Kullanılmış Kahve Telvesinin Lif Kaynağı Olarak Değerlendirilme Potansiyeli

Abstract

Coffee brought people together throughout history, and today, people still consume coffee willingly. Coffee production includes many laborious processes that results in the formation of some waste materials. As a result of the awareness about waste management, coffee industry wastes are now target for the recovery process around the world. Therefore, coffee byproducts such as coffee silverskin, cascara, and spent coffee grounds are tried to be recycled, and an increasing number of studies have been carried out on this subject. In this study, the potential of role of spent coffee grounds as dietary fiber was discussed. Spent coffee grounds are wastes from both the coffee industry and domestic coffee consumption. In the world, approximately 2.5 billion cups of coffee are consumed every day. For every cup of coffee, about 11 g of fresh coffee is used. So it is thought these numbers, around 500 thousand tons of waste coffee grounds are produced every year. Recycling such a large and valuable waste has great importance for the food industry.