Patent ID: 8597710
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A23F

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a food product, comprising: adding a low-mycotoxin extract of whole coffee cherries or portions thereof to a food product for human consumption; wherein the low-mycotoxin extract is prepared from comminuting dried whole coffee cherries or portions thereof and solvent extraction from a suspension of the dried comminuted coffee cherries or portions thereof and an aqueous solvent; wherein the food product is a solid food product or a juice or a carbonated beverage, and wherein the low-mycotoxin extract has mycotoxin level without further mycotoxin detoxification of less than 20 ppb for total aflatoxins, of less than 5 ppb for total ochratoxins, and of less than 5 ppm for total fumonisins; and wherein the portion of the coffee cherry is pulp of the coffee cherry, and wherein the whole coffee cherries or portions thereof are optionally quick-dried within 48 hours after harvest to a residual water content of equal or less than 20 wt %.