Value for the business
- ✓ Add revenue for coffee processors
- ✓ Create a functional ingredient from waste
- ✓ Serve multiple industries with one core specification
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Chiang Mai University · Circular bioeconomy · TRL 6
Prebiotic fibre from coffee pulp for beverages and bakery
Upcycle coffee pulp into a high-value dietary-fibre ingredient while reducing processing waste.
Readiness evidence
- ✓ Dietary fibre and antinutrient analyses completed
- ✓ Tested in prototype beverage and cookies
- ✓ 25 kg pilot batch demonstrated
Included in the pilot package
- 1Define feedstock intake system
- 2Produce three powder batches
- 3Run safety and stability tests
- 4Develop a sample formulation and business case
What the business needs to provide
- → Coffee-pulp collection within 24 hours
- → One target end product
- → Drying or milling production partner
Gaps and risks
- ! Fresh feedstock deteriorates quickly and needs controlled logistics
- ! Novel-food status and claims must be confirmed before sale
Commercial information
- Target product
- Mild-flavoured B2B fibre powder for beverages and bakery
- Rights and transfer model
- Co-develop one product before process transfer
- IP status
- Process formulation and trade secret
- Estimated pilot budget
- ฿360,000–560,000
- Target market window
- Market-ready in 9–12 months
Funding alignment
สวก. (ARDA)High-value agriculture and by-product utilisation
Can measure grower-income impact and waste reduction
Strong alignmentTED FundTechnology prototype for venture creation
Fits a venture team with secured feedstock and a pilot buyer
More evidence neededA preliminary fit indicator, not a guarantee of eligibility or funding approval.
12-month launch checklist
- 1Contract feedstock supply
- 2Lock moisture-reduction process
- 3Confirm safety
- 4Test in end product
- 5Secure pilot B2B buyer