Many people find comfort in drinking decaf coffee as a way to reduce the consumption of this stimulant in their bodies, but the method used to remove caffeine raises concerns. that it is possible to use carcinogenic substances to achieve this goal.
Drink coffee
According to Axios, about 7% of American adults prefer decaf coffee, according to the National Coffee Association In this context, Jordan Hardin, director of the food and beverage department at Alfred Coffee Company, said that they have received many questions about how they should. decaf coffee process they used in the past months.
Hardin also confirmed that Alfred Coffee stores use a decaffeination process called the “Swiss Water Process,” which does not include chemicals, giving customers more confidence in their product, while most coffee companies, including Starbucks, adopt the European method of decaffeination, also known as the “direct contact method,” this method involves using controversial chemical, methylene chloride.
Remove excess caffeine
In the European method, the coffee beans are boiled and washed with methylene chloride, which removes much of the caffeine, the beans are then washed again, boiled and roasted at high temperatures which causes the liquids to evaporate. removing about 97% or more of caffeine, which means that instead of getting 96 mg of caffeine in a cup, it’s more like just 2 mg.
The Food and Drug Administration regulates the use of methylene chloride in the decaffeination process, as its excess cannot exceed 10 parts per million, however, methylene chloride is considered a carcinogen according to the Administration Occupational Safety and Health.
This year, groups such as the Environmental Defense Fund have petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of methylene chloride in food products, and a bill in the California Senate calls for the Office of Health Risk Assessment of the Environment to study health effects. use of methylene chloride.
2024-11-07 13:25:00
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