Baobab is the perfect functional ingredient for commercial product applications

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.

Single Strength Beverages

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

Smoothies & Yogurts

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 & Nutrition Bars

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

Cereals & Granolas

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

Powdered Drink Mixes

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

Mixes & Supplements

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

Traditional African Uses

Baobab Fruit Powder has a long history of traditional use in Africa. Most commonly it is eaten raw as a snack, or mixed in with other foods as a flavoring. Its tangy, tart flavor makes it especially popular with children, and is used to make a refreshing cool drink widely consumed across the continent. The citric and tartaric acid found in the pulp has given it the popular name of “cream of tartar”, and it is often used as a baking ingredient. Other uses include: a milk-curdling agent; as yoghurt or ice-cream flavoring; or as a source of calcium for pregnant and lactating women. In some African cultures, the pulp has also been used as an ingredient in traditional cosmetics.

The Hadza tribe of Tanzania, often referred to as the “last true hunter gatherers in the world,” eat Baobab Fruit Powder daily. Recent studies have shown that the Hadza have an exceptionally healthy and diverse gut microbiome – far superior, in fact, to the US and European populations studied. (S. Schnorr, et al. “Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers,” Nature Communications, 2014, Volume 5, Number 3654, 1-20)