Wild harvested from small lakes in the center of the Amazon jungle. The
grape-sized red and purple berries are juiced directly after harvest and
then freeze dried onto a tapioca root starch base-an ideal semi-sweet
carrier for blending into juices and for use as a supplement in fresh
fruit smoothies and candies. The pink powders add a fruity and
semi-sweet acid flavor to most types of food and drink. Until recently,
Japan bought most of the entire world harvest making Camu-Camu Mega-C™ a
rare commodity even in the Amazon jungle. Today, tribes are beginning
to care-take wild plantations and increase production by maintaining
local trees. Planting orchards with grafted trees has become more
widespread. This wild jungle berry contains the highest recorded source
of vitamin C on the planet! About 20x more vitamin C than oranges or
lemons. Much higher than acerola fruit. The fruit also contains natural
rutin and bioflavanoids, which increase the effect of vitamin C and
provide prime bioavailability. Compared with an orange, Camu-Camu
Mega-C™ contains ten times more trace elements, such as iron, two times
more phosphorus, proteins, beta carotene, calcium, vitamin B1, B2 and B3
as well as a comprehensive complex of minerals and amino acids. Tasty
whole powers are perfect for smoothies and juices. This species occurs
abundantly in wild swamps along rivers and lakes in Peru, and in
Amazonian Brazil and Venezuela, often with the base of the trunk under
water. During the rainy season, the lower branches are also submerged
for long periods.
Suggested Use: Capsules: Two capsules once or twice daily. Instant Powder: One to two teaspoons daily, stir
into juice or smoothies
Cautions: None
known.
Contraindications:
Unknown
Ingredients:
Freeze dried Camu Camu juices over a tapicoa base. The capsules are
whole powders are in vegi-caps.
More About Camu-Camu Mega-C™:
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Minerals |
Vitamins |
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Protein 1.55 g.
Fiber 0.76 g.
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Total Carbohydrate 92.71 g.
Reducing Sugars 70.84 g.
Non-reducing Sugars 18.47 g.
Glucose 18.33 g.
Lactose 0.47 g.
Maltose 22.27 g.
Sucrose 18 .00 g.
Starch 58.01 g.
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Potassium 9.71 g.
Calcium 4.27 mg.
Phosphorus 35.14 mg.
Iron 0.94 mg.
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Vitamin C 7.49 g.
Vitamin B2 0.16 mg.
Vitamin B1 0.07 mg.
Niacin 8.25 mg.
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1. Study of the
microencapsulation of camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) juice
C. M. A. Dib Taxi A1, H. C. De Menezes A1, A. B. Santos A1, C. R. F.
Grosso A1
A1 Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Engineering, State
University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6121, 13083-970, Campinas, SP,
Brazil
Journal of Microencapsulation
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Issue: Volume 20, Number 4 / July 1, 2003
Pages: 443 - 448
DOI: 10.1080/0265204021000060291
Abstract:
The camu-camu, like many other Amazonian fruits, shows an excellent
potential for use due to its high vitamin C content, and the use of
these natural resources could result in greater development of the
Amazonian region. Few studies have been conducted with this fruit, and
such studies are necessary in order to develop the required technology
to allow for its utilization, thus avoiding or at least decreasing
wastage of such a rich raw material. The principle objective of this
study was to develop a process for the microencapsulation of camu-camu
juice, optimizing the operational conditions. The processing conditions
consisted of blanching at a temperature of 95 - 2;°C for 2 min, followed
by cooling in an ice bath and juice extraction using a brush type
depulper. The juice was dried with gum arabic or malt dextrin in a
mini-spray dryer using an air entry temperature of between 100-160°C and
wall material concentration varying between 5-35%, in accordance with a
factorial experimental design. Both the air entry temperature and the
amount of wall material, plus the interaction between the two, gave
significant positive effects at the level of 5% probability on the yield
of juice powder. The optimum conditions for juice yield and vitamin C
retention were established as 15% wall material and an air entry
temperature of 150°C.
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