While imported fruits or “superfoods” are constantly sought after, guava – a familiar and humble fruit – quietly possesses nutritional value and application potential beyond imagination. Not only rich in vitamins, guava is also becoming a strategic ingredient in the beverage industry thanks to its ability to adapt to healthy, natural and sustainable consumption trends.
The following article will help you discover why guava is being repositioned as a golden ingredient, especially when combined with modern processing technology from ACM.
1. Guava – A natural source of nutrients from the tropics
Guava is a popular tropical fruit in Asia, in which Vietnam is considered one of the ideal growing areas. The highlight of guava is its high nutritional content in each serving, providing many essential vitamins and minerals for the body despite its relatively low calorie content.
Nutritional components in guava:
- Outstanding vitamin C content,
- Lots of soluble and insoluble fiber
- Natural antioxidants
- Low calories, suitable for a healthy diet
Thanks to these properties, guava is not only a fresh fruit but also an ideal ingredient for juices, nutritional drinks and food supplements.
2. Unexpected facts about guava: hidden value behind a familiar fruit
2.1. Guava is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C
Guava has 4 times more vitamin C than oranges or lemons, with that abundant amount of vitamin C it can provide more than 200% of the daily vitamin C requirement, helping to boost immunity and fight oxidation.
2.2. Effective weight control support
With high fiber content but low calories, guava helps create a feeling of fullness for a long time – ideal for diets and “healthy drink” products.
2.3. Improve the digestive system
Guava contains a large amount of fiber, which helps stimulate the digestive process and prevent constipation. This amount of fiber not only increases the flexibility of the intestines but also helps remove toxic residues from the body, creating a healthy and stable digestive system.
2.4. Ability to support cancer prevention
Thanks to containing powerful antioxidants such as polyphenols, flavonoids and lycopene (especially abundant in pink guava), guava helps neutralize free radicals, reduce cell damage and slow down the oxidation process – a factor related to the risk of cancer and premature aging.
2.5. Beautify the skin
Vitamin C in guava is considered one of the most prominent beauty factors thanks to its strong antioxidant ability. Not only does it help the body strengthen its immune system from within, vitamin C also plays an important role in protecting the skin from harmful agents, promoting collagen production and helping the skin maintain a bright, healthy appearance over time
3. Why guava has become a trend in the beverage industry
The global beverage industry is witnessing a strong shift from sugary products to natural, healthy and clearly sourced drinks. In that trend, guava has all the elements to become a strategic ingredient.
- In line with the “better-for-you” trend: Guava has low sugar content, rich in vitamins and fiber, meeting the demand for healthy and good drinks.
- Flavor is easily accepted in many markets: Sweet taste, light aroma helps guava easily approach consumers in Asia, the Middle East and Europe while still maintaining its distinction.
- Stable supply, optimal production costs: Guava can be cultivated all year round, reasonable price, suitable for large-scale production.
- Flexible flavor, easy to combine: The sweet taste and light aroma of guava allows for easy blending with many other flavors such as orange, pineapple, mango, strawberry or tropical fruits, creating diverse beverage recipes without overpowering the main flavor.
Thanks to these advantages, guava is becoming a strategic ingredient to help beverage brands develop healthy, flexible and easily expandable products in many markets.
4. Exploiting the potential of pink guava through NFC technology
In fact, pure guava is a rather “sensitive” fruit during processing, easily changing flavor, losing natural color and reducing nutritional content if going through prolonged concentration or heat treatment stages.
To preserve that natural characteristic, NFC (Not From Concentrate) technology is considered the optimal solution. Thanks to the application of NFC technology, pink guava juice retains its characteristic sweet taste, fresh aroma and high vitamin and antioxidant content, meeting the increasingly strict demands of the healthy, premium and clean-label beverage market.
And of course, at ACMFOOD, NFC technology is combined with selected pink guava raw materials and a strict quality control process, helping to create a high-quality guava juice solution, ready to serve domestic and international beverage brands.
