The Role of Microbes in Coffee Fermentation and Their Impact on Coffee Quality

Table 2

The composition of coffee mucilage before and after complete fermentation.

Component	Before fermentation (%)	After fermentation (%)
Water soluble	35.3	50.7
Lipid	6.0	4.0
Pectin	47.0	36.2
Holocellulose	9.4	8.0
Unaccounted	2.3	1.1

Adapted from Schwan and Fleet [7].