Cacao nibs and other ingredients for food industries

Cacao nibs are very healthy and affordable options to make yogurts and desserts richer and tastier. For this reason, they have been winning more and more space in the daily lives of consumers who seek a more natural eating.

For understanding the consumer’s modern behavior and food industries’ need to offer 100% natural products, Blue Macaw Flora has inputs such as the fruit nibs in its portfolio.

Usually, fruit nibs are marketed as snacks, or they make up the content of various other products, such as cereal bars, yogurt toppings, desserts, bread, cakes, granolas, among many other items.

Today, nibs from Blue Macaw Flora are available in the following flavors: acai, cupuacu, passion fruit, banana, lemon, and plum, in the traditional options with organic sugar or zero sugar.

BMF also develops a mix that contains acai nibs, cacao nibs and dehydrated coconut, which is offered as one of the options for the private label commercialization. Thus, cacao nibs have become an ingredient to be added into the custom mix specially made for the customer’s brand. The advantage is that the combination is perfect, as cacao is bittersweet and it contrasts with the sweetness of the fruit nibs.

Just like cacao nibs, Blue Macaw Flora’s fruit nibs are well known in the healthy products segment and have already been exported through the private label model, which means they are individually packaged to be marketed in retail in several countries, such as Norway, Canada, the United States, Germany, and Korea.

BMF’s partnerships with companies around the world allow a range of combinations and the creation of new flavors. An example is Native Berries, a company that brought three unique flavors to the United States: Acai with chia, Acai, passion fruit and chia, and a Mix of acai, cupuacu and banana with chia and cinnamon.

In this kind of partnership, the contracting company has the opportunity to offer consumers a line of natural food which are free from any artificial ingredient, such preservatives and colorings.

Companies that bet on cacao nibs

Why should companies bet more and more in healthy products, such as cacao nibs?

The Top 10 Consumer Trends for 2017 study, which analyzes consumer behavior and guides the actions of the food industry, has shown that 83% of interviewees would pay more for a healthy food.

The survey also shows that 79% already replace conventional food products for such options. In addition, 44% of people prefer products without artificial colorings and 42% choose items without artificial flavors.

And cacao is one of the food that catch any consumer’s eye. Rich in flavonoids, it offers a series of health benefits: fights free radicals and premature aging, increases insulin resistance, improves mood, and reduces blood pressure.

Another very important component present in cacao is magnesium, a mineral able to regulate the heartbeat, keep the bones strengthened and relieve symptoms of Premenstrual Tension (PMT).

Therefore, if your company is looking for partners for the development of natural products, you can count on Blue Macaw Flora’s expertise. Contact us by phone: 55 11 2503-5356 or by email:  contato@bluemacawflora.com.