WHOLESALE SUPERFOOD INGREDIENTS in the spotlight
LUCUMA organic, raw
With an ever growing awareness of empty calories and the detrimental effects of the Western diet to health, superfoods such as our Organic Raw Lucuma Powder from Peru, with its sweet maple flavour and low Glycemic Index, ticks many of the boxes for the health-conscious consumer: low GI, organic, raw, nutrient-dense and gluten-free, and at the same time packed full of flavour, so that being healthy does not mean having to give up great tasting treats!
SUPERFOOD INGREDIENTS lucuma product formats
Our wholesale lucuma products, are available in the following formats:
Powder: Organic Raw Lucuma Powder
Some further detail on each product format and their possible applications in the Food, Beverage, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical sectors is provided below.
Organic Raw Lucuma Powder
This is such a versatile ingredient, it has a wide range of applications that it can be used in, where some natural sweetness and fibers for thickening are desired. Raw treats, superfood balls, smoothie mixes, hot chocolate mixes, powder supplements, cake mixes, desserts, ice-creams ... really the applications in which Lucuma has been used is endless. Our Lucuma Powder is made 100% from the lucuma fruit, is free flowing and shelf stable.
SUPERFOOD INGREDIENTS lucuma harvesting and production
A New Flavour on the Block
One of the world’s leading flavor companies, Sensient Flavour, described the Lucuma fruit (Pouteria lucuma) as offering “a uniquely sweet flavor profile with notes of maple, sweet potato and caramel” and identified it as being one of the flavours to watch out for in the trend of new flavor profiles emerging in the food and beverage sector as consumers seek to discover new and exotic flavours.
It is this very trend of a more informed and adventurous consumer, who is actively seeking to experiment new flavours, particularly when combined with nutritional benefits, that has driven the increase in popularity of many superfoods new to the international market place (although with a long-standing history of use in the cultures from which they come). Organic Raw Lucuma Powder fits this profile fantastically with its sweet flavour, its low-GI content and its many health-promoting nutrients. This Peruvian Superfood is enjoying some well deserved success.
The Lucuma fruit has sometimes been described as “the lost crop of the Incas” since it provides a rare example of a food of ancient cultivation that until recently was little known outside of its homeland in Peru. Due to its taste and nutrient-dense profile it has now found a place in the international food and beverage market place.
What’s not to like?
Raw Organic Lucuma Powder has been used in a range of new products, from raw organic super-nutritious chocolates to organic baby food, raw ice-creams and a host of gluten-free and dairy-free desserts and baked goods. These formulations make the most of Lucuma’s natural sweetness and maple flavor, without contributing too highly to the overall GI as you would find with the more traditional sugar sources.
Grown in organic orchards in Peru’s Andean region, the Lucuma fruit is gently dried before being milled into a powder, so that people all around the world can experience this amazing fruit that has long been enjoyed in Peru.