycotoxin extract having mycotoxin levels that are below 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, below 5 ppm for total fumonisins, below 5 ppm for total vomitoxins, and below 5 ppb for total ochratoxins, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining within 50 miles of harvest of coffee fruit a plurality of whole coffee cherries or portions thereof, wherein the portion of the coffee cherry is pulp of a coffee cherry;
- within hours of harvest commencing to process the plurality of whole coffee cherries or portions thereof, wherein the step of processing comprises a step of combining the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof with an aqueous solvent;
- wherein the step of processing is performed without a step of mycotoxin detoxification;
- extracting polyphenols from the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof into the aqueous solvent to thereby form the extract that exhibits mycotoxin levels that are below 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, below 5 ppm for total fumonisins, below 5 ppm for total vomitoxins, and below 5 ppb for total ochratoxins.
An aqueous low-mycotoxin coffee cherry pulp extract from coffee cherry pulp having mycotoxin levels without further mycotoxin detoxification that are below 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, below 5 ppm for total fumonisins, below 5 ppm for total vomitoxins, and below 5 ppb for total ochratoxins.
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