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US 12,096,780 B2Granted
Process for the production of a liquid coffee concentrate
AssigneeKoninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
InventorsGertjan Heijman, Harke Jan Bosma
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of a liquid coffee concentrate that has an improved storage stability at ambient temperature. The process comprises treating a coffee concentrate to a heat treatment and a pH increasing step.
Claims10
A liquid coffee concentrate comprising:
- at least 1.25 mg/kg coffee solids of 2-phenyl-3-(2-furyl)-2-propenal, 8.5 μg/kg coffee solids or less of beta-damascenone,
- wherein the liquid coffee concentrate has a Quinic acid/Quinic acid lactone mol/mol ratio between 10 and 100, and
- a pH of 4.8 to 6, and
- wherein the coffee solids are water extracted coffee substances.
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