Lucuma -
The Nutritious Fruit Sweetener!

Lucuma (Pouteria lucuma) is an exotic, tropical, yellow-orange fruit. We use it today as a natural sweetener and, I have to say, it is my personal favorite, after stevia that is!

In ancient Incan times it was valued like gold. Today, it is still a traditional fruit served on festive occasions in the Peruvian culture. It's distinct, fragrant flavor is reminiscent of butterscotch, which has made it a customary favorite sweetener for "lucuma ice cream" in these regions.

The exotic fruit is made available in powdered form as a natural sweetener. It is versatile in many healthy recipes and particularly tasty in desserts of all kinds.

Delicious in Nut Milks!

superfood ice cream for it's vanilla-ie smoothness that adds well to the creamy textures of nuts and seeds that we use in our almond milk recipe and other nut milk recipes.

It is very yummy in our raw shake recipe, which is also nut milk based. I also love the powder blended with carob for raw desserts that just need a bit more sweetness..."lacuma" is the best sweetener for this!

This fruit is also popular for it's ability to produce LOTS of produce. It can yield, on average, about 500 fruits on one tree per season. That is ALOT of fruit!! In addition to it's high levels of carotene, vitamin B3, and other B vitamins, "lucmo" fruit, which it is sometimes called, has numerous other health benefits which include:

• low acid levels
• low sugar content
• excellent fiber supply
• Iron
• Beta-carotene
• Niacin
• Calcium
• Phosphorus

Try it in our superfood smoothie instead of raw honey or

agave nectar.

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