Organic Lucuma powder from the Amazon rainforest of Peru.
A rich source of good carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and fibre.
Lucuma fruit looks like an avocado. The hard green exterior serves as a protective shell for the sweet caramel tasting fruit. The flesh of the lucuma fruit is golden yellow. It covers a hard pip the size of a walnut.
In Peru lucuma is the most popular flavor in ice cream and sweets.
The pulp of the lucuma fruit is dehydrated to produce lucuma powder, The powder is gluten-free, a source of antioxidants, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium.
Lucuma powder is most often used as flavor component. The product can also be used for health drinks, baked/processed goods such as jellies, desserts, cakes and sweets, or as a natural sweetener.
| Product classification: | Pouteria lucuma, lúcuma, lucmo |
| Type: | Dehydrated, pulverized fruit, 100% lucuma |
| Style: | homogeneous powder |
| Origin: | Amazon rainforest, Peru |
| Cultivation: | Conventional or Organic |
| Color classification: | Powder: cream to dark-cream |
| Types: | Pulvarized, powder |
| Certification: | SENASA, Control Union |
| Color visual: | Cream, pale light orange |
| Taste: | Characteristic, sweet |
| Odor: | Characteristic |
| Foreign material: | Abcent |
| Defects: | None |
| Caliber: | 80 / 100 mesh |
| Humidity level: | Max 6% |
| Solubility: | 60% approx. |
| Aerobic mesophilic: | Max. 103 cfu |
| Yeast: | Max. 250 cfu |
| Mold: | Max. 250 cfu |
| E. coli: | Max. 3 cfu |
| Staphylococcus Aureus: | Abcent |
| Salmonella SP (25g): | Abcent |
| Bacillus cereus: | Max. 1000 cfu |
| Energy: | 402 kcal. / kJ 1682 of which Carbohydrate: 374 Kcal. Fat: 0.0 Kcal. Protein: 28 Kcal. |
| Protein: | 7.1 g |
| Fat: | Fat 1.1 g of which Saturates: 0.3 g Mono-unsaturates: 0.2 g Polyunsaturates: 0.4 g |
| Cholesterol: | 0 mg |
| Carbohydrates: | 48.2 g (Dietary fiber 20.3 g, sugars 27.9 g) |
| Sodium: | 34.8 mg |
| Vitamins: | Vitamin A: 120 IU Vitamin C: 9.4 mg Thiamin: 0.1 mg Riboflavin: 0.2 mg Niacin: 2.8 mg |
| Minerals: | Calcium: 15.8 mg Potassium: 761 mg Phosphorus: 26.4 mg Iron: 2.5 mg Zinc: 2.7 mg Selenium 110 mcg |
| Packaging/Presentation: | 10 Kg plastic bags |
| Shipping: | FOB, CIF on request |
| Minimum order: | 1000 Kg |
| Delivery detail: | FIFO |
| Date: | 20 April 2024 |
| Lucuma powder: | 3.5 Tons |
Stock quantities subject to change without prior notice.
| Date: | 20 April 2024 |
| Lucuma powder: | USD 7.93 - 8.17 FOB Callao |
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