Pectin extraction from coffee pulp
AssigneePectcof B.V.
InventorAndres Felipe Belalcazar Otalora
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Abstract
The invention provides a coffee pulp treatment process comprising (a) Providing coffee pulp, obtainable from a production process for producing green coffee beans from coffee cherries; (b) extracting from the coffee pulp a pectin comprising extract, wherein extraction is performed under acid conditions or alkaline conditions, to provide the pectin comprising extract; (c) enzymatic treatment of the pectin comprising extract, wherein the enzymatic treatment comprises a treatment with one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of an esterase and a reductase, to provide a enzymatically treated pectin material; and (d) extraction of polyphenol functionalized coffee pectin extract from the enzymatically treated pectin material.
Claims16
A coffee-pulp treatment process comprising:
- a. providing coffee pulp;
- b. under acidic conditions, extracting, from the coffee pulp, a pectin-comprising extract;
- c. carrying out an enzymatic treatment of the pectin-comprising extract, wherein carrying out the enzymatic treatment comprises a treatment with one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of an esterase and a reductase, and at least a treatment with an oxidoreductase, said enzymatic treatment resulting in an enzymatically-treated pectin material;
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- d. extracting polyphenol functionalized coffee pectin extract from the enzymatically-treated pectin material.
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