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US 2025/0194627 A1Published application
Dry coffee bean substitute
AssigneeNorthern Wonder Holding B.V.
InventorOnno FRANSE
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Abstract
The present invention is in the field of coffee substitutes, a method of preparations thereof, and use of such a coffee substitute, in particular a coffee substitute in the form of a bean. Coffee substitutes are non-coffee products, that is of origin other than from a coffee bean or the like, which may be provided with or without caffeine, that are intended to imitate coffee. The coffee substitute can for instance be used as a filter substitute, a pour over/drip substitute, a French press substitute, a percolate substitute, and an espresso substitute.
Claims16
Dry coffee bean substitute, comprising
- >90 wt. % of at least one roasted extrudate, the extrudate comprising >90 wt. % plant material, 0-10 wt. % of material from or produced by microorganisms, and 0-10 wt. % of at least one chemical compound, wherein the extrudate is of a homogenized blend of at least two non-tropical ingredients, wherein the non-tropical ingredients are selected from the plant family of Fabaceae, and from the sub-family Caesalpinioideae, from the plant family of Poaceae, from the plant family of Moraceae, from the plant family of Vitaceae, from the plant family of Asteraceae, and combinations thereof, wherein the at least two plant ingredients are selected from at least two different plant families, and
- 0-8 wt. % natural non-tropical flavours,
- wherein all weight percentages are based on a total weight of the coffee bean substitute.
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