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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:
The Folger Coffee Company, Orrville, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jessalin Anise Howell, Mason, OH (US);
Yang Lu, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY, Orrville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 5/20 (2006.01); A23F 5/46 (2006.01); A23L 29/00 (2016.01); A23F 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 5/202 (2013.01); A23F 5/145 (2013.01); A23F 5/465 (2013.01); A23L 29/035 (2016.08);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of reducing negative flavor attributes, such as bitterness, in coffee products. A coffee product with reduced perceptible bitterness may be prepared by providing a coffee product and adding vanillic acid to the coffee product.