Maca coffee

Abstract

The present invention provides Maca coffee which is prepared by the following methods: crushing dried Maca to obtain Maca powder; mixing the Maca powder and pure water evenly, packing the mixture into food grade vacuum packaging bags, sealing the food grade vacuum packaging bags, extracting the Maca under the condition of a pressure of 120-150 MPa and a temperature of 20-25 DEG C, filtering Maca extract to obtain liquid extract; concentrating the liquid extract under a low temperature and a negative pressure until the liquid extract is sticky, freezing concentrated extract in a freezer at a ultra low temperature, vacuum freeze drying the concentrated extract and removing the dried extract from a vacuum freeze dryer, thereby obtaining Maca extract; and mixing the Maca extract, pure coffee powder, plant creamer and powdered sugar and pulverizing the mixture at a low temperature, thereby obtaining the Maca coffee. The Maca extract is prepared by low temperature, ultra-high pressure, vacuum concentration and vacuum freeze drying technology so that the loss of nutritional ingredients of the Maca can be controlled at "zero" in the processing stage. The Maca coffee also has health-care functions, and is suitable for mass consumer groups to drink and convenient for carrying and drinking. The Maca coffee breaks the present situation that the traditional beverages containing Maca are liquid, and produce solid beverages so that the Maca coffee is health-care and also more convenient.

Description

technical field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of food processing and solid beverages, and relates to coffee, in particular to Maca coffee. Background technique

[0002] Maca is a plant of the genus Brassicaceae, also known as beetroot or Peruvian ginseng. It is native to the Andean plateau in South America. It is a very unique plateau crop. It not only contains rich nutrients and medicinal ingredients, but also Contains other active ingredients, such as mecamide, macaen, sulfur-containing glucosinolates, alkaloids, etc., which can strengthen the body, enhance human immunity, improve fertility, and quickly restore physical strength , anti-fatigue and other effects, and without any side effects. In view of Maca's rich nutrients and medicinal active ingredients, how to develop and utilize it has become a major issue to be solved. Currently on the market, most of the health care products containing Maca are tablets, capsules, and health alcohol, and the p...

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