A coffee bean is a seed from the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pip inside the red or purple fruit. This fruit is often referred to as a coffee cherry, and like the cherry, it is a fruit with a pip. Even though the coffee beans are not technically beans, they are referred to as such because of their resemblance to true beans. The fruits most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together. A small percentage of cherries contain a single seed, instead of the usual two, called a “peaberry“. The peaberry occurs only between 10% and 15% of the time, and it is a fairly common (yet scientifically unproven) belief that they have more flavour than normal coffee beans. Like Brazil nuts (a seed) and white rice, coffee beans consist mostly of endosperm.
| CAS number | 84650-00-0 |
| Botanical Name | Coffea arabica |
| Plant Part | Beans |
| Origin of raw material | Brazil/ Ethiopia |
| Origin of product | Egypt |
| Extraction method | Supercritical Fluid (SCF). SCF method is an extraction technique using fluids in conditions that are elevated above their critical point of temperature. The extraction conditions mainly pressure and temperature, are in charge of solubility and selectivity of different compounds in the supercritical fluid Advantages of SCF extraction process include products of 100% natural, fresh close to raw material, high concentration, high solubility, no solvent residues, no inorganic salts, no heavy metals, no reproducible microorganisms, and lipophilic. |
| Application | In food For the flavoring of food, e.g. bakery and confectionery products, beverages or ice-cream. In cosmetics Coffee bean oil has sun-protective properties and can therefore be used in sunscreen products. It is also suitable for use in skin care products, as the oil increases skin moisture. Because of its aromatic smell, the oil is also suitable as a fragrance in perfumes and other cosmetic products. |
| Shelf Life | 5 years |
