Flavorful and Nutritious Fruit Dahanu Gholvad Bordi Chikoo gets GI Tag

Is Dehydrated Chikoo fruit better than frozen Chikoo for Export & Industry use? Use of dehydrated fruits as ingredients in the HORECA and Food processing industry is a fast growing trend. We find dehydrated fruits in energy bars, muesli, cakes, cookies, ice creams and many other fruit products. However fresh or frozen fruit is still the preferred option when it comes to desserts like milkshakes, ice cream, kulfi etc.  One fruit that has high demand in the desserts segment is Chikoo. Most of the companies making desserts from Chikoo use it in its frozen form available from the market. They do so to avoid the cumbersome process of procuring chikoo from the market, ripening it and peeling it at their factory. Fruit quality, taste, supply source assurance, price fluctuations and year round availability are some factors due to which Chikoo desserts are not manufactured at a very large scale. Also cold storage and a refrigerated supply chain adds on heavily to the cost of procurement. Ru

  Sugar Free Chikoo Smoothie in 10 mins! Every restaurant and cafe owner has some delicious milkshakes and smoothies on their menu. Customers have high preferences for fruit smoothies made from real fruits. Keeping up with the recent trends in health & fitness, sugar free fruit smoothies are high in demand.  Chikoo is one such fruit which has a high demand in the milk shakes & smoothie segment. Making Chikoo smoothie on the cafe counter is however a cumbersome process. Selecting the perfectly ripe chikoo, peeling & deseeding it and adding sugar to balance the taste. Chikoo is a perishable fruit and many times it over ripens and is wasted. The price fluctuation and availability of quality fresh fruit is another aspect restaurant owners have to manage. Do you wish to overcome these problems and give your customers a quality chikoo smoothie any time of the year? Aura Green introduces 100% natural sun dried chikoo slices which is a ready to process food ingredient. Now any rest

How chikoo fruit dehydration is helping save our plane Food supply chain and processing are essential activities for humans on our planet Earth. All our daily essential groceries reach the store near us and to our homes due to this highly organized industry. However essential the food supply chain is for our sustenance it has a heavy carbon footprint which is a major contributor to climate change.  Another major concern of the food supply chain is post harvest wastage which adds to the direct losses. It is estimated that over 16-20% of food produced in India is wasted due to lack of post harvest technologies. We can only wish that more farm based, renewable energy driven food processing techniques are deployed to reduce the impact of this industry on our planet.   One such small but significant step in the industry is dehydration of fresh fruit and vegetables on or near to the farms using solar dryers. Chikoo fruit processing using this technique in Dahanu Gholvad is proving to be of

  You love fruit candies but hate sugar? Sugar free Chikoo candy is your best option.   It all began with Amla candy in India. Being a nutritious fruit and high in demand people found out ways to preserve it by adding sugar and drying its slices. Today it's the highest consumed fruit candy in our country. In recent times we have seen similar candies made from Oranges, Papaya, Kiwi, Mango, Muskmelon, Cranberries, Blueberries and many other fruits. The point of concern is although we consume it for its nutritional value and taste, these candies come loaded with sugar which acts as a preservative. So is there fruit candy which is sugar free, nutritious and 100% natural? Come experience Aura Green 100% natural sun dried chikoo slices which give consistent taste and nutrition in its naturally dried form. The best part - it has no added sugar, preservatives, color or anything else. Simply put it is just pure Chikoo fruit slices in a candied form.  Ruwan Foodtech LLP (owners of the brand

Dried Chikoo with Milk & Cereals  Cereals, Muesli, Corn Flakes have become a preferred breakfast of the urban population. It is easy to prepare and promises to give you necessary nutrition. Everyone from adults to children love this breakfast with warm or cold milk. Adding 18-20 slices of Aura Green 100% Natural Sun Dried Chikoo (Sapota) slices is an easy way to add loads of Iron, Calcium and Energy to your favorite breakfast. Chikoo is a wonderful combination with milk and this enhances the taste and texture of your cereal bowl. And the best part is you need not add any form of sugar to sweeten your breakfast, its naturally sweet.  Just as it in your child’s tiffin box Children need a lot of energy all day during their school and classes, while playing or enjoying with friends. It's a challenge for mothers to pack their child’s tiffin box with food items which are healthy, filling, nutritious and also light in weight. Carrying fresh fruits is always cumbersome considering the

Women farmers take up Chikoo processing in Dahanu Gholvad Bordi India wastes a significant amount of its agricultural produce due to weak cold chain infrastructure, poor post-harvesting facilities & lack of cold storage capacity. In 2022, India lost 5–13% of its fruits and vegetables between harvesting and consumption. One such fruit that has a higher than average (20%) waste percentage is Chikoo. Dahanu Gholvad Bordi have been the center of Chikoo horticulture in India for over a 100 years now. This region gets 3-4 harvests of Chikoo fruit every year, the peak season being November to March. Wastage of ripened fruit on farm is a major setback to farmers since this fruit cannot be packed and sent to markets nor there is any large scale industry that processes chikoo fruit in other forms like pulp, jams etc.   Over 30 years ago one innovate women from Bordi Gholvad Ms Sharada Gajanan Patil took upon the baton to ensure the fruit ripened on farm is processed into multiple products l