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US 6,048,559 AGranted
Process to remove micotoxins from a load of green coffee
AssigneeDemus S.p.A.
InventorMassimiliano Fabian
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Abstract
The green coffee is kept mixed in a container (1) wherein steam is introduced until the coffee beans become porous and permeable; hence a solvent suited to removing waxes from the surface of the coffee and the micotoxins is introduced and extracted again as soon as it has removed the desired amount of micotoxins from the coffee.
Claims5
A process for removing micotoxins from green coffee, comprising the following stages:
- a) introducing a load of green coffee into a container wherein said load of green coffee is continuously mixed at temperature conditions ranging up to about 200.degree. C.;
- b) introducing steam into the container until single beans of coffee have become porous and permeable to steam;
- c) introducing into the container a solvent adapted to remove waxes and micotoxins from the coffee, and extracting said solvent from the container as soon as it has removed all of the waxes and a first desired amount of micotoxins from the coffee;
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- d) recovering the solvent, and separating the micotoxins contained therein.
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