US 11,918,008 B2
Cocoa powder substitutes derived from spent coffee grounds and methods for the production thereof
Aaron Matthew Feigelman, Benicia, CA (US)
Assigned to The Kawa Project Inc., Benicia, CA (US)
Filed by The Kawa Project Inc., Benicia, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,545.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,302, filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276820 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A23F 5/48 (2006.01); A23F 5/38 (2006.01); A23G 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC A23F 5/48 (2013.01) [A23F 5/38 (2013.01); A23G 1/423 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for production of a cocoa powder substitute comprising:
drying a spent coffee ground material, previously utilized in a coffee brewing process, to a moisture content of less than 10% by mass to produce a dried spent coffee ground material;
extracting oil from the dried spent coffee ground material to produce a coffee flour material characterized by a fat content of less than 5% by mass;
milling the coffee flour material to an average particle size of less than 250 microns; and
flavoring the coffee flour material via a cocoa-homologous fermentation process.