Raw coffee - VacQPack Group

Bio treatment of raw coffee beans

VacQPack offers raw coffee preservation that assures the overall quality of green beans against moisture and known insect infestation and its dangers of cross infestation. Undisclosed testing in Peru ran for 9 months have proven that the flush of CO2 assures que quality of the green bean, while it kills the present of insects and their eggs. For a simpler approach, Nitrogen (N2) will be the elected gas for a controlled atmosphere purposes, hence it is capable of replacing the lasting volume of air removed using vacuum and it will perform equally good against plagues.

VacQPack also prevents from evaporation and condensation inside the bags, due to the gas barrier feature of its liner, overcoming all the results using the traditional jute bags. Raw coffee preservation under bio treatment will grant the sensorial origin attributes and shelf life extension. Raw coffee packaged by VacQPack solution will optimize the logistics in a 20’footer, having more cargo for the available volume and weight.

VacQPack has experienced several challenges on raw coffee preservation. Case studies in Peru have shown that VacQPack solution makes sure that the recognized issues on raw coffee preservation are overcome.

Green beans, also known as unroasted coffee beans (both Arabica and Robusta) requires for an optimal preservation under a relative humidity of around 60% and a relative temperature around 23C.

Coffea canephora and Coffea arabica

Air, heat, moisture and sun light are its most common enemies, being responsible for the development of food odors and the decay of the beans.

For a better preservation, an air-tight container is commonly recommended, with opaque characteristics and stored at room temperature.

Coffee properties are associated to protection against cancer, diabetes, heart problems and neurodegenerative diseases; Coffee is also associated to energy and concentration increasing levels and is known as a natural anti-depressive.