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Method of reducing acrylamide in coffee extract and a soluble coffee product

The present invention provides a method of reducing acrylamide in an aqueous coffee extract, the method comprising: contacting an acrylamide-containing aqueous coffee extract with spent coffee grounds at a temperature of 70 to 120 C. for at least 30 minutes to form an acrylamide-depleted coffee extract.

Patent

Brief

Patent brief

Problem

How can heat, airflow, and thermal load be managed more effectively in compact systems?

Novelty

for at least 30 minutes to form an acrylamide-depleted coffee extract.

Uses

Enclosure cooling, Rack airflow, Compact devices

Assignee

Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Ian Brown, Robert Stanley Farr, Thomas Imison

Domain

Thermal systems

Plain-English summary

Problem

How can heat, airflow, and thermal load be managed more effectively in compact systems?

Solution

provides a method of reducing acrylamide in an aqueous coffee extract, the method comprising: contacting an acrylamide-containing aqueous coffee extract with spent coffee grounds at a temperature of 70 to 120 C.

Key novelty

for at least 30 minutes to form an acrylamide-depleted coffee extract.

Applications

Enclosure coolingRack airflowCompact devices

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