When you think about fruit ingredients company, think of Polpa Brasil!

Specialist in dehydration, Polpa Brasil is a food ingredient company with high quality and innovation. We value developing ingredients that deliver a unique sensorial experience, without giving up the authenticity and naturality that only what was grown on earth can offer.

Our History

Feed the pleasure of eating well!

Specialists in dehydration and with extensive knowledge in fruits and vegetable crops and supply chains, Polpa Brasil is a synonym for innovation and high quality. We value developing ingredients that deliver a unique sensorial experience, without giving up the authenticity and naturality that only what was grown on earth can offer.

Chosen for projects of the main food companies, our purpose is to facilitate the development of products, sharing our expertise in dehydrated fruits and vegetables, from the supply chain to the bite, and knowing the preferences of the final consumer.

Founded in 1999,

Polpa Brasil is located in a charming city in Santa Catarina: Fraiburgo. For this reason, our activities began with the production of dehydrated apples, since we are located in its main producing region.

Preserving the essence of a family business,

We value a transparent, ethical, and close relationship with our stakeholders while ensuring solid processes for safe and reliable products.

We were born with a purpose:

To enable the application of fruits and vegetables in products, making these healthy ingredients, which are usually seasonal, stable for the food industry.

But our founder also had a dream:

To expand the view that industrialized foods can be authentic, healthy, and natural without losing their flavor and convenience!

Due to this dream, in these 20 years,

We became experts in the segment, offering more than 90 products. We supply companies around the world that prioritize providing quality and incredible sensorial experiences to the consumer.

Polpa Brasil is a reference!

And it could be your next supplier with FSSC 22000 quality dehydrated fruits.

Our production
process

This is where it all starts!

Polpa has a unique processing technology that allows producing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, delivering textures, colors, and nutrients, all preserving nutritional characteristics and valuing the authenticity of each product.

Because it is based in a production region, Polpa understands the crops and their seasons, knowledge that, combined with the capacity of preparation and storage of fruits and vegetables, ensures stable supply throughout the year.

This led us to be referenced in Brazil as a reliable clean-label food ingredients company.

How do we produce? With creativity, devotion and technology!

Preprocessing

A step in which the fruit is sliced, washed, concentrated, or formulated.

Dehydration

The process eliminates the water content in fruits by evaporation, with heat and mass transfer.

Finishing

We finish the product by cutting in different shapes and sizes, according to the final application.

final inspections

Inspections: strict controls to ensure product quality and consumer safety!

Dehydration is the key to success

In Polpa, we dehydrate fruits and vegetables slowly, using hot air, in which the fruit is heated and all the internal moisture migrates to the surface, dragged by the air stream.

This process makes a total difference in the final quality of the fruits and ensures microbiological control and a stable and long shelf life. Also, the removal of water concentrates the sugar, accentuating the flavor and enhancing the colors - one of the secrets of the Polpa Brasil.

Advantages of Polpa’s products

We think of every detail. Therefore, all the technology involved is essential for our ingredients to have the quality we expect. This is important not only for them to support the food manufacturing process, but also for them to reach the consumer in their best condition, ensuring success from the first bite.

Our advantages are related to the care and efficiency that we always bring into our processes!

Customization of products;
Slow dehydration, which reserves the properties of the fruit and enhances sensorial characteristics;
Knowledge of the supply chain and cultures.

Process differentials

We thought of every detail. Therefore, all the technology involved is essential for our ingredients to have the quality we expect. This is important not only for them to support the manufacturing process of industrial products, but also for them to reach the consumer in their best condition, winning it at the first bite.

Our differentials are related to the care and efficiency that we always bring to our processes!

Customization of products; Slow dehydration, which preserves the properties of the fruit and enhances sensory characteristics; Knowledge of the supply chain and cultures.

Our Structure

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Plant area: more than 11,500m² in total.

funcionários trabalhando na desidratação das frutas

Production: More than 3600 tons of dehydrated fruit per year.

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Raw materials: mostly Brazilian.

Approximately 250 professionals, most of them from the local community.

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Active participation in community actions.

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State-of-the-art technology (or other info they send).

Certifications

As a responsible and ethical food ingredients company, nothing more natural than having the necessary certifications to ensure the quality and safety of our products, the integrity of our processes, and the dignity of our employees.