# US 12,765,571 B2 · Coffee replicas produced from individual components

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- Number: US 12,765,571 B2
- Document ID: US12765571B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/434,824
- Filed: 2020-02-28
- Published: 2022-08-04
- Granted: 2026-10-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-01
- Assignees: Voyage Foods, Inc.
- Applicants: Voyage Foods, Inc.
- Inventors: Lucas Baker; Adam Jacob Maxwell; Jillian Angela Jastrzembski; Taylor Shulman; Alec Kremonic Lee; Mardonn Carl Chua; Daniel Assad Saad; Ethan Charles Beswick
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12765571B2

## CPC

- A23F 5/44: Coffee substitutes
- A23L 2/38: Other non-alcoholic beverages (drinks from legumes A23L11/60)
- A23L 27/20: Synthetic spices, flavouring agents or condiments
- A23L 27/28: Coffee or cocoa flavours
- A23F: COFFEE; TEA; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)

## Abstract

Materials and methods for producing coffee replicas from individual components are provided herein.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of preparing a coffee replica, the method comprising:
forming an aqueous solution comprising:
water,
one or more VOCs that are water-soluble, and
one or more non-volatile compounds that are water-soluble;
forming an emulsion comprising:
an oil,
one or more VOCs that are fat-soluble, and
one or more non-volatile compounds that are fat-soluble;
mixing the aqueous solution and the emulsion to form a flavor mixture; and
applying the flavor mixture to a solid substrate to form a coated solid substrate, wherein the solid substrate comprises one or more of legumes or legume seeds and grape seeds; and
wherein the coffee replica is a coffee bean replica or a coffee grounds replica.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises processing the flavor mixture to commercial sterility.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the coated solid substrate is the coffee grounds replica.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more VOCs do not comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1-heptanol, 1-octanol, 1-octen-3-ol, 2,3-diethylpyrazine, 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2-acetyl-1-methylpyrrole, 2-acetylpyridine, 2-acetylpyrrole, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 2-ethylfuran, 2-furfuryl acetate, 2-heptanol, 2-heptanone, 2-methylbutyl isovalerate, 2-methylbutyraldehyde, 2-methylbutyric acid, 2-nonanol, 2-nonanone, 2-octanone, 2-pentylfuran, 2-phenyl-2-butenal, 2-phenylethanol, 2-undecanone, 3-ethylpyridine, 3-hexanone, 3-octanol, 4-carvomenthenol, 4-ethyl guaiacol, 4-ethyl phenol, 4-methyl-2-phenyl-2-pentenal, 4′-methylacetophenone, 4-vinylphenol, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-2-hexenal, benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, butyl alcohol, damascenone, decanal, diethyl disulfide, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethyl acetate, ethyl butanoate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl lactate, ethyl octanoate, ethyl phenylacetate, ethyl tiglate, furfuryl propionate, geraniol, hexanal, hexanol, hexyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, isobutyric acid, limonene, linalool, methyl benzoate, methyl hexanoate, methyl nicotinate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl salicylate, myrcene, nonanal, octanal, p-cresol, phenethyl acetate, phenylacetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, propionic acid, and valeric acid.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more VOCs comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 2-pentanol, beta-ionone, ethyl benzoate, geranyl acetate, isoamyl alcohol, maltol, massoia lactone, and methyl anthranilate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more VOCs comprise at least 5 compounds selected from the group consisting of 2,3-butanedione, 2,3-diethyl-5-methylpyrazine, 2,3-hexanedione, 2,3-pentadione, 2,5-dimethylphenol, 2,6-dimethylpyrazine, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-ethoxy-3-methylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3 (2H)-furanone, 2-ethylpyrazine, 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (IBMP), 2-isobutyl-3-methyl pyrazine, 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol, 2-methylpyrazine, 2-pentanol, 3-methylbutyric acid, 4-ethylguaiacol, 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-furanone, 5-methylfurfural, acetoin acetate, amyl alcohol, beta-damascenone, beta-ionone, butyric acid, coffee furanone, delta-decalactone, delta-octalactone, diethyl succinate, difurfuryl ether, dimethyl trisulfide, ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, ethyl benzoate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl decanoate, ethyl isovalerate, ethyl laurate, ethyl maltol, eugenol, furaneol, furfural, furfuryl alcohol, gamma decalactone, gamma-nonalactone, geranyl acetate, guaiacol, isoamyl alcohol, isobutyraldehyde, isoeugenol, isopropenyl pyrazine, isovaleraldehyde, isovaleric acid, maltol, massoia lactone, methanethiol, methyl anthranilate, p-anisaldehyde, pyrrole, sotolone, syringol, valeraldehyde, vanillin erythro and/or threo-butan-2,3-diol acetal, and vanillyl ethyl ether.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-volatile compounds do not comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 2 (5H)-furanone, 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid, 2-furoic acid, 2-isopropylmalic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 4-methoxycinnamic acid, 5-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-3 (2H)-furanone, adenine, arabitol, betaine, caffeic acid, cytidine, D-gluconic acid, D-glucuronic acid, fructose, galactose, glucose, glutamic acid, hydroxymethylfurfural, malic acid, mannitol, methyl-2-pyrrolyl ketone, inositol, pyruvic acid, quinic acid, sorbitol, syringic acid, tartaric acid, tryptamine, and uracil.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-volatile compounds comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acetovanillone, adipic acid, AMP, arginine, carnosine, cinnamic acid, citrulline, CMP, coumaric acid, cysteine, cystine, epicatechin, epicatechin gallate, GABA, glucosamine, glutamine, guanine, hesperetin, histidine, isoleucine, kynurenic acid, leucine, lysine, mannose, methionine, methyl gallate, ornithine, pantothenic acid, pipecolinic acid, piperine, polydatin, pyridoxine, quercetin, resveratrol, rutin, sinapinic acid, sorbic acid, syringaldehyde, threonine, trans-4-hydroxyproline, tryptophan, tyramine, and tyrosine.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-volatile compounds comprise at least 10 compounds selected from the group consisting of 2 (5H)-furanone, 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine, 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, 2,3-dimethylpyrazine, 2-ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid, 2-furoic acid, 2-isopropylmalic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 4-guanidinobutyric acid, 4-methoxycinnamic acid, 5-ethyl-4-hydroxy-2-methyl-3 (2H)-furanone, acetovanillone, adenine, adipic acid, AMP, arabitol, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, beta-alanine, betaine, caffeic acid, caffeine, carnitine, carnosine, catechin, choline, cinnamic acid, citric acid, citrulline, CMP, coumaric acid, cysteine, cystine, cytidine, cytosine, D-gluconic acid, D-glucuronic acid, DL-hydroxystearic acid, ellagic acid, epicatechin, epicatechin gallate, fructose, fumaric acid, GABA, galactose, gallic acid, glucosamine, glucose, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, guanine, hesperetin, histidine, homoserine, hydroxymethylfurfural, isoleucine, kynurenic acid, lactic acid, leucine, lysine, malic acid, mannitol, mannose, methionine, methyl gallate, methyl-2-pyrrolyl ketone, inositol, ornithine, pantothenic acid, phenylalanine, pipecolinic acid, piperine, polydatin, proline, propyl gallate, pyridine, pyridoxine, pyruvic acid, quercetin, quinic acid, resveratrol, rhamnose, ribose, rutin, salicylic acid, serine, sinapinic acid, sorbic acid, sorbitol, sotolon, succinic acid, syringaldehyde, syringic acid, tartaric acid, threonine, trans-4-hydroxyproline, trans-ferulic acid, tryptamine, tryptophan, tyramine, tyrosine, uracil, valine, vanillic acid, vanillin, and xylose.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more non-volatile compounds comprise at least 3 compounds selected from the group consisting of 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, 2,3-dimethylpyrazine, aspartic acid, caffeine, choline, citric acid, lactic acid, sotolon, succinic acid, trans-ferulic acid, vanillic acid, and vanillin.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the solid substrate comprises grape seeds.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the solid substrate has an average particle size of about 250 μm to about 1500 μm.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein forming an aqueous solution comprises using low shear blending.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein forming an emulsion comprises homogenizing.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein forming an emulsion comprises the addition of an emulsifier, a starch, a gum, a polysaccharide, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises adding a tableting aid to the coated solid substrate.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The method of claim 16, wherein the tableting aid comprises a starch, a sugar, a gum, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises forming the coated solid substrate into a coffee bean-like shape to form the coffee bean replica.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein forming the coated solid substrate into a coffee bean-like shape comprises using a rotary pill press.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the solid substrate comprises legumes or legume seeds.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, wherein the legumes or legume seeds comprise chickpeas.

### Claim 22 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the solid substate consists of chickpeas.