Used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidants
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 11:00
in Mathematics & Economics
To plant food, insect repellant and other homespun uses for spent coffee grounds, scientists are adding an application that could make the gunk left over from brewing coffee a valuable resource for production of dietary supplements. Their new report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry concludes that used coffee grounds are a rich source of healthful antioxidant substances.