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Physicochemical Changes of Coffee Beans During Roasting

In this research, physicochemical changes that took place during roast processing of coffee beans using fluidized air roaster were studied. The results showed that high-temperature-short-time resulted in higher moisture content, higher pH value, higher titratable acidity, higher porous structure in the bean cell tissues, and also produced more aldehydes, ketones, aliphatic acids, aromatic acids, and caffeine than those processed at low-temperature-long-time process. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and chemometric analysis showed that clusters for principal components score plots of ground coffee, extracted by a mixture of equal volume of ethyl acetate and water, were well separated. The research indicated that variations in IR-active components in the coffee extracts due to different stages of roast, roasting profiles, and geographical origins can be evaluated by the FTIR technique. / Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NESRC) and Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OGU.10214/3584
Date20 April 2012
CreatorsWang, Niya
ContributorsLim, Loong-Tak
PublisherThe University of Guelph
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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