Investigating the Antioxidant Capacity of Coffee!

Abstract

In the 1990s we began to understand that free radical damage is involved in artery-clogging atherosclerosis and health problems like vision loss, cancer or chronic diseases. Studies have shown that the damage especially affects people with a low consumption of antioxidant-rich fruits, vegetables...and coffee. Is this just a fairy tale promoted by the coffee industry? Scientists at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Wädenswil wanted to get to the bottom of the question.

Keywords

• Antioxidant potential
• Coffee
• Folin-ciocalteu reagent (fcr)
• Roasting conditions