Guava: how the fruit powder is used by the food industry

Sweet and sour at the same time, guava is found in Central and South America. Fairly consumed here in Brazil, especially the red and white, this fruit offers a number of health benefits.

Guava is so rich in vitamins and minerals that it is considered a superfood. It has more vitamin C than orange and more potassium than bananas, as well as antioxidants that help fight free radicals.

Guava can be consumed in natura – from the skin to the seeds – or transformed into powder by specialized companies, such as Blue Macaw Flora, to be used as an input in the food and beverage industry.

Guava powder in the food industry

To avoid the use of artificial essences and meet consumer needs for healthier, more natural products, the food industry has chosen to include the fruit powder in its list of ingredients.

This input can be found at Blue Macaw Flora, a company that sustainably extracts the best that Brazilian flora has to offer since 2007. In the case of guava, the pulp is extracted by means of a spray drying or atomization process.

In this technique, the liquid solutions are transformed into dry powder with the aid of a drying chamber. In it, the droplets pass through a stream of warm air, without allowing the fruit to lose its essential characteristics, such as color, taste, and nutritional properties.

With the guava powder, the food industry can manufacture jellies, cake doughs, juice powders, pulp and ready-to-drink beverages, gelatine preparations, ice creams, among other products.

In addition to guava powder, Blue Macaw offers other flavors of fruit powder, such as pineapple, acai, acerola, banana, camu camu, cupuacu, graviola, mango, and passion fruit.

Blue Macaw Flora’s product line also features powder extracts and fruit bits, which can be marketed in retail in the private label model.

The company also provides its facilities to small and medium-sized businesses seeking partnerships for packaging services, food testing, food drying, and coating.

To learn more about the products and services from Blue Macaw Flora, please contact us at 11 2503-5356 or via email: contato@bluemacawflora.com.