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About Sunsweet Growers
Sunsweet Growers Incorporated produces dried fruits for the Food and Beverage Industry. Through processing and extraction, they largely manufacture a variety of dried prune products including Pitted Prunes, Diced Prune Pieces, Prune Powder and Fiber, as well as Prune Juice Concentrate. These high quality preservatives improve flavor while reducing fat in sauces, baking, meats and confections.
Grades from Sunsweet Growers
25 lbs. Diced Pitted Prunes
25 lbs. Diced Pitted Prunes have a characteristic sweet flavor with a slightly tart and fruit flavor. Diced Pitted Prune bits are made from an extrusion process that pushes prunes through a fine mesh screen, completely eliminating the possibility of any pit fragments. The resulting paste is then diced. This product is especially suited for wet applications in baking, dairy, chocolate coating, and fruit blends or mixes. It is made with no added ingredients, is free flowing, and moderately low in water activity.
35 lb. Case Extruded Prune Paste, 2MM Grind
35 lbs. Case Extruded Prune Paste, 2mm Grind has a characteristic but slightly tart and fruity flavor, with a hint of caramelization. 5 lbs. Case Extruded Prune Paste can be substituted for oil or fat in baking or confection applications, reducing or eliminating fat and cholesterol, while acting as a shelf life enhancer. They have a flavor affinity for chocolates. This product is ideal for meat applications including possible shelf life extension with no other preservatives, moisture retention (sausages and meats), flavor enhancement (reduction or elimination of WOF in cooked meats). Specific applications for this product include baking, confections, sauces, and meats.
35 lb. Low Moisture Milled Prune Fiber
35 lbs. Moisture Milled Prune Fiber is prepared from the pulp of prunes used in making prune juice ground in preparation for dehydrated, milled, screen and packed in a sealed poly-lined case. This product has a total dietary fiber content of 63.2g, a standard plate count that does not exceed 1,000 cry/g, and a yeast and mold count that does not exceed 100 cfu/g.This product has a characteristic bland taste and is free from off flavors, making it ideal to to be applied in baking, confections, sauces, and meats.
40 lbs. Low Moisture Prune Powder
40 lbs. Low Moisture Prune Powder is made from whole dried plum solids dried to a very low moisture (max 3.5%) and mixed with an anti-caking agent. This powder contains an exceptional blend of soluble and insoluble fiber (9%) combined with sorbitol (25%), which makes the powder highly hygroscopic and also adds high moisture retention properties.
52 Drum Fresh Plum Concentrate
52 Drum Fresh Prune Plum Concentrate is made with fresh plum juice from mature prune plums of the "Pruneaux La Petite d'Agen" variety. Fresh Plum Concentrate has a red color and a sweet light taste that makes it suitable for applications where color can be an issue. With sorbitol, and soluble fiber, it is ideal for juice blends, syrups, sauces, snack foods and energy bars.
52 Gal. Drum Dried Prune Puree
52 Gal. Drum Dried Prune Puree is a dark brown, smooth, lump free puree that has a characteristic tart fruity prune flavor. This product has a moisture content of 25.0% max. Dried Prune Puree is primarily designed to be used as a complete or partial replacement for butter, oil or shortening used in baking.
55 Gal. Drum Prune Juice Concentrate
55 Gal. Drum Prune Juice concentrate is a pure water extract of prune concentrated to minimum 70 brix (70% fruit soluble solids). At this brix level, the product is self-preserving and does not require refrigerated storage. The sugars in D’Agen type prunes are absolutely unique in the fruit world. Approximately 15% of the total sugar in prune juice concentrate comes in the form of sorbitol, while it contains less than 1% sucrose.
