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US 11,547,123 B2Granted
Methods for reducing negative flavor attributes in coffee and compositions therefrom
AssigneeThe Folger Coffee Company
InventorsJessalin Anise Howell, Yang Lu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of reducing negative flavor attributes, such as bitterness, in coffee products. A coffee product with reduced perceptible bitterness may be prepared by providing a coffee product and adding vanillic acid to the coffee product.
Claims19
A liquid coffee composition comprising:
- water;
- coffee solids;
- and
- vanillic acid, wherein the vanillic acid concentration in the liquid coffee composition is in the range of about 0.5 ppm to about 12,000 ppm, and wherein the coffee composition does not have a perceptible non-coffee flavor.
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A method of reducing the perceptible bitterness in a coffee product comprising:
- providing a coffee product;
- and
- adding vanillic acid to the coffee product, wherein the coffee composition does not have a perceptible non-coffee flavor.
A method of reducing the perceptible bitterness in a coffee product comprising:
- providing a green coffee bean;
- adding at least one vanillic acid precursor to the green coffee bean;
- and
- roasting the green coffee bean and the at least one vanillic acid precursor, wherein the vanillic acid precursor is added as part of a coffee extract added to the coffee product.
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A solid coffee composition comprising:
- a solid coffee product;
- and
- vanillic acid, wherein the amount of vanillic acid in the solid coffee composition is in the range of about 0.5 ppm to about 20,000 ppm, wherein the coffee composition does not have a perceptible non-coffee flavor.
A liquid coffee composition comprising:
- water;
- coffee solids;
- and
- vanillic acid, wherein the vanillic acid concentration in the liquid coffee composition is in the range of about 0.5 ppm to about 12,000 ppm, and wherein the coffee composition does not have a perceptible taste of vanilla.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.