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Coffee Fermentation Using Pichia Kluyveri and Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum

Application US20260083149A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Assignee

CHR. HANSEN A/S

Inventors

Emil ERIKSSON, Sofie SAERENS

Abstract

The present invention is in the field of food technology. It relates to methods for producing coffee beans, coffee beverages and coffee-based products, characterized in that at fermentation is carried out by inoculating coffee cherries with Pichia kluyveri and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. The invention provides starter cultures and uses thereof for fermenting coffee plant material, as well as fermented coffee beans prepared according to methods described herein.

CPC Classifications

A23F 5/02 C12N 1/165 C12N 1/205 C12R 2001/25 C12R 2001/84

Filing Date

2023-09-21

Application No.

19112776