Do you know about instant coffee? Is it really as bad as netizens say?

Whether people like to drink "freshly ground coffee" or "instant coffee", they are all promoters of coffee history. In China, the number of people who drink instant coffee accounts for more than 80% of the total share. Although the flavor and taste of instant coffee are not as good as boutique coffee, its sweetness and fragrance are more easily accepted by Chinese people. Instant coffee is consumed in China, India, Southeast Asian countries and a few Europeans.

How is instant coffee made?

Instant coffee is produced by extracting active ingredients from roasted and ground coffee beans and then drying them. In this process, some nutrients of coffee are lost, resulting in a flavor and taste that is not as pure as freshly ground coffee. Therefore, coffee manufacturers pursue the goal of retaining the original aroma of coffee to the greatest extent. As a result, instant coffees such as "spray-dried coffee, condensed aroma coffee, and freeze-dried coffee" have gradually been developed. Among them, freeze-dried coffee produced using vacuum freeze-drying technology is the instant coffee with the best quality and flavor in the world.

Production process introduction:

1. Pretreatment (screening, cleaning and debris filtering of green coffee beans)

2. Roasting (coffee beans undergo physical and chemical changes after roasting to obtain coffee aromatic substances)

3. Grinding (grinding into a certain size to increase the extraction rate)

4. Extraction (extracting active ingredients into aqueous solution under a certain temperature and pressure)

5. Concentration (concentration at -50°C)

6. Drying (made into instant coffee powder after drying)

Instant coffee nutritional information

The nutritional components of instant coffee include: energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, sodium, caffeine, etc. (different manufacturers have different formulas and ingredients)

Nutritional characteristics: high in fat and sugar, low in high-quality protein and caffeine

Instant coffee ingredients that are harmful to the human body

1. Food additives (preservatives, sweeteners, anticaking agents, bulking agents, etc.)

2. Flavors (enhancers, sodium bicarbonate, etc.)

There are many instant coffees on the market. Be sure to choose instant coffee that does not contain added flavors or contains less harmful ingredients.