High in antioxidant, potassium, magnesium and prebiotic dietary fiber, Baobab Fruit Powder just might be the perfect functional whole-food ingredient.
As a whole-food ingredient, Baobab Fruit Powder can be easily integrated into a range of food products including cereals and granolas, fruit and nut mixes, nutrition bars and superfood powder blends, baking products, frozen desserts and more. Baobab brightens other flavors, bringing them into focus and enhancing the finished product due its high level of ascorbic acid. Baobab is a gluten-free, highly alkalizing, low-glycemic index food: all attributes that are trending in terms of food and beverage innovation.
When it comes to the U.S. beverage industry, Baobab has emerged as a cost effective ingredient that delivers an unparalleled nutritional punch. The cost of adding 50g of Baobab Fruit Powder to a gallon of single strength beverage is less than 65 cents per gallon. Yet, this addition delivers over 70,000 ORAC units of antioxidants, 25g of dietary fiber (75% being soluble fiber), 1,135mg of potassium and 85mg of magnesium.
Whole-food Ingredient for Single Strength Beverages
With minimal phase separation or sedimentation the whole-food ingredient, baobab fruit powder from Organically Africa can add fiber, Vitamin-C, magnesium, and potassium to your beverage products.
Baobab’s light lemon taste is perfect for lemon/lime or lemonade style beverages, but it also acts as a flavor brightener which will enhance the flavor profile of a wide range of beverage flavors.
- Baobab Fruit Powder works well in single strength and cloudy beverages with minimum phase separation or sedimentation.
- Recommended dose: Up to 6 grams per 500 ml
- Nutrition Claims: Source of Vitamin C, Magnesium, Potassium, and Dietary Fiber
Yogurts and Smoothies
Organic Baobab powder from Organically Africa is a great whole-food ingredient for adding prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamin c, magnesium and potassium to fruit smoothies and yogurts.
Naturally dehydrated Baobab Fruit Powder is nutritionally stable and can be added to pre-mix solutions, refrigerated and/or frozen products without a loss in nutritional functionality, which makes it a great functional ingredient for a wide range of yogurt and smoothie applications.
- Denser liquids such as smoothies and yogurts can absorb higher levels of Baobab Fruit Powder.
- Recommended dose: Up to 18 grams of per 500 ml
- Nutrition Claims: High in Vitamin C, Source of Potassium
Energy, Nutritional and Granola Bars
When looking for a nutrient dense whole-food ingredient for your next granola, energy, or nutritional bar product, look no further than Baobab Fruit Powder. High in dietary fiber, vitamin-c, magnesium and potassium, baobab fruit powder can be added to your binding mix.
And if you want further expand the presence of nutrient dense Baobab Fruit, our Baobab Superfruit Bites can add the benefits of Baobab Fruit Powder in a tasty fruit morsel.
- The rule of thumb for making energy bars is 15% Baobab Fruit Powder. Baobab can also be used in yoghurt coatings for use on energy and nutrition bars.
- Recommended dose: Up to 7 grams of per 45-gram bar
- Nutrition Claims: Source of Vitamin C
Whole-food Baobab For Cereals & Granolas
As a whole-food ingredient, Baobab Fruit Powder can bring prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamin c, magnisum and potasium to the binding mixture the clusters in your cereal and granola products.
Organically Africa’s Baobab Superfruit Bites can bring the nutritional benefits of the Baobab Fruit Powder in a tasty fruity morsel. Our bites come in a variety of fruit flavors and sizes to complement your flavor profile.
- Baobab Fruit Powder may be added to cereals and granolas in higher concentrations than bars, up to 20% of the total product weight.
- Recommended dose: Up to 8 grams of per 45-gram serving
- Nutrition Claims: Source of Vitamin C
Baobab Fruit Powder In Drink Mixes
If you are looking to add dietary fiber, vitamin-c, magnesium and/or potassium to your powdered drink product, look no further than the whole-food ingredient Baobab Fruit Powder.
As a naturally hydrated fruit powder, baobab easily incorporates into a wide variety of drink mixes and the light lemon taste will brighten the flavor profile.
- Baobab Fruit Powder is being added to commercially successfully powdered drink mixes at levels as high as 30%.
- Recommended dose: Up to 12 grams of baobab powder per 40 gram serving of powdered drink mix
- Nutrition Claims: Source of Vitamin C
Whole-food Source of Vitamin-C and Fiber For Supplements
Baobab Fruit Powder is the perfect whole-food functional ingredient for adding Vitamin-C and Prebiotic Dietary Fiber to supplement products.
If you package your supplement as a pill or mix, the light lemon flavor of Baobab Fruit Powder will brighten the flavor profile of your mix.
- There is no limit to the level at which Baobab Fruit Powder can be added to superfood powder mixes and supplements.
- Recommended dose: 30% and upwards
- Nutrition Claims: High in Vitamin C, High in Potassium, Source of Iron
Learn More About The Benefits of Adding Baobab Fruit Powder to Your Next Food Product
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