Whole Green Coffee Bean and Hemp Powder Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for processing green coffee beans and hemp plants are inefficient and costly, often leading to degradation of beneficial phytonutrients and isolation of single compounds, which can result in adverse side effects and loss of synergistic benefits.
Innovation Solution
A novel processing method for green coffee beans involves selecting whole beans, sterilizing, reducing moisture, grinding without high heat, and mixing stabilizers to preserve phytonutrients, while for hemp, drying at low temperatures, grinding to a fine mesh, and using UV or ozone sterilization to create whole hemp powder, combining both to form a stable and beneficial composition.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional processing methods are used for green coffee beans and hemp plants, then processing efficiency is improved, but phytonutrients are degraded and adverse side effects occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the processing parameters by using low temperature drying (below 100°F) instead of conventional high temperature processing, and using UV or ozone sterilization instead of thermal sterilization. These parameter changes preserve phytonutrients while maintaining processing efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces thermal processing mechanisms with non-thermal mechanisms: UV radiation and ozone for sterilization, and low temperature dehumidification for drying. This substitution eliminates heat-induced phytonutrient degradation while maintaining effective processing.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional processing methods are used, then processing costs are reduced, but product stability and health benefits are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
By changing the processing parameters to low temperature and non-chemical sterilization methods, the patent achieves both cost-effectiveness and product stability. The methods avoid expensive high-temperature equipment and complex chemical processing while preserving product quality.
3Manufacturing precision
If single compounds are isolated from plants, then purity is improved, but synergistic benefits are lost and adverse side effects increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple plant components into a whole plant powder formulation, combining coffee beans and hemp plants in specific ratios. This merging preserves the synergistic benefits of multiple compounds working together while maintaining manufacturing precision through controlled blending.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite material consisting of whole plant powders from multiple sources (coffee and hemp) in defined proportions. This composite approach maintains the complexity and synergistic benefits of natural plant compositions while achieving consistent product quality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method preserves the nutritional integrity of green coffee beans and hemp, reducing adverse side effects and costs, offering a more effective and safer whole plant-based product with enhanced health benefits.
Implementation Method 1
Finally UV light and/or oh zone is used to sterilize the hemp powder
Implementation Method 2
Finally UV light and/or oh zone is used to sterilize the hemp powder
Implementation Method 3
drying the whole hemp plants by dehumidifying at a temperature below 100° F
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AI summary
Disclosed are novel processing methods for green coffee beans that result in novel green coffee bean products, including products that incorporate whole green coffee beans which is combined with a whole hemp powder or CBD. Methods for processing green coffee beans include selecting whole coffee beans in their fresh green unroasted state with naturally-occurring levels of phytonutrients, sterilizing and drying them, applying iterative grinding processes and stabilization techniques, all while avoiding high temperatures. A similar method is used to prepare a whole hemp powder, which may then be combined with the whole green coffee bean powder.