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Limonara

Limonara

Our Limonara is a natural, caffeine and carbonated soft drink based on the coffee cherry without additives. Following the successful approval of dried coffee cherry (cascara) as a novel food within the EU in February 2022, we are...

Founded2026
Business ModelB2C
IndustryBeverages
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About Limonara

Our Limonara is a natural, caffeine and carbonated soft drink based on the coffee cherry without additives. Following the successful approval of dried coffee cherry (cascara) as a novel food within the EU in February 2022, we are the first to offer this as a beverage in Germany. The coffee cherry is a previously unused byproduct of coffee cultivation. In the coffee industry, the focus has been exclusively on the bean, the seed of the coffee fruit. The exterior, the skin & the pulp have remained mostly unused and are only partially used in growing countries as tea. This waste is now a thing of the past. We see ourselves as part of a sustainable upcycling revolution in the coffee industry. By processing the fruity-sweet byproduct as an infusion and as the basis of our soft drink, we want to boost the circular economy and open up an additional source of income for coffee farmers. With our Limonara, there is now an exciting and sustainable alternative to well-known caffeinated beverages.

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