Study on Roasted Date Seed Non Caffeinated Coffee Powder as a Promising Alternative

Although some amount of caffeine is good for health it has many serious health risks such as high blood pressure, hypertension among young adults, gout flare up, insomnia, indigestion, infertility, inhibition of collagen production in skin etc., Caffeine is an addictive drug whose consumption must be limited. Hence an alternate natural substance that looks tastes and smells like coffee that has no health risk is very much needed. Roasted date palm seed is taken as a substitute or coffee in this study. Date seed coffee powder is manufactured by washing, drying and roasting it for 30 minutes at 125°C. This date seed coffee powder was analysed using FTIR spectroscopy and it revealed that it contains 0% caffeine (indicted by the absence of peaks 1600 and 1800 cm-1). This paper indicates that the 9% roasted date seed powder can be used as a suitable alternate for coffee.