Welch’s Global Ingredients Introduces Niagara Grape Juice

04.28.16

The golden-hued grape juice contains no added sugar, colors or flavors.

Booth K27
 
Welch’s Global Ingredients Group, Concord, MA, has extended its product portfolio with 100% Niagara grape juice—a unique golden American superfruit juice that delivers a sophisticated flavor profile and naturally nutritious polyphenols.
 
Niagara grape juice joins the deep-purple Concord grape juice in the Welch’s Global Ingredients Group juice range, giving beverage, confectionary, dairy and alcohol brands, as well as contract manufacturers, access to a choice of two contrasting fruit juice concepts.
 
Niagara grape juice contains no added sugar, colors or flavors. It is available globally to companies, and offers bold and floral flavor notes. Niagara grape juice’s taste remains light enough for blending with other juices in a way that complements them, rather than overshadowing them, said the company.
 
The Niagara grape has a thick skin and crunchy seeds that provide naturally occurring plant nutrients, which act as antioxidants and can also contribute to health. To preserve this inherent nutrition in the Niagara grape juice, Welch’s squeezes the whole grape, including the skin and seeds, to release these plant nutrients, or polyphenols, straight from the grape and into the juice. The result is a 100% juice white grape juice. Just one 8oz glass of 100% Niagara grape juice counts as two servings or one cup of fruit.
 
Wayne Lutomski, Vice President of International & Welch’s Global Ingredients Group, said: “Forget Batman v Superman—the true superheroes this spring are Concord and Niagara. These spectacular juices are like nothing else on the market. Beverage and juice companies looking for a truly innovative juice proposition need look no further.”
 
Just like the Concord grape, the Niagara grape is grown by the nearly 1,000 family-farmers who own Welch’s Global Ingredients Group. Niagara grapes are difficult to source because they have a very short harvest season and grow only in specific regions of North America. They are also extremely delicate and without the right care they do not travel well. Welch’s juice-making expertise ensures they are picked and squeezed using techniques that preserve their special characteristics in the end product.
 
Welch’s Global Ingredients Group has also added the Niagara grape to its FruitWorx range of real fruit inclusions for bakery, nutrition bar, confectionary, snack and breakfast cereal applications. The new launch follows the successful introduction of FruitWorx Concord grape inclusions a year ago.
 
FruitWorxinclusions are created using URC (Ultra Rapid Concentration), a unique process that concentrates the taste, texture and natural goodness of fruit juices and purées into pieces, flakes and bites. FruitWorx inclusions can be made using a single type of fruit or in combination with other fruits, or blended with other ingredients— including ancient grains such as chia. The pieces can also be enrobed in chocolate to create a delicious and wholesome treat.
 
Welch’s Global Ingredients Group will showcase Concord and Niagara FruitWorx inclusions at Ingredient Marketplace 2016. Featuring at its booth will be concepts based on both grape varieties, alone and paired with other flavors.