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Efficient Coffee Production: Spent coffee solids as energy

Efficient Coffee Production: Spent coffee solids as energy

A short video about how coffee solids are used as fuel to generate heat for the Nescafe coffee production process and how they strive to maintain the highest qulity of coffee possible, at the right price for consumers.

Efficient Coffee Production: Spent coffee solids as energy

  • A short video about how coffee solids are used as fuel to generate heat for the Nescafe coffee production process and how they strive to maintain the highest qulity of coffee possible, at the right price for consumers.
  • Length: 00:02:18
  • Posted: Nov 28 2011

At the Nestlé coffee plant in Mainz, Germany, spent coffee solids (left over from the production process) are burned to create energy to power a further stage of production, helping to reduce energy consumption and costs, and CO2 emissions. In September 2007, the Mainz factory received its first batch of 4C-verified coffee, grown in Vietnam. 4C is a voluntary code adopted by coffee producers, traders and others involved in coffee growing, processing and trading. It commits members to good farming and management methods to improve efficiency, profitability, transparency and sustainability. As of December 2007, 6% of the world’s coffee supply was 4C-verified. Nestlé supports 4C through its value chain, for example, by procuring 4C coffee and supporting growers and others working within the scheme.

A slideshow on 4C Coffee production is available in Flickr .