Fruit seed flour
Fruit seed flour has unique chemical, nutritional and physical properties. Consequently, fruit seed flours have a wide range of applications in cosmetics, food, cattle feed and materials.
The properties of fruit seed flour
Nutritional analysis
The composition of the fruit seed flour depends on the fruit the seed comes from. Every type of flour is suitable for food.
- Fibres: 50-55%
- Proteins: 7-12%
- Lipids: 5-10%
- Ash: 1-3%
- Moisture: 3-6%
What makes these products so unique?
- This fruit seed flour has a high concentration of micronutrients: minerals, polyphenols, proanthocyanides and natural colorants.
- Fruit seed flour is 100% biodegradable.
Physical properties
- (Gently) abrasive, depending on the particle size and type of fruit.
Depending on the desired application, there is substantial flexibility to use these flours from facial scrubs to sand soaps. - 100% natural origin.
- Various stable colours.
- Standardized granulometry.
Origin
The origin of the fruit seed flour that Add Essens puts on the market is the press cake that remains after the cold pressing of the fruit seed oils. A process of grinding and sieving reduces the press cake flour to the particle size that the customer wants or that is required for the application.
Applications
cosmetics
The cosmetics sector uses fruit seed flour as natural, biodegradable scrubs that can replace polyethylene microbeads. The anti-oxidative and anti-microbial properties of the material give the skin extra protection after cleansing. Furthermore, by controlling the granulometry, the scrubs can be made more or less abrasive.
food
In food, fruit seed flour is an extra source of fibre with strong anti-oxidative properties that can be used in a variety of bakery products. The different colours of the products provide an extra creative touch.
materials
There is also a future for these products in the materials sector. Due to their (lightly) abrasive properties they can be used in surface treatments. The colour and anti-oxidative properties also make them suitable as surface coverings.
Fruit seed flour – Product overview
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