US 12,357,003 B2
Soluble instant coffee and process for preparation
Deepak Sahai, Plain City, OH (US); Amrit Maharaj, Dublin, OH (US); Rachid Rahmani, Marysville, OH (US); Marc Raederer, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne (CH); Stefan Palzer, Lausanne (CH); and Hervé Crosnier, Savigny (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/611,250.
Application 17/740,917 is a division of application No. 15/775,540, granted, now 11,350,645, issued on Jun. 7, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2016/076121, filed on Oct. 28, 2016.
Application 18/611,250 is a continuation of application No. 17/740,917, filed on May 10, 2022, granted, now 11,974,584.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/255,202, filed on Nov. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0225032 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23F 5/30 (2006.01); A23F 5/18 (2006.01); A23F 5/26 (2006.01); A23F 5/34 (2006.01); A23F 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC A23F 5/185 (2013.01) [A23F 5/18 (2013.01); A23F 5/26 (2013.01); A23F 5/30 (2013.01); A23F 5/34 (2013.01); A23F 5/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An instant coffee product, the instant coffee product comprising:
a jar; and
a dried coffee powder within the jar, the dried coffee powder obtained by a process comprising:
extracting coffee solids from roasted and ground coffee beans using water at a temperature between 0 and 140° C. to obtain a first coffee extract;
performing membrane filtration of the first coffee extract to reduce a concentration of low molecular weight components and obtain filtered coffee extract, the low molecular weight components having a molecular weight less than about 1 kDa; and
drying the filtered coffee extract.