Green coffee refers to coffee beans that have not been roasted. Coffee grows on trees and the fruit is a berry. The beans are actually green seeds in the berry. Green coffee extract (Coffea arabica) contains a variety of plant constituents, including high amounts of chlorogenic acid and other polyphenols, which research has shown may be responsible for the beneficial activity of green coffee. While roasting gives coffee beans a distinctive flavor, color and aroma, chlorogenic acid breaks down when the beans are roasted. In contrast, green coffee beans have little aroma and a bitter taste. In addition, green coffee beans have a high ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value. Derived from unroasted coffee beans, Futurebiotics Green Coffee Extract is a 100% vegetarian supplement that provides 400 mg of Green Coffee extract per capsule, standardized to 50% {200 mg} chlorogenic acid.