The Hamburg-based ingredients specialist Bösch Boden Spies will present two innovations to its extensive range of natural fruit ingredients at Anuga in Cologne (7 to 11 October): dried wild blueberries from Canada and goldenberry juice concentrate from the Andes.  

The dried fruits complements the company’s range of wild blueberries from Canada, which already includes IQF blueberries, blueberry juice concentrate and blueberry puree. Wild blueberries contain less water than cultivated ones and, in their dried form, are roughly pea-sized. They are characterised by a complex, multifaceted flavour that is typical of wild fruit, with sweet and slightly savoury components. Rich in antioxidants and fibre, they also contain Vitamins C and A as well as potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. So food producers can use dried wild blueberries to enhance not only the flavour of their baked goods, chocolates, muesli bars, fruit-nut mixes and more but also their functionality.

There has been an addition to the goldenberry product family as well. Besides dried and frozen fruits, Bösch Boden Spies and its brand partner Terrafertil now offer a goldenberry juice concentrate. The versatile concentrate of the sweet-and-sour tasting fruit is suitable for fruit bars among other things. With its antioxidants and many fibres, minerals and vitamins, the low-calorie golden fruit is right in line with the trend to exotic superfruits and meets the desire of many consumers for a natural, healthy diet.