Freeze-Dried Soursop Powder
Freeze-dried soursop powder is the ripe pulp of Annona muricata, hand-deseeded, freeze-dried and then milled to 60–80 mesh with nothing added: no maltodextrin, no carrier, no flow agent. It is fruit pulp powder, not graviola leaf powder. One gram carries the pulp of about five grams of fresh soursop, so a single scoop brings real guanábana flavour and its natural white-cream colour into a smoothie, ice cream or yogurt with one word on the label: soursop. FruitBuys supplies it from the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, milled at qualified partner facilities under FruitBuys’ own release protocol.
The powder packs 18–20 kg into the same carton that holds 7–8 kg of freeze-dried soursop pieces, so a 20 ft container carries 9.9–11 t. That is the pulp of roughly 50–55 t of deseeded fresh soursop, shipped dry, with no reefer and no freezer at the other end. It sits in our freeze-dried fruit powder range.
Product specification
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Ingredient | 100% ripe soursop pulp (Annona muricata L.), milled from freeze-dried pulp |
| Guaranteed specifications | Moisture ≤5.0% and Aw ≤0.30 on every lot COA; no maltodextrin carrier, no added colour, no added sugar |
| Grade | Premium (fine) grade: pulp only, hand-deseeded, zero whole seeds and no visible seed fragments in the release sample before milling, no peel or spine, no dark specks |
| Particle size | 60–80 mesh |
| Colour | Natural white to light cream |
| Taste / odour | Sweet-sour soursop aroma; no foreign odour |
| In liquid | Disperses into a creamy, cloudy drink; fibre stays in suspension and does not dissolve like a sugar-based powder |
| Moisture | ≤3% at release; ≤5.0% contract limit |
| Water activity | ≤0.30 |
| Total plate count | ≤10⁴ CFU/g |
| Yeasts and moulds | ≤10² CFU/g |
| E. coli / Salmonella | <10 CFU/g / not detected in 25 g |
| Pulp equivalence | 1 g powder ≈ 5 g fresh deseeded pulp |
| Shelf life | 12 months at ≤25 °C, RH ≤60%; 18–24 months in cool storage at ≤18 °C, RH ≤50% |
| HS code | 1106.30 |
Pulp powder, not leaf powder. Much of what is sold online as “graviola powder” is milled soursop leaf, a different product with a different label and different rules. FruitBuys mills the fruit pulp only. If your brief says “graviola”, check which part of the plant the buyer expects before you request a quote; for a guanábana drink, ice cream or smoothie mix, pulp powder is the ingredient you want.
Why there is no carrier. Spray-dried fruit powders are made from juice or purée and usually need maltodextrin, commonly 30–50% of the powder, to dry at all. Freeze-dried powder starts from dried pulp, so the only thing in the bag is the fruit. Your label stays short, the flavour per gram is stronger, and the fibre of the pulp comes with it. The trade-off is solubility: a carrier powder dissolves clear, a pulp powder makes a cloudy drink. The side-by-side comparison, with starting doses, is in freeze-dried vs spray-dried soursop powder.
One-ingredient powder or carrier powder: which fits your formula
| Freeze-dried soursop powder (this product) | Spray-dried soursop powder | |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredient line | Soursop | Soursop juice, maltodextrin (commonly 30–50%) |
| Made from | Whole deseeded pulp, freeze-dried, then milled | Juice or purée, atomised into hot air |
| In water or milk | Disperses; creamy and cloudy | Dissolves; clear to slightly cloudy |
| Flavour per gram | Full pulp flavour | Diluted by the carrier |
| Fibre | Pulp fibre kept | Diluted by the carrier |
| Best for | Smoothies, batido, bubble tea, ice cream, yogurt, desserts, bakery | Clear drinks, instant sachets that must dissolve fully |
For a clear, fully soluble drink, a carrier powder is the better tool. Wherever the drink or dessert is meant to look and taste like fruit, the one-ingredient powder gives you more flavour per gram and a cleaner label.
Nutrition (per 100 g)
| Nutrient | Amount | % DV* |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 343 kcal | |
| Total fat | 1.6 g | 2% |
| Saturated fat | 0.3 g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 73 mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 1,445 mg | 31% |
| Total carbohydrate | 87.6 g | 32% |
| Dietary fibre | 17.2 g | 61% |
| Total sugars | 70.4 g (0 g added) | |
| Protein | 5.2 g |
Typical values for 100% freeze-dried soursop; natural variation by origin, season and ripeness applies. Lot nutrition panel available for label artwork.
No added sugar, 17.2 g fibre and 1,445 mg potassium per 100 g. On an EU panel (energy about 1,470 kJ / 350 kcal; salt 0.18 g) the powder reaches the levels for “high fibre”, “high potassium”, “low fat” and “low sodium”, plus “no added sugars”. At a 5–10 g dose per drink it adds about 1–2 g of fibre and real fruit sugar in place of syrup. Drying at low temperature keeps far more of the pulp’s natural vitamin C than heat drying; for an on-pack figure, FruitBuys samples your commercial lot and arranges the panel in FDA or EU format. The powder is vegan and naturally gluten-free, with none of the top-9 or EU-14 allergens as ingredients. Claims by market are in what you can print on a freeze-dried soursop label.
Applications and starting doses
| Application | Starting point for your trial | Why the powder works here |
|---|---|---|
| Smoothies, batido, guanábana drinks | 5–10 g per 250–350 ml | Fresh-pulp taste made to order, with no thawing and no frozen stock |
| Bubble tea and fruit tea bases | 5–10 g per cup, blended with milk or tea | A cloudy, creamy base that reads as real fruit |
| Ice cream, frozen yogurt | 3–8% of the mix | Flavour and white colour without a flavouring or syrup |
| Yogurt, desserts, fillings | 3–8% | Low water activity, so it carries no free water into the mix |
| Smoothie mixes, private label | Alone or blended with mango, pineapple or passion fruit powder | One-ingredient line on a retail pouch |
| Bakery, confectionery | Dusting, cream fillings, glazes | Fruit flavour in a dry form for dry-blend lines |
These are starting formulations from FruitBuys’ application support. Confirm dose, texture and colour in your own recipe with a 3–5 day sample before you order in bulk. If your drinks are blended by hand at a counter, rehydrate about 1 part powder in 5–6 parts water for a pulp you can portion like fresh. Format choice for snacks and inclusions, where pieces or crumble fit better, is in which freeze-dried soursop format fits your line.
Packaging and handling
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Bulk | 1–5 kg sealed aluminium-foil PE bags, soft vacuum, food-grade silica gel sachet, no nitrogen flush, in 5-ply cartons |
| Carton | 58 × 28 × 34 cm, 18–20 kg net |
| Retail (OEM) | 30 g / 50 g / 100 g / 500 g aluminium-foil zip pouches, or custom sizes; digital print from 3,000–5,000 pouches per SKU, rotogravure from 500 kg per SKU |
| Shelf life | 12 months at ≤25 °C, RH ≤60%; 18–24 months in cool storage at ≤18 °C, RH ≤50%; unopened foil bag with desiccant |
Soursop carries a lot of natural sugar, and the powder starts to draw moisture once the air goes above 40% RH. FruitBuys sizes every bulk bag to one blending batch for that reason: open one bag in a room below 40% RH, use all of it in the shift, and the rest stay free-flowing in their foil. Weigh and blend the powder near the end of your dry-mix step, keep opened bags out of the fridge unless they are airtight, and store cartons on pallets off the floor. Handled this way the powder stays free-flowing, with no hard caking, from the container to the mixer.
Commercial terms and container planning
| Term | Detail |
|---|---|
| Production capacity | 100 MT/year contracted (pieces, crumble and powder) |
| 20 ft, floor-loaded | About 550 cartons: 9.9–11 t powder |
| 40 ft HC, floor-loaded | About 1,100 cartons (±20–30); powder planned at 20–21 t net within container and road weight limits |
| Palletised | 1,200 × 1,000 mm pallets, 30–36 cartons each; 20–21 pallets per 40 ft HC (about 600–750 cartons) |
| Container type | Standard dry container; no reefer |
| Trial orders | 50–100 kg by air or LCL, or shared on a pallet or container with other FruitBuys freeze-dried lines |
| Mixed loads | A full container shared with other FruitBuys products costs about 15–20% less in logistics per kg than LCL |
| Production lead time | 20–30 days per 20 ft after deposit |
| Samples | Prepared in 3–5 working days, then courier or airline |
| OEM / ODM / private label | MOQ 500 kg |
| Payment | T/T 40% deposit, 60% before shipment or against copy B/L; L/C at sight |
| Incoterms | FOB Cat Lai, CIF, DDP (sea and air) |
| Port of loading | Cat Lai Port or Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City |
Powder or pieces: run the numbers for your plant. Per kilogram, powder ships for roughly half the sea freight of pieces, because 18–20 kg fit where 7–8 kg of pieces would. The US duty runs the other way (see Import and labeling). A plant with its own cold mill and a dry room can buy freeze-dried soursop crumble and mill it in-house; a plant without them saves the milling step and the caking risk by buying powder. Put freight, duty and your own milling cost side by side in one line before you decide.
Quality and documents
- Every container lot: COA from an independent ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory for moisture, water activity, total plate count, yeasts and moulds, E. coli and Salmonella, plus sensory checks for colour, odour and foreign matter.
- Seed control before milling: FruitBuys releases the pulp for milling only when the release sample shows zero whole seeds and no visible seed fragments, so the powder stays white with no dark specks.
- Heavy metals and residues: lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and multi-residue pesticides are tested on request or per destination market. FruitBuys arranges independent testing at an accredited laboratory of the buyer’s choice, such as Eurofins or SGS in Vietnam, before the container is sealed, in 3–5 working days.
- On request: a nutrition panel in FDA or EU format for your label.
- Trial orders: an in-house QC log per batch for moisture, water activity and sensory; third-party testing on trial lots at net lab cost, credited in full to the first container order.
- Pre-shipment sample: 100–200 g from the packed lot in two sealed foil pouches with desiccant, one for your trial and one kept sealed for your lab.
- Retained sample: kept from every container lot for its full shelf life, up to 24 months.
- Facility control: FruitBuys locks one qualified partner facility per contract. Any change needs prior written notice and re-approval of the pre-shipment sample, and you keep audit access.
- Facility certifications: HACCP, ISO 22000, US FDA Facility Registration and BRC (qualified processing facility). Halal certification available on request.
- Shipment documents: commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, COA, Certificate of Origin Form EUR.1 for the EU and UK or Form CEPA for the UAE, and a phytosanitary certificate with every shipment as part of FruitBuys’ standard export dossier.
Claims on packaging, appearance, caking or water activity are accepted within 14 days of unloading, and lab results within 30 days.
Import and labeling
The powder is exported under 1106.30, flour, meal and powder of Chapter 8 fruit. FruitBuys writes the invoice, spec and COA with one description, “freeze-dried soursop (Annona muricata) pulp powder, 60–80 mesh, no added ingredients, moisture ≤5%”, and prepares them with your customs broker so the entry line and the documents match on the first filing.
In the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule, the MFN reference rate for the powder (1106.30.40) is 9.6%, against 2.5% for pieces and crumble; your customs broker confirms the total duty on the entry. For the EU, a Form EUR.1 under EVFTA brings the powder (CN 1106 30 90) in at 0% duty, against the 8.3% MFN rate; your broker can check the current measure in the EU TARIC database. Form EUR.1 also covers the UK, and a Form CEPA goes with every shipment to the UAE.
Name the ingredient “soursop powder” or “guanábana powder” on the pack. If you use “graviola”, make clear it is fruit, because shoppers often link that name to leaf supplements. Keep the claims to food claims such as fibre, potassium and no added sugar.
Verify the sample in five steps
- Look at the colour. White to light cream, even through the bag, with no dark specks.
- Pour it. The powder should flow from the pouch; soft clusters break between two fingers, with no hard lumps.
- Read the water activity within a minute. Seal powder in the meter cup within 60 seconds of opening the pouch; at or below 0.30 the lot was dried and sealed right. Keep the second pouch sealed for your own lab.
- Make one drink. Shake 8 g into 300 ml of cold milk or water: it should disperse into a creamy drink with the fruit’s aroma and settle only slowly.
- Taste it in your base. Run your recipe at your target dose and check flavour and colour against your brief. Approve the pre-shipment sample in writing; it becomes the quality reference for your container.
FAQ
Is this graviola powder?
It is powder of the soursop (graviola) fruit pulp. It contains no leaf.
Does it contain maltodextrin or an anti-caking agent?
No. The only ingredient is soursop pulp. Batch-sized foil bags with desiccant keep it free-flowing instead of an additive.
Does soursop powder dissolve?
It disperses rather than dissolves, because the pulp fibre stays in it. The drink comes out creamy and cloudy, like a fresh-fruit smoothie.
How much powder replaces fresh soursop pulp?
About 1 g of powder for 5 g of fresh deseeded pulp. Rehydrate 1 part powder in 5–6 parts water for a pulp-like texture.
How long does it last?
12 months at ≤25 °C, RH ≤60%, or 18–24 months in cool storage at ≤18 °C, RH ≤50%, in the unopened foil bag with desiccant.
Can I get it blended with other fruit powders?
Yes. FruitBuys blends soursop with mango, pineapple or passion fruit for smoothie mixes, from 500 kg for OEM and private label.
What is the minimum order?
Trial orders from 50–100 kg by air or LCL; 500 kg for OEM, ODM and private label.
Request a sample and quote
Send these 10 details and we return a specification, sample and terms in one reply:
- Destination country and port
- Application: smoothie or drink mix, bubble tea, ice cream or yogurt, dessert or filling, bakery
- Target dose and the base it goes into (water, milk, yogurt)
- Mesh or moisture / Aw target, if tighter than standard
- Blend: soursop alone, or with mango, pineapple or passion fruit
- First-order volume: trial, LCL, 20 ft or 40 ft HC, floor-loaded or palletised
- Annual volume and call-off rhythm
- Packaging: bulk bag size or retail pouch size, and private-label artwork status
- Extra tests required by your market or customer
- Preferred Incoterm, payment term and target delivery date
