Common Names: Camu Camu (Myrciaria dubia)
Synonyms:Camu Camu (Myrciaria dubia)
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.
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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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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.
Disclaimer: Statements on this page have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Information on this publication should not be used as medical advice. Data prvided for research and professional use only.
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The following list includes medical conditions treated by Camu-Camu Mega-C™.
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