Description
Organic Camu Camu Powder
Botanical Source: Myrciaria dubia
Origin: Peru
Part used: Fruit
Other Ingredients:
None
Appearance: Beige to brown
powder
Certification: Organic, Kosher and Food
grade
NPNutra offers a high quality Camu Camu Juice Powder *0% Vit.
C . We may be able to develop other Camu Camu products for
you. Please contact us for more product information, samples,
pricing and any questions you may have. We look forward to hearing
from you!
Applications:
Our products have a variety of applications including; supplements,
capsules, tablets, nutritional powders, functional foods and
beverages and in some cases, cosmetics.
General Info:
Camu Camu grows mostly in flooded areas of the Amazon rainforest.
The shrub grows as high as two to three meters (7 to *0 feet). The
fruits are the size of lemons and look light orange in color.
The Camu Camu fruit contains the highest documented quantity of
natural vitamin C on earth. The fruit usually contains about 5 to
6% naturally occurring vitamin C. It is possible to manufacture
Camu Camu extracts with up to *2% of naturally occurring vitamin C.
Extracts that contain more than *2% vitamin C are typically
fortified with ascorbic acid. Compared to oranges, Camu Camu
contains *0 times more vitamin C, 3 times more niacin, *0 times
more iron, double the amount of riboflavin and *0% more phosphorus.
Camu Camu also contains **1 mg of potassium per kg.
Its wide range of amino acids and minerals greatly help in the
absorption of the vitamin C. Virtually all vitamin C supplements
are actually ascorbic acid, potassium ascorbate, magnesium
ascorbate and/or calcium ascorbate. These laboratory produced
products are not natural vitamin C. They are chemically synthesized
molecules and are often made from genetically modified corn sugar.
Synthetic vitamin C does not contain the many benefits found in
**0% natural vitamin C. Although the Camu Camu fruit has a sour
taste, it has been made into drinks and ice cream products in local
growing areas. Camu Camu also contains calcium, beta-carotene,
protein, leucine, thiamin, valine and serine. It is believed that
Camu Camu can help fight free radicals due to its high antioxidant
properties.
