Fruit purees are more than just a staple food for babies. They offer a versatile and delicious way to elevate your product development across various categories. Packed with natural sweetness, vibrant colours, and essential nutrients, fruit purees can enhance flavour, texture, and nutritional value. Let’s explore five innovative ways to incorporate them into your creations…
1. Dairy Delights
Tangy Yogurt Creations: Swap artificial flavours for real fruit punch with purees. Imagine a luscious mango puree swirled into Greek yogurt or a vibrant blueberry puree blended into kefir.
Fruity Ice Cream Enhancements: Ditch the syrups and artificial colours! Use purees to create vibrant and flavourful ice creams. Strawberry swirls, tart cherry inclusions, or a tropical twist with passion fruit puree – the possibilities are endless.
Creamy Cheese Spreads: Level-up your cheese spreads with fruit swirls. A touch of guava puree adds a tropical twist to cream cheese, while raspberry puree creates a delightful dessert spread.
2. Cool Cocktails and Non-alcoholic Beverages
Natural Flavour Boosters: Fruit purees offer a vibrant way to enhance both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. They provide intense, authentic fruit flavours without the need for artificial additives.
Texture and Body: Incorporate purees to add a luxurious mouthfeel and body to drinks. They can create smooth, velvety textures in smoothies, mocktails, and craft cocktails.
Creative Flavour Combinations: Experiment with unique blends like strawberry-basil for cocktails or mango-turmeric for wellness shots. Fruit purees allow for endless flavour innovations.
Visual Appeal: Use colourful fruit purees to create stunning layered drinks or as natural food colouring alternatives, enhancing the visual appeal of beverages.
Functional Benefits: Leverage the nutritional properties of fruit purees to develop healthier drink options. They can add vitamins, antioxidants, and fibre to beverages, appealing to health-conscious consumers.
3. Sauces & Condiments with Zing
Fruity BBQ Delights: Incorporate purees like mango or pineapple into your BBQ sauces for a tangy-sweet depth of flavour.
Delicious Dips: Create vibrant dips for vegetables or crackers using purees as a base. Imagine a roasted red pepper dip or a creamy avocado-lime dip.
Asian-Inspired Sauces: Elevate your stir-fries or noodle dishes with purees. A touch of mango puree adds sweetness to a curry sauce, while a touch of tamarind puree creates a tangy base.
4. Sweet Bakery & Desserts that Shine
Fruit-Filled Pastries & Cakes: Ditch the canned pie fillings! Use purees to create vibrant and flavourful fillings for pastries and cakes. Think juicy blueberry pie filling or a decadent chocolate-raspberry cake.
Fruity Glazes & Icings: Create stunning glazes and icings for pastries and desserts using purees. A touch of apricot puree adds a beautiful sheen to a cake, while a mango puree glaze adds a tropical touch.
Sorbets & Frozen Treats: Purees are the perfect base for refreshing sorbets and frozen yogurts. Experiment with unique flavour combinations for a healthy and delicious treat.
5. Ready Meals with a Fruity Boost
Fruity Marinades: Tenderize meats and add a touch of sweetness with fruit purees in marinades. Think pineapple for pork or mango for chicken.
Flavourful Sauces for Savoury Dishes: Create flavourful sauces for ready meals using purees. Imagine a Thai curry sauce with a touch of mango puree or a Moroccan tagine with a hint of apricot.
Healthy Fruit Compotes: Offer a healthy and delicious side dish with fruit compotes made from purees. Combine them with chia seeds or spices for additional flavour and texture.
Fruit Purees from Andina Ingham
We currently stock blackcurrant, blueberry, cherry (sour), raspberry, and strawberry fruit purees – each flavour is available in x3 different formats: Puree single strength, puree concentrate, and juice concentrate. Get in touch with our team below for advice and sales enquiries or if you are interested in a flavour that we have not listed here.
By using fruit purees creatively, you can develop innovative and delicious products that are not only flavourful but also boast a nutritional edge. So, unleash your culinary creativity and explore the endless possibilities of fruit purees!
For sales enquiries or technical advice on using fruit purees call Andina Ingham’s team on 01732 453 333 or get in touch via the contact form.
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