4MUL8 Machinery

Introduction

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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.

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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.

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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.

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General characteristics

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

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Product Types

Types: Pulverized powder

Certification:SENASA, Control Union

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Physical Characteristics

Color visual: Cream, pale light orange

Taste: Characteristic, sweet

Odor: Characteristic

Foreign material: Absent

Defects: None

Caliber: 80 / 100 mesh

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Chemical Characteristics

Humidity level: Max 6%

Solubility: 60% approx.

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Microbiological Characteristics

Aerobic mesophilic: Max. 103 cfu

Yeast: Max. 250 cfu

Mold: Max. 250 cfu

E. coli: Max. 3 cfu

Staphylococcus Aureus: Absent

Salmonella SP (25g): Absent

Bacillus cereus: Max. 1000 cfu

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Nutrition Facts (100g POR)

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

Order Specifications

Packaging/Presentation: 10 Kg plastic bags

Shipping: FOB, CIF on request

Minimum order: 1000 Kg

Delivery detail: FIFO