Lúcuma (Loo-Ku-Mah) whole fruit powder is our favourite gourmet addition to all sweets! It's got a rich, creamy texture & will turn your culinary creations into gourmet heavenly delights. Lúcuma powder is really versatile & tasty, blending easily & well with ice-creams, baby food, yogurts, pies, cakes, cookies, smoothies, chocolate bars & desserts of all kinds. Lúcuma smells divine, & tastes like maple syrup flavoured ice-cream! In Peru, the yellow-orange fruit pulp is added to ice-cream & is Peru's favourite flavour. Lúcuma fruit is an excellent source of carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins & minerals. It is also high in beta-carotene, niacin (B3) & iron. This exotic Peruvian fruit is also known as the " Gold of the Incas", & is also one of the lost crops of the Incas. Peruvian culture is steeped in traditions rich in fine foods & cultural culinary delights. The Lúcuma name has been honoured both spiritually & in culinary since ancient times. Today, this fruit is still prominent in contemporary celebrations. The lucmo is grown also, to a limited extent, in the Andes of eastern Bolivia & the fruit is sold in the markets of La Paz. It is most popular in central Chile, less so in Ecuador. In 1776, it was reported as planted only in the warmest parts of northern Chile. In 1912, there were a few trees growing in gardens around San Jose, Costa Rica where the lucmo was introduced by returning exiles in the first half of the 19th Century. In 1915, O.F. Cook collected seeds at Ollantaytambo, Peru, for the United States Department of Agriculture (S.P.I. 41332). ...

Organic lucuma powder is a natural sweetener prepared from the delicious Peruvian lucuma fruit. It contains a variety of nutrients, including vitamins, minerals & fibre & makes a delicious addition to shakes, smoothies & protein drinks & is an ideal sugar substitute in desserts & cakes. Lúcuma is a nutrient dense fruit from Peru. We are the UK's first certified organic importers of lúcuma. Lúcuma's posh title is lúcuma obovata or pouteria obovata. The tree is long lived, evergreen, & belongs to the Sapotaceae family -- so it's similar to the canistel & sapote. It smells divine, & tastes like maple syrup flavoured ice-cream! In Peru, the yellowy-orange fruit pulp is added to ice-cream & is Peru's favourite flavour. Product benefits Boasts an incredibly sweet flavour & a rich, creamy texture Scores extremely low on the glycaemic index The perfect sugar substitute for those who prefer to limit their refined sugar intake Contains vitamins B1, B2, B3 & B5 Contains iron, potassium, calcium & phosphorous Contains beta carotene Contains fibre & carbohydrates Contains niacin ...

Organic lucuma powder is a natural sweetener prepared from the delicious Peruvian lucuma fruit. It contains a variety of nutrients, including vitamins, minerals & fibre & makes a delicious addition to shakes, smoothies & protein drinks & is an ideal sugar substitute in desserts & cakes. Lúcuma is a nutrient dense fruit from Peru. We are the UK's first certified organic importers of lúcuma. Lúcuma's posh title is lúcuma obovata or pouteria obovata. The tree is long lived, evergreen, & belongs to the Sapotaceae family -- so it's similar to the canistel & sapote. It smells divine, & tastes like maple syrup flavoured ice-cream! In Peru, the yellowy-orange fruit pulp is added to ice-cream & is Peru's favourite flavour. Product benefits Boasts an incredibly sweet flavour & a rich, creamy texture Scores extremely low on the glycaemic index The perfect sugar substitute for those who prefer to limit their refined sugar intake Contains vitamins B1, B2, B3 & B5 Contains iron, potassium, calcium & phosphorous Contains beta carotene Contains fibre & carbohydrates Contains niacin ...

Maca is so tasty! Shazzie eats the powder right out of her hand (often affording her some strange glances from onlookers), but you can mix it up into other foods if you like! Maca tastes malted, like Horlicks! Try adding it to smoothies, nut milks, water, or energy balls. ...

Maca is a root vegetable from Peru, & is also considered to be a medicinal herb. Maca looks like a little turnip or radish, & has been used as a traditional staple food in Peru for centuries. Maca comes under the herbal classification of being adaptogenic. Adaptogens are herbs such as ginseng that are traditionally thought to help the body to adapt to increased or ambiguous stressors. Maca is a very densely nutritious food that contains high amounts of vitamins, minerals, enzymes & all the essential amino acids (so often hard to obtain from any single non-flesh food). The amino acid content of this plant gives it an average bioavailable protein content of around 14% of the entire weight of the plant. Maca certainly has an impressive array of minerals, with notably high levels of bioavailable calcium. The vast majority of people today eat food that is lower in minerals than traditional wild foods. Maca's high-mineral content can help top up your mineral stores in a tasty & enjoyable way. in addition, maca also contains trace amounts of vitamin B12 (though not enough to rely on by itself). Maca is very tasty & has a malt-like flavor; it can be eaten alone, or mixed in with other foods. ...

These sun-dried white mulberries (Morus alba) from Turkey are a little bit crunchy, sweet & very nutritious. Each berry is packed with nutrients, especially iron, calcium, fibre & Vitamins C & K. They are also rich in antioxidants, especially the antioxidant resveratrol. Resveratrol is a phytoalexin e.g. a natural antibiotic produced & used by plants to fight infection, attack from bacteria/fungi & combat environmental stresses. It is also found in the skin of red grapes & therefore in red wine, leading to the belief that red wine has health benefits. We like to get our antioxidants from foods & drinks that don't poison us. Mulberries are great as a snack. Add them to cereals, trail mixes, & even raw chocolate recipes for a sweet fruity chocolate treat. ...

violet corn extract powder boasts a delicious flavour that’s comparable to standard corn & a lovely deep violet colour. It contains a selection of nutrients such as anthocyanin & is absolutely ideal in smoothies, shakes, protein drinks, juices & desserts. This product is created by juicing the violet corn then slowly, at low temperatures, evaporating off the liquid in the juice until this pure powder remains. ...

There are very few violet plants to be found in nature, & thus if you are to eat a true rainbow diet, this violet corn flour is a helpful & tasty addition. This product is created by drying & then milling the violet corn kernels. The flour is great for use wherever you'd use wheat or other flours. Try substituting one third of violet corn flour to two thirds of normal or wholegrain flour in any recipes. It's also great in chocolates, breads & mixed into flax crackers. violet corn, a variety of Zea mays, is an Andean crop from low valleys locally called maiz morado. violet corn can be found mostly in Peru, where it is cultivated in the coast, as well as in lands almost ten thousand feet high. There are different varieties of violet corn, & all of them originated from an ancestral line called " Kculli", still cultivated in Peru. The Kculli line is very old, & ancient objects in the shape of these particular ears of corn have been found in archaeological sites at least 2, 500 years old in places in the central coast, as well as among the ceramics of the " Mochica" culture. violet corn contains substantial amounts of phenolics & anthocyanins, among other phytochemicals. Its main colorant is cianidin-3-b-glucosa. People of the Andes make a refreshing drink from violet corn called "chicha morada" which is now recognized as a nutritive powerhouse due to its phenolic content. Phenolics are known to have many bioactive & functional properties. Research shows that crops with the highest total phenolic & anthocyanin content also have the highest antioxidant activity. Anthocyaninins are a type of complex flavonoid that produce blue, violet or red colours ...