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Baobab Fruit Pulp Properties

Nutritional Information
EcoProducts baobab fruit pulp is your natural way of getting your essential vitamins and minerals.

- Excellent source of vitamin C
- High calcium content
- Antioxidant
- Prebiotic properties
- B-complex Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B6)
- Minerals & organic acids
- Natural source dietary fibers.

How to use EcoProducts Baobab Fruit Pulp

- Mix into smoothies
- Sprinkle over breakfast cereal
- Stir into yoghurt.
- Make a revitalizing energy drink
- See our baobab recipes (link)

Results per 100g of dried fruit pulp

Vitamin B1 0.05 – 0.255
Vitamin B 20.03 – 0.09
Vitamin B3 1.9 – 2.6
Vitamin B6 0.2 – 2.2
Vitamin C 170 – 350
Calcium 300 – 450
Phosphorus 30 – 130
Potassium 1900 – 2400
Iron 20 – 49

Baobab Fruit Pulp Extraction

- Baobab pods are wild harvested. Pods are hand-cracked to separate the seeds and pulp. The naturally dried pulp in the pod is extracted, then sifted to get a finer texture and immediately sealed it to keep it fresh and concentrated.
Antioxidants
Due to a range natural acids found in baobab fruit is known as an excellent antioxidant. Its antioxidant activity is four times that of a kiwi or apple pulp. Antioxidants are important for:

- Protection against free radicals.
- Maintenance of metabolic processes.
- Synthesis of steroidal hormones and connective tissue.
- Assisting neuro-transmitters.
- Preventing degenerative diseases.
- Increases the body's ability to absorb calcium and iron.

Dietary Fiber
EcoProducts baobab fruit pulp contains both soluble and non-soluble dietary fibers. Dietary fibers stimulate intestinal micro flora acting as a prebiotic.

Dietary fibers are important for:

- Stabilizing blood glucose levels.
- Suppressing cholesterol synthesis by the liver.
- Stimulating production of T helper cells, antibodies, leukocytes, cytokines and lymph mechanisms.
- Increasing proliferation of colonic bacteria beneficial for intestinal health.
- Improving barrier properties of the colonic mucosal layer, inhibiting inflammatory and adhesion irritants.

Vitamins
EcoProducts baobab fruit pulp contains high concentrations of Vitamin C and contains Vitamins A, B1, B2, B3 & B6.

Vitamins have different functions in the body:
Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) is important for growth and repair of tissues in the body. It is an antioxidant, promotes healthy gums, assists the body absorb iron and helps wounds heal.
Vitamin A is important for the maintenance of healthy teeth, bones, soft tissue and skin.
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) helps the body cells change carbohydrates into energy. It is also essential for heart function and healthy nerve cells.
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) works with other B vitamins and is important for body growth and production of red blood cells.
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) helps maintain healthy skin and nerves and has cholesterol-lowering effects.
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) helps the body use protein, helps form red blood cells and helps maintain brain function.

Source: MedilinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

Calcium and other minerals
EcoProducts baobab fruit pulp is rich in Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Iron. Pregnant women in Africa use baobab fruit pulp as a source of calcium during pregnancy and lactation.

Calcium is one of the most important minerals for growth, and maintenance and reproduction of the body. Calcium helps maintain healthy bones and teeth. It also helps with blood clotting, nerve signaling, muscle contraction and relaxation and release of certain hormones.
Phosphorus is used in the formation of bones and teeth. Phosphorus also plays an important role in the utilization of carbohydrates and fats, synthesis of protein for growth and maintenance and repair of cells and tissues.
Potassium is necessary to maintain the water balance between the cells and body fluids. And plays an important role in cellular enzymes and contraction of muscles
Iron is important for the making of oxygen-carrying proteins, hemoglobin and myoglobin.

Baobab organic virgin oil cold pressed

Oil properties baobab oil

Although the oil from the Baobab tree is not an essential oil - as it is a "fixed" oil and not a volatile oil, it does have some amazing properties, and for this reason we have decided to stock this oil.

Since it is a fixed oil - it will not burn the skin when used neat on the skin, but since it is such a rich and nourishing oil, it can be included in far smaller quantities into another carrier oil or base.

The pure oil is extracted from the seeds and the oil is easily and quickly absorbed by the skin leaving no oiliness or greasiness. Baobab oil is highly moisturizing, emollient and soothing which is partly due to the ingredients found in the oil. It contains vitamins A, D, E and F.

Vitamins A and F (which are polyunsaturated fatty acid) are actively involved in the rejuvenation and renewal of cell membranes, while vitamin E is a superior antioxidant, which helps to fight aging.

Baobab oil is ideal to help treat dry and damaged skin, as well as for intensive hair care and its soothing properties are helpful for eczema and psoriasis treatments due to the Omega 3, 6 and 9 contained in the oil.

The baobab seed oil is pure, cold-pressed and unrefined – containing no additives.

Baobab oil does far more than just moisturize the skin and this rich, golden oil also helps to improve skin elasticity, encourages regeneration of skin cells and does not clog the pores.

It is also said to alleviate pain from burns and regenerates the epithelial tissues in a short time, thereby improving skin tone and elasticity.

Baobab oil is used in small percentages in creams, lotions, body butters and other skin care formulations.

Baobab oil is known for the following beauty benefits:

* Skin softening
* Skin restructuring
* Quick absorption
* Improves elasticity of the skin
* Encourages regeneration of cells
* Do no clog skin pores
* The essential fatty acids contribute towards maintaining a healthy skin
* Superb moisturizing benefits for skin and hair
* It is a non-siccative (non-drying) oil

Origin of baobab oil baobab oil

The baobab is probably the best known tree in Africa. Its thick, grey, fibrous trunk (reaching, in some instances, over 25 meters in circumference) and large, spreading crown, seasonally devoid of foliage, are instantly recognizable. Baobabs are extremely long-lived, with some specimens believed to be as much as 3,000 years old. The baobab belongs to its own family, Bombacaceae.

The Baobab tree has digitate (hand-shaped) leaves, and ovoid fruit, with a hard woody shell covered in yellowish-green velvety hairs, are again easily identified. Inside its shell, the fruit contains a number of seeds, embedded in a whitish, powdery pulp. Tangy and nutritious, the pulp makes a tasty food or, after soaking in water or milk, a refreshing beverage.

The tree is found throughout Africa, generally at low altitudes and in the hotter, drier areas. In fact, so widespread is the tree that, to many people, it is an icon, symbolic of the continent itself.
Extraction baobab oil

The oil is extracted by cold-pressing the seeds.
Chemical composition baobab oil

Baobab oil is a semi-fluid golden-yellow oil that is gently scented and contains nearly equal amounts of saturated (33%), mono-unsaturated (36%) and poly-unsaturated (31%) fatty acids, and the essential linoleic acid is of special interest.
Saturated fatty acids
Palmitic acid C16:0 18.0 - 30.0 %
Stearic acid C18:0 2.0 - 9.0 %
Arachidic acid C20:0 < 2.0 %
Unsaturated fatty acids
Oleic acid C18:1 30.0 - 42.0 %
Linoleic acid C18:2 20.0 - 35.0 %
a Linoleic acid C18:3 1.0 - 3.0 %

The natural antioxidant properties of organic BAOMIX play an essential role in combating free radicals, the proliferation of which contributes to the premature aging of cells. These antioxidants are integral to various metabolic processes, such as collagen production, the synthesis of hormones (steroids), and the production of connective tissue and neurotransmitters.
Ascorbic acid, also found in organic BAOMIX, improves the body’s ability to assimilate and distribute calcium and iron.
BAOMIX is especially recommended for anyone who desires to rebuild or maintain his or her good health: seniors, children going through growth spurts, students, and athletes. BAOMIX is a dietary supplement, and should not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet.
100% organic and gluten free, organic BAOMIX is made by separating the naturally dried skin from the interior pulp of the fruit.
Directions: Dissolve two teaspoons in a glass of water, fruit juice, iced tea, milk or yogurt one to two times daily. Try it also as a breakfast tonic by adding two teaspoons to a cup of hot chocolate in the morning. You can find more recipes at BAOMIX.COM.
Ingredients: 100% organic pulp of baobab (Adansonia digitata). With a sweet and tangy taste, the pulp contains thiamine (vitamin B1) and riboflavin (vitamin B2), both essential to the regeneration of skin stem cells, and niacin (vitamin B3), which plays in important role in various metabolic functions. Baobab pulp is naturally rich in minerals—calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc—and in several essential amino acids.
2 teaspoons of organic BAOMIX contain 44% of your required daily fiber, of which 22.4% is soluble and 22.6% insoluble. Soluble fiber balances and fortifies your intestinal flora, which helps to facilitate healthy digestion.
An excellent complement to an active diet, 100 grams of organic BAOMIX contains seven times more vitamin C (300 mg) than an equal quantity of orange and three times more calcium (295 mg) than milk.
Store in a cool dry place.
Composition of 100 grams of organic baobab fruit: 75.6% carbohydrates, 2.3% protein, 0.27% lipids and 300 mg vitamin C.

Origin Senegal, distributed by company AGOJI France

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