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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary V Jones, Tarrytown, NY (US);
James F Meinhold, Boonton, NJ (US);
Joseph A Musto, Bronx, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426424 ; 544274 ;
Abstract
An improved roast and ground coffee extract decaffeination method which involves partitioning non-caffeine solids from caffeine and returning the non-caffeine solids to a decaffeinated coffee product for improved flavor and economics. Liquid-liquid extraction is used to partition the non-caffeine solids into an aqueous phase from a caffeine-solvent phase. Caffeine is recovered from the caffeine-solvent phase as a valuable byproduct.