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JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
Volume 149, Issue -, Pages 123-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2014.07.016
Keywords
Spent coffee; Solvent extraction; Membrane processing; Phenolic compounds; Bioactivity
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- QREN
- NovaDelta, Comercio e Industria de Cafes, S.A.
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal of Carla Brazinha [SFRH/BPD/79533/2011]
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This work optimised the sustainable process of producing a natural extract from spent coffee using membrane technology, with no organic solvents or adsorbents involved. The extract produced is enriched in caffeine with specific health benefits. Moreover, the extract has a natural label considering the use of biocompatible solvents and mild operating conditions, which is important for the target markets (cosmetics and energy food segments). Firstly, the optimisation of solvent extraction was performed, namely through adjusting its operating conditions, particularly extraction medium, weight ratio of extracting medium to spent coffee, extraction time and temperature of extraction. Then, the application of membranes was studied, evaluating whether the overall bioactivity of fractionated extracts through membrane processing (after removing undesirable larger molecules), was higher than the overall bioactivity of corresponding non fractionated extracts. An economic evaluation showed that the proposed process is viable, based on experimental data obtained at the pilot scale. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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