HOW TO USE

• Lúcuma powder blends easily and well with ice creams, baby food, yogurts, pies, cakes, cookies, smoothies, chocolate bars and desserts.

• Try a dessertspoon in your breakfast cereal or smoothie.

Lúcuma
(pron. looka-mah)
raw, organic, vegan

Lúcuma is a nutrient-dense fruit, native to the dry subtropical Andean coastal valleys of Peru. The tree is long-lived, evergreen, and belongs to the Sapotacea family being similar to the canistel and sapote. It grows at temperate elevations, between 1000-2400m. It smells malty and sweet and tastes a little like maple syrup flavoured ice-cream. Indeed, in Peru, the demand for lúcuma as an ice cream flavouring even exceeds the demand for more globally popular flavours such as strawberry, chocolate and vanilla.

Lúcuma fruit is an excellent source of carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins and minerals, including plenty of beta-carotene, niacin (B3) and iron.

In Peru it's known as the "Gold of the Incas", and is considered one of the lost crops of the Incas. It is still prominent in contemporary Peruvian celebrations. Lúcuma has been found on ceramics at burial sites of the indigenous people of coastal Peru.

SOURCES
www.raw-chocolate.net/ superfoods.php?functional-food=lucuma