PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a raw coffee bean extract free from remarkable change in a chlorogenic acids composition, having good color and produced by selectively removing caffeine.SOLUTION: The method for producing a decaffeinated raw coffee bean extract comprises dissolving a caffeine-containing raw coffee bean extract containing 25-60 mass% of chlorogenic acids in a solid component into a mixed solution comprising an organic solvent and water at a mass ratio of 8/2 to 5/5, and bringing the obtained solution into contact with activated carbon and/or activated clay or acid clay.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】クロロゲン酸類組成に著しい変化のない、また色相の良い、選択的にカフェインが除去された生コーヒー豆抽出物の提供すること。【解決手段】固形分中にクロロゲン酸類を25~60質量%含有するカフェイン含有生コーヒー豆抽出物を、有機溶媒と水の質量比が8/2~5/5の混合溶液に溶解させ、活性炭及び/又は活性白土もしくは酸性白土と接触させる、脱カフェインされた生コーヒー豆抽出物の製造方法。【選択図】なし
