Lucuma powder delivers an abundance of healthy benefits when added to your favorite food or beverage.
In addition to satisfying your sweet tooth, lucuma is gluten-free and a source of antioxidants, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals necessary for bodily functions.
Lucuma powder is made from the subtropical fruit of the Pouteria lucuma tree, which is native to Peru, Chile and Equador.
Lucuma are cool-weather drought-resistant trees that grow 25 to 50 feet tall. Known as the Gold of the Incas in ancestral times, the fruit is yellowish green and egg-shaped with a dry, starchy yellow-orange flesh
The taste is described as maple or caramel to pumpkin-like. The pulp of the lucuma fruit is dehydrated to produce the lucuma powder, which is marketed primarily as a flavoring.
â–ºIt also contains protein, antioxidants, and dietary fiber.
â–ºThis ultra-nutritious fruit is native to Peru, and packed with vitamins, minerals, and a delicious sweet taste.
â–ºThis is in part because though a lucuma looks like an innocuous cross between an avocado and a mango.
â–ºIt tastes more like a mellow sweet potato that's laced with caramel and maple.
â–ºAs suggested by its brilliant yellow color, lucuma is particularly high in beta-carotene, which our body requires for making Vitamin A.