Fruit Concentrates

Concentrates are bought on brix, acidity, colour and flavour profile, and they exist because shipping water is uneconomic, which is exactly the arithmetic a beverage buyer should run before considering ready-to-drink imports.

Apple concentrate is the volume product, used both as a beverage base and widely as a natural sweetener in formulations positioned against added sugar. Cranberry concentrate serves both juice and the functional-beverage segment.

Specify brix, acid, colour and whether clarified or cloudy, since the two are not interchangeable in a finished drink. Storage temperature and shelf life in the destination climate should be confirmed at enquiry: concentrates are stable but not indefinitely so, and warm warehousing shortens the window.