Patent ID: 11968996
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A process for the preparation of an instant coffee product comprising aromatized soluble coffee particles, the process comprising (a) providing soluble coffee particles; (b) providing an odor-acceptable edible oil; (c) applying the oil on the soluble coffee particles, and wherein the oil is applied on the soluble coffee particles prior to conducting aroma transfer, and wherein the oil is subjected to aroma transfer from roast coffee beans, so as to obtain the aromatized soluble coffee particles, wherein the aromatized soluble coffee particles comprise aromatized oil, the aroma transfer being conducted for an incubation time of at least one day, wherein the temperature of the soluble coffee particles during incubation is 0° C. to 50° C., wherein the amount of the aromatized oil in the instant coffee is 0.8 wt. % to 4.5 wt. %, and wherein the aroma transfer is in an aroma-transfer environment wherein both the oil and roast coffee beans are present, and wherein the aroma-transfer environment is set up in such a way that the coffee beans and the oil cannot come into physical contact with each other.