Antioxidant composition and process for the preparation thereof
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsRaymond Bertholet, Ladislas Colarow, Andrej Kusy, Vincent Rivier
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Abstract
An antioxidant composition and a process of recovering the same from a gelatinous retentate of spent ground coffee oil, comprising from 20 to 60% wt of complex lipids and from 10 to 75% wt of carboxylic acids 5-hydroxytryptamides, in which the 5-HT are for example those of behenic, arachidic and/or lignoceric acids, and the complex lipids are phospholipids and glycolipids. This composition may be advantageously used in food products.
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A process for producing an antioxidant composition, comprising the steps of recovering a gelatinous retentate from spent ground coffee oil, and de-oiling and drying said gelatinous retentate to produce said composition in solid form and comprising from 20 to 60% by weight complex lipids and from 10 to 75% by weight 5-hydroxytryptamide carboxylic acids.
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