To be considered truly decaffeinated for labeling purpose, tea must contain no more than 0.4 percent of caffeine by dry weight.
The most common decaffeinating solvent is ethyl acetate, a substance
that occurs naturally in some fruits and non-toxic component of tea. The
ethyl acetate decaffeination process uses the Haco Method, which is
similar to the one used for coffee. Chemically, ethyl acetate breaks
down into ethanol and acetic acid.
In this process, tea leaves are bathed in water washed with ethyl acetate to remove the caffeine and then dried.
This process leaves a maximum carrier residue of 1 ppm or less, and a
maximum caffeine residue of 0.08 percent, dry weight. The tea is 99.9
percent decaffeinated at the end of the process, and has an 8 percent
maximum water content when leaving the factory. Decaffeinated Ceylon
Black is processed in this manner.
However, ethyl acetate is very difficult to remove after the decaffeination process and can leave a chemical taste.
Decaffeination of tea by ethyl acetate processing
Just another blog about food processing and the important of food processing. It is about the conversion of raw materials or ingredients into the consumer product. Food processing also can be defined as the branch of manufacturing that starts with raw animal, vegetable, or marine materials and transforms them into intermediate foods stuff or edible products through the application of labor, machinery, energy, and scientific knowledge.
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