Juice powder delivers intense flavor, color of Concord grape

WELCH’s Global Ingredients Group introduces FruitWorx^® Concord Grape Juice Powder which is suitable for diverse food and beverage applications.

A proprietary dehydration process gently removes all the water from the fruit juice retains the bold flavor and rich purple color of this grape cultivar. The resulting product is a free-flowing, soluble, low water activity powder suitable for use in nutraceuticals, supplements and pharmaceuticals; confectionery – such as candies, gums, chocolates, fillings and icings; dairy products – fluid, cultured and frozen; baked goods – breads, snack bars, cookies and biscuits; snacks – including dry snacks, baby snacks, crackers and fillings; dry beverages – such as tea blends and coffees, and seasoning blends – for sauces, dips and dressings.

FruitWorx^® Concord Grape Juice Powder (Photo: Welch’s)

The new powder is made with real fruit juice, with all the natural fruit sugars, while being free from artificial colors, flavors or preservatives, and is non-GMO. In addition, it delivers the same kind of polyphenols found in Welch’s 100% Grape Juice. The product will be presented by Welch’s Global Ingredients Group on Booth 3879 at the IFT Expo in Chicago (17-19 July 2016).

“Nearly two years ago Welch’s Foods Inc established the Welch’s Global Ingredients Group to deliver the many benefits of the Concord grape to more people and places, in a range of new product formats. FruitWorx^® Concord Grape Juice Powder enables us to continue this mission, offering our customers a convenient way to bring the goodness of the Concord grape to a very wide range of applications, many of which are completely new categories for Welch’s Global Ingredients Group. We’re incredibly excited by the prospect of more people experiencing the Concord grape, and by the prospect of working with new partners across the world,” says Wayne Lutomski, the company’s Vice President of International & Global Ingredients:

The new Concord grape juice powder is an extension of the existing FruitWorx^® brand, which already encompasses a range of Concord and Niagara grape-based fruit pieces, flakes and pastes, made using a concentration process called URC^®, developed by Taura Natural Ingredients.

Welch’s Global Ingredients Group also supplies Concord and Niagara grape juices as single-strength juices, concentrates and purées.