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Daily Coffee News photo by Nick Brown. This is a representative photo and is not intended to depict Dutch Gum or its ingredients.

Dutch company PectCof has secured a €2 million (US$2.2 million) funding round as it works to scale up production of a food product that uses coffee pulp as a primary ingredient.

The product, called Dutch Gum, has been tested as an emulsifier, stabilizer or texturizer in various candies, sauces and beverages. It involves the reuse of coffee pulp, a byproduct of post-harvest coffee processing that is often either discarded as waste or composted for reuse on farms.

“We are looking forward to [offering] our customers the opportunity to co-develop new clean-label formulations, in line with the latest trends in the food and beverages industry,” PectCof CEO Daniela Ribezzo said in an announcement of the funding round for the 10-year-old company, which is based in Venlo, The Netherlands.

The latest funding round was led by Dutch…



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