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Consumers may know and love the precious coffee bean, but that's not the only treasure to be found on the plant. Each bean grows bundled inside a juicy fruit (known as a coffee cherry), previously considered a useless byproduct and discarded in massive numbers. 50 billion pounds of it annually, in fact. We saw its huge potential and decided to push boundaries for good. For sustainability. For the climate. And for flavors reminiscent of caramel, honey, molasses, cherries and butterscotch.
What will you make with cascara?
Cascara, with its reddish-brown to dark brown hue and tangy flavor, produces a rich red-brown caffeinated beverage that offers a bold new sensory experience. Cascara’s new life as a delicious, soluble cascara powder with health-halo credentials makes it an appetizing ingredient for ready-to-drink beverages, syrups, snack bars, ice cream, confectionery and baked goods. All that, plus it creates additional revenue for farmers, brings valuable bioactives and antioxidants back into the food supply, has a 10% reduction in greenhouse gases and elevates change across production. That’s a lot of trailblazing for such a tiny fruit extract. Upcycled coffee byproduct never tasted so good.
Applications of our soluble cascara powder
ofi has rescued discarded coffee fruit pulp and upcycled it into a convenient, ready-to-use soluble powder that not only retains the good–for-you components of coffee cherries but also has applications across many attractive food and beverage categories.
Bakery
With its wonderfully rich, layered flavor including notes of fruit, honey and butterscotch (to name a few) coffee cascara is the perfectly innovative match for a wide variety of popular bakery products. Think about cascara macarons, cascara cookies, cascara cakes, cascara pastry fillings and even bread. An added dash of depth, health and richness, it’s the taste of nature’s harvest. And its sustainable origins bring a feel-good backstory to bakery. Who can resist a slice of that?
Cookies
Cakes
Cupcakes
Muffins
Bars
Brownies
Macaroons
Cheesecakes
Danish
Fruit spreads or pastries
Icing / frosting
Pies
Breads
Croissants
Our promise
What’s so great about our cascara extract powder?
Eco-friendly innovation
By using Upcycled certified soluble cascara extract we divert coffee fruit from the waste stream, resulting in a 10% reduction in greenhouse gases from coffee harvest. Additionally, by upcycling the cascara, coffee farmers’ revenue is increased by up to 25%.
Health benefits
Plant power is a hit with consumers all over the world thanks to its health benefits and positive environmental impact. Cascara has it in spades, filled with natural caffeine, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic chlorogenic acid, potassium, antioxidants from polyphenols and flavonoids.
On-trend flavors
How does it taste? It's a fruity, rich taste with notes of caramel, mango, honey, molasses, cherries, butterscotch and raisins. Think sweet, floral, and refreshing. The rich, fruity flavor of cascara pairs beautifully with sweet treats like cascara macaroons, lightly caffeinated refreshments, pastry fillings, or caramels, providing an unexpected but delightful twist.
Ready for delicious, sustainable cascara extract?
Processing
How we bring out its best
Cascara manufacturing process
During the wet washing stage of production, cascara is collected from the coffee cherries and dried using sun-drying or air-drying processes. After careful water extraction, concentration and spray drying, our sustainable cascara extract is stored and transported as a ready to use soluble coffee fruit powder. Then, it just needs your ideas before it’s sipped and savored across the world.
Supply chain
Cascara is coffee for good
Doing good
Traditional coffee production wastes around 50 billion pounds of coffee fruit each year, generating methane and polluting water. With ofi, upcycled coffee fruit becomes a delicious, modern ingredient that reduces environmental impact and supports coffee farmers. Our cascara extract is non-GMO and Upcycled Certified, making its sustainability instantly recognizable.
Feeling good
Cascara is packed with natural caffeine, chlorogenic acid, potassium, polyphenols, and flavonoids, offering health benefits and positive environmental impact. It supports farmers, the coffee industry, and the planet—giving everyone a health boost.
Tasting good
How does it taste? Well, soluble cascara powder varies according to its form, origin and the tastebuds it lands on. Generally though, it's a fruity, rich taste with notes of caramel, mango, honey, molasses, cherries, butterscotch and raisins. Think sweet, floral and refreshing. With so many strings to its bow, cascara slots right into many beverage solutions and snacks.
ofi’s sustainable cascara powder in numbers
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number of origins we supply cascara from (and there's plans for more)*
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extra revenue created by cascara for farmers by turning byproduct into income*
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reduction in greenhouse gases cascara can bring*
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US consumers said they ‘would’ or ‘definitely would’ buy upcycled foods*
* Sources: Innova, SPINS, Mattson 2021 Study on Food Waste; 2021-22 UFF Research Fellowship Highlights. The Upcycled Industry Report, August 2022 *Numbers subject to change
Co-create
Create delicious, sustainable flavor hits with us
Fragrantly infused caffeinated beverages or crunchy health bars with a sweetly floral layer. Whatever your plans for this lovely little fruit, you can give it a brilliant second life with our world-class R&D team, certified and sustainable ingredients and advanced labs. We’re ready to bring your cascara beverage solutions to life. Let’s brainstorm.
Collaboration
We work closely with our clients and their customers to grow businesses and make real change for people and planet.
Inspiration
People with different skill sets are the ultimate blend. We’ll bring our global solutions, people and products. You bring the ultimate ingredient: your brand.
Innovation
We’re a finalist at Sustainable Food Awards
Our newly launched soluble cascara powder ingredient was recognized as a finalist in the Sustainable Ingredient Awards 2023 in Amsterdam. Finalists were chosen based on sustainability credentials, ethical value, environmental impact and application in food or beverage products. We’re so pleased that our commitment to sustainable coffee was recognized—and to meet others who care, too.
Awards and accreditations
Soluble cascara powder from ofi is certified as an UPCYCLED INGREDIENT by the Upcycled Food Association (UFA)
Ready to talk cascara?
Wherever you are in the world, we're fluent in coffee cascara. And we're ready to go when you are.