Naturya Lucuma Powder

Grown on orchards in the highlands of Peru, the intensely flavoured lucuma fruit has bright orange flesh and a unique caramel flavour. The pulp of the ripe fruit is dried and then carefully milled into a sweet ochre powder. In Peru Lucuma is the most widely loved and eaten ice cream flavour.

Production
Naturya Lucuma is organically grown on farms in the Pasco region of central Peru. The fruit is selected and cleaned by hand, before being washed and disinfected – again by organically-certified processes. It is manually peeled and the flesh of the fruit cut up, to be gently dried in hot air. The dried fruit is milled to a 60-micron powder before being packed.

Organic Certification
Naturya Lucuma is certified by the Soil Association, one of a handful of organic certification bodies in the UK. These are regulated in their turn by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The role of the Soil Association is to ensure that all foods sold as organic are definably so. It does this by auditing every stage of the supply chain, through growth, export and processing. Soil Association certification – indicated by the Soil Association logo and the EU organic leaf symbol on our packaging – is a guarantee that our customers are purchasing an organic product. All organically-certified products must also carry a certification code on their packaging. For UK companies such as Rainforest Foods this has the format GB-ORG-XX, XX indicating the certifying body. If this is not present, a product is not organic. The Soil Association code on our products is GB-ORG-05.

Benefits of Lucuma:

                    - 100% organic Lucuma
                    - certified Product
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