# Kaffe Bueno

a Danish company upcycling spent coffee grounds into KAFFOIL coffee-oil ingredients, whose KLEANSTANT bio-based surfactant won a 2025 industry award for converting coffee oil into a natural anionic surfactant.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/kaffe-bueno/
Updated: 2026-06-29

- Country: Denmark

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | €6.2 million Series A (2024), €1.1 million seed round (2020), total funding approximately $13.4 million | https://www.kaffebueno.com/post/kaffe-bueno-secures-6-2-million-in-series-a-round-led-by-global-biorefinery-leader-borregaard |
| Capacity | 500 tons of coffee grounds per year at its biorefinery, with planned expansion to 1200 tons | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/190126069, https://www.nordmann.global/en/news-events/news/worlds-first-biorefinery-for-coffee-opens-in-denmark |
| Headcount | 19 average employees in 2025 (16 average employees in 2024) | https://regnskaber.cvrapi.dk/63049873/amNsb3VkczovLzAzLzczLzI2LzZiL2Y3L2QxODAtNDg3MS05YWUzLTljZTNhZGQzY2FiOA.pdf |
| Revenue | Gross profit of DKK 5,050,647 for 2024 (total revenue not explicitly reported) | https://regnskaber.cvrapi.dk/63049873/amNsb3VkczovLzAzLzczLzI2LzZiL2Y3L2QxODAtNDg3MS05YWUzLTljZTNhZGQzY2FiOA.pdf |
| Production site | Rødovre, Denmark | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/190126069, https://www.kaffebueno.com/coffee-biorefinery, https://www.nordmann.global/en/news-events/news/worlds-first-biorefinery-for-coffee-opens-in-denmark |

Independent sources: cordis.europa.eu, nordmann.global, regnskaber.cvrapi.dk

## Technologies

- [Upcycled food ingredients](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/upcycled-food-ingredients/)