Confusion About the Decaffeination
Processes
We've
noticed that many of our competitors use terms like "natural
process", "European process" and "water process" to describe their
decaffeination methods. However, all three often refer
to processes that use chemicals!
The term "water process" alone means nothing as all
decaffeination methods use water somewhere in the
process. Similarly, the term "natural" is
often used because the chemical ethyl
acetate, often used to decaffeinate coffee, can be
naturally derived from citrus fruit or sugar cane.
However, the volume required for
decaffeination requires that ethyl acetate be
derived synthetically, and the fact is, ethyl acetate
could be harmful if ingested.
A growing number of consumers don't want to take any chances,
they want their coffee to be decaffeinated using a chemical free
method.
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