Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink Coffee
In January 2022, dried coffee cherries from <i>Coffea arabica</i> L. and <i>Coffea canephora</i> Pierre ex A. Froehner, commonly called cascara, were finally authorized as a Traditional Food from a Third Country and were added to the Union List of Authorized Novel Foods. Coff...
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| description | In January 2022, dried coffee cherries from <i>Coffea arabica</i> L. and <i>Coffea canephora</i> Pierre ex A. Froehner, commonly called cascara, were finally authorized as a Traditional Food from a Third Country and were added to the Union List of Authorized Novel Foods. Coffee fruit cascara is rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds with health-promoting properties. It is proposed that coffee fruit cascara is used for the preparation of infusions, hot beverages, and non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink beverages. Moving forward, the beverage industry will be able to upcycle this material that has been wasted and undervalued in the past. In addition to its use as a beverage, coffee fruit cascara has the potential to be consumed by humans in many ways before it is used for animal feed, compost, energy production, or incineration, which are less preferable revalorization options according to the Food Waste Hierarchy Pyramid proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is said that if you want to change the world, you should start with coffee. Therefore, the current research focuses on the valorization of coffee fruit cascara to contribute to the sustainability of the coffee industry and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35d7181f056146cfafc189ad6c3477d52023-11-19T12:37:15ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002023-08-018911410.3390/ICC2023-14830Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink CoffeeAmaia Iriondo-DeHond0Maria Dolores del Castillo1Sección Departamental de Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Departamento de Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, SpainInstituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CSIC-UAM), 28049 Madrid, SpainIn January 2022, dried coffee cherries from <i>Coffea arabica</i> L. and <i>Coffea canephora</i> Pierre ex A. Froehner, commonly called cascara, were finally authorized as a Traditional Food from a Third Country and were added to the Union List of Authorized Novel Foods. Coffee fruit cascara is rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds with health-promoting properties. It is proposed that coffee fruit cascara is used for the preparation of infusions, hot beverages, and non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink beverages. Moving forward, the beverage industry will be able to upcycle this material that has been wasted and undervalued in the past. In addition to its use as a beverage, coffee fruit cascara has the potential to be consumed by humans in many ways before it is used for animal feed, compost, energy production, or incineration, which are less preferable revalorization options according to the Food Waste Hierarchy Pyramid proposed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is said that if you want to change the world, you should start with coffee. Therefore, the current research focuses on the valorization of coffee fruit cascara to contribute to the sustainability of the coffee industry and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/89/1/14beveragesbioactive compoundscoffee cascaranutrientssustainabilityupcycling |
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| title | Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink Coffee |
| title_full | Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink Coffee |
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| title_short | Coffee Fruit Cascara: A New, Sustainable Way to Drink Coffee |
| title_sort | coffee fruit cascara a new sustainable way to drink coffee |
| topic | beverages bioactive compounds coffee cascara nutrients sustainability upcycling |
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