Citrosuco Launches Unit for Natural Ingredients Production
The new unit is born with a portfolio of 18 products for more than 90 applications, including plant-based foods such as ketchup, mayonnaise and chocolate syrup
The Brazilian company Citrosuco, an orange juice producer responsible for 20% of the global product supply, announced the launch of Evera, its new business unit that will produce natural ingredients for different industries through the means of reuse technology of waste of the orange such as husks, peels, leaves, flowers, and seeds.
The numbers and the potential for growth from the new business are astounding. Per year, Brazil produces around 13 million tons of oranges, which is the equivalent of 320 million boxes from this total, only 50% become juice, and the other half normally is used in products of low value added such as in the composition of cattle feed, among others. The use of technology in order to identify new possibilities of use promises to be cutting-edge in this industry.