Lucuma

Whether you call it eggfruit, lucmo, or lucuma, one thing is certain: this flavorful tropical fruit is one of today’s most popular superfoods. With its unique taste, bright color, and adaptability, lucuma seems to be on the rise. In this guide, we’ll explain what it is, how to use it, its benefits, and much more.

Lucuma: What Is It?

Lucuma is a tropical fruit that’s native to Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. While it’s long been a staple of the Andean people’s diet, it’s still new in most other parts of the world. Because of its bright orange flesh and green skin, it looks like a cross between a mango and an avocado. The flesh of the lucuma is dry and crumbly, yet creamy. While lucuma can be eaten fresh or in a superfood shake, it’s more frequently used to flavor ice cream, juice, yogurt, and other desserts.

The Health Benefits of Lucuma

Though many make claims about the calcium content of lucuma, you’d have to eat a significant quantity of the fruit to meet your daily need for this important nutrient. However, lucuma is a natural superfood that’s loaded with various macro- and micronutrients, as well as phytochemicals that may boost health. Lucuma may:

• Increase energy. As a significant source of carbohydrates, lucuma superfood powder gives us the energy we need. It also has a great deal of fiber, which slows the absorption and digestion of carbohydrates and helps to stabilize blood sugar levels.
• Improve gut health. Another benefit of lucuma’s fiber content is its effects on gut health and bowel regularity. Fiber relieves and prevents constipation while providing the gastrointestinal tract’s good bacteria the fuel they need. By balancing the gut microbiome, lucuma may promote overall immune and metabolic health.
• Provide antioxidants. Lucuma’s orange color is due to the presence of beta carotene, a type of vitamin A that gives skin a pinkish hue. Eating fruits and veggies rich in beta carotene may help to reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, which reduces the risk of certain chronic diseases.
• Speed wound healing. In a 2010 research study, scientists investigated the potential use of lucuma seed oil for the treatment of stubborn wounds.
• Control blood pressure. Because of its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential, lucuma may help manage diabetes and high blood pressure. Lucuma extract may inhibit the actions of alpha-glucosidase, which is an enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates. By limiting this enzyme’s function, lucuma extract may minimize blood sugar fluctuations.

While lucuma extracts may provide numerous health benefits, it’s always best to discuss their use with your physician.

Where to Find Lucuma

The lucuma fruit has a short shelf life and it doesn’t travel very well, so it’s hard to find here in the United States. It’s best to enjoy lucuma in:

• Powder form
• A nut butter or paste version
• Snack bars

Supervorg.com’s superfood powders contain the highest-quality lucuma extracts, so you’re sure to get all the amazing health benefits of this wonderful fruit.

The Taste of Lucuma Powder

Lucuma fruit tastes sweet and delicious, with notes of caramel and maple. The fruit of the lucuma tree and its extracts are typically described as tasting like a hybrid of sweet potato, pumpkin, apricot, and butterscotch. It’s a delicious addition to your diet!

Using Lucuma Powder

One of the best things about lucuma extract is that it can be used in numerous ways. These include:

• As a substitute sweetener in recipes. Because it’s so sweet, lucuma powder superfood mix can be used in place of sugar in baked goods. However, lucuma powder doesn’t attract moisture. If your dough or batter seems dry, you may need more water.
• To sweeten homemade frozen treats. While lucuma extract is typically used to flavor ice cream, it’s also a great way to add a delicious twist to homemade frozen desserts. To make your own freezer pops, add our superfood mixes to your chosen recipe. We recommend using it with cantaloupe, banana, or coconut flavors.
• To flavor and sweeten smoothies. Lucuma extract is a great add-in for smoothies. Use it in your favorite smoothie recipe or find a new one online.
• As a nut milk additive. Give your seed or nut milk a unique flavor by adding in one of our superfood blends. You can even make fresh nut milk and flavor it yourself!
• In healthy snacks. Add three to five tablespoons of lucuma extract to a healthy cookie recipe to give your snacks extra flavor and nutrients.
• In matcha, lattes, coffee, or hot chocolate. Make your hot drinks a little better by stirring some lucuma powder into them.
• In ice cream. Lucuma-flavored ice cream is popular in Peru, but you can create a similar taste at home. If you’re not sure how to make ice cream from scratch, there are numerous recipes online.
• In soups. For a savory and warm take on this tropical fruit, add the powder to non-dairy creamy or pureed soups, such as those made with butternut squash.
• In oats. Lucuma extract adds flavor and variety to oatmeal and other kinds of hot cereal.
• In pudding. If you like the taste of butterscotch pudding, you’ll love chia seed pudding with lucuma powder. Simply stir in a tablespoon or two and enjoy.
• In yogurt. While the flavor is common in some other countries, it’s rare to find it in the US. Duplicate the flavor by stirring some lucuma powder into a cup of plain yogurt.

These are just a few ways to use VORG’s superfood powders. They’re so versatile that their uses are only limited by your creativity and imagination!

What Makes Our Products Different?

Our lucuma blends are made right here in the United States, in an advanced facility in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Our farmers grow their lucuma organically, and with our strict quality controls, only the best extracts make their way into our products. Taste our best superfood powder in our vegan, organic, and raw VORG superfood shake mix. It’s easy to add to your favorite plant-based milks, hot cereals, smoothies, and snacks. Try it today and feel the difference the best superfoods make!