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Bulk Cranberry Ingredients

Your source for NFC cranberry juice, concentrated cranberry juice, cranberry puree and cranberry IQF.

Our customers use cranberries because of their distinct tart flavor, functional properties, and strong association with health benefits. Cranberries are commonly processed into juices, concentrates, dried forms, and extracts, making them versatile for use in beverages, snacks, sauces, and supplements. Their naturally sharp taste helps balance sweetness in products and enhance overall flavor profiles. Cranberries are also rich in antioxidants and are widely associated with urinary tract health, which supports targeted health marketing claims. Additionally, their bright red color improves visual appeal and can serve as a natural coloring ingredient. Their availability in shelf-stable forms makes them convenient for large-scale production and consistent product formulation.

Cranberry Ingredients can be supplied as organic upon request

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About Our Cranberry

Not From Concentrate, The Gold Standard

NFC Cranberry Juice: Pure, Bracing Functionality

For premium wellness and beverage brands looking to bypass the caramelized notes of thermal evaporation, our bulk NFC cranberry juice represents the gold standard. Pressed from mature, deep-red cranberries, the single-strength juice is immediately flash-pasteurized to secure microbiological safety while preserving the fragile, raw aromatic top-notes and sharp, tart bite of the fresh berry.

  • The Ultimate Functional Foundation: Packed with naturally occurring Proanthocyanidins (PACs), our NFC juice is highly sought after by functional beverage brands aiming to carry legitimate health claims (such as urinary tract and cardiovascular health support) on their retail labels.

  • Natural Cloud & Color Integrity: Because this juice undergoes zero depectinization or concentration, it maintains a stable natural cloud and a brilliant, ruby-red color. This makes it perfect for clean-label, premium retail juices that require a strict "100% Not From Concentrate" claim.

  • Primary Industrial Applications: Premium RTD functional beverages, wellness shots, craft kombuchas, and upscale non-alcoholic botanical cocktail mixers.

Logistical Efficiency and Extended Shelf Stability

Concentrated Cranberry Juice: High-Acid Efficiency

When logistical efficiency, extended shelf stability, and strict cost-per-liter parameters dominate your procurement goals, our bulk Concentrated Cranberry Juice is the ideal solution. Standardized at 50° or 65° Brix, this high-yield ingredient removes up to 80% of the fruit’s natural water content, creating a space-saving, self-preserving concentrate that blends cleanly on automated production lines.

  • Clarified (Depectinized) Excellence: Our standard concentrate undergoes full enzymatic depectinization and multi-stage ultra-filtration. This yields a sparkling, water-soluble, crystal-clear deep-red syrup that injects intense cranberry flavor and natural acidity without introducing haze, cloudiness, or sediment into clear liquids.

  • The High-Performance Natural Acidulant: Boasting a naturally low pH and high concentration of citric, quinic, and malic acids, our concentrate functions beautifully as a clean-label alternative to synthetic acidulants and chemical preservatives.

  • Primary Industrial Applications: Clear RTD beverages, hard seltzers, sports and hydration waters, fruit gummies and confectionery, and dairy fruit preps.

Physical Body, Natural Dietary Fiber, and Rich Viscosity

Cranberry Puree: Rich Textures & Intact Bioactives

For formulations demanding the physical body, natural dietary fiber, and rich viscosity of the whole fruit, our Single-Strength Cranberry Puree delivers uncompromised quality. Produced by crushing whole, sound cranberries and passing them through precision mechanical sieves, this process entirely removes tough stems and large seed fragments while retaining the fruit's natural pulp and pectin.

  • High Natural Pectin Viscosity: Cranberries are naturally rich in pectin, giving this puree an outstanding binding capacity. It flows smoothly through automated industrial pumps and depositor nozzles without clogging, while adding a heavy, luxurious mouthfeel to finished foods.

  • Preserved Nutritional Integrity: Because the puree retains the skin fractions (finely milled), it possesses an exceptionally high concentration of insoluble fibers and dietary antioxidants compared to filtered juices, appealing directly to the health-conscious consumer.

  • Primary Industrial Applications: Infant nutrition and baby foods, premium fruit smoothies, industrial bakery fillings, artisanal fruit spreads, and thick culinary sauces (such as specialty poultry glazes).

Orchard-fresh aromatic compounds

Cranberry Essence: Capturing Volatile Top-Notes

During the thermal evaporation process used to create concentrated cranberry juice, the most delicate, volatile, and characteristic "orchard-fresh" aromatic compounds instantly vaporize. Rather than letting these premium top-notes escape, our closed-loop recovery systems capture the aromatic steam and flash-distill it into pure, crystal-clear Cranberry Essence.

  • 150-Fold Volatile Concentration: Standardized to industry-preferred concentration levels (typically 150-fold), meaning one gallon of essence contains the volatile aroma compounds of 150 gallons of single-strength juice.

  • Restoring Fresh-Cut Aroma: Cranberry essence is a water-soluble, completely clear liquid. When added back to juice concentrates or seltzer bases at micro-dosage levels, it perfectly restores the crisp, tart, and fresh-picked aroma often lost during thermal processing.

  • Primary Industrial Applications: Custom compounding for flavor houses, clear RTD sparkling waters, hard seltzers, premium teas, and botanical cosmetic fragrances.

B2B Frequently Asked Questions

Available Cranberry Formats

No. Our Clarified Cranberry Juice Concentrate undergoes a rigorous enzymatic depectinization and ultra-filtration process. This completely breaks down and removes all naturally occurring pectins, starches, and insoluble fruit solids, leaving a brilliant, ruby-red liquid that remains 100% clear and sediment-free throughout the shelf life of your seltzer or spirits.

Cranberry possesses an exceptionally low pH ($2.5$ to $2.7$) due to high levels of quinic, malic, and citric acids. When raw cranberry is added to milk or yogurt bases, this high acidity immediately destabilizes and curdles the dairy proteins. To prevent this, R&D teams must introduce food-grade buffering salts (such as sodium citrate or potassium phosphate) to safely raise the formulation pH without altering the cranberry flavor.

For wellness and nutraceutical brands, we evaluate our bulk cranberry ingredients by their concentration of Proanthocyanidins (PACs). PACs are the primary active compounds responsible for cranberry's clinically proven health benefits. We can provide standard analytical testing (such as BL-DMAC assay testing) to verify the precise PAC content of our NFC juice and purees.

The Brothers International

Quality Promise

Brothers International and its 4 divisions, Brothers Ingredients, Dennick Fruit Source, Hosh International and Food Partners, are trusted global importers of premium ingredients to major food and beverage manufacturers in North America. We deliver consistent quality and supply across every format the industry demands. Our cranberry are sourced from the earth’s prime growing regions where farming expertise, climate and soil composition come together to produce cranberry of exceptional caliber. All of our suppliers undergo a rigorous vetting process to ensure we work with only the highest-quality processors and can fully guarantee traceability, sustainability, and compliance with all international regulations.

Each of our divisions has a specialized operations team to manage shipments and coordinate with customers and suppliers. They work closely with our in-house customs team to ensure efficient clearance, and collaborate with the USDA and FDA to maintain full regulatory compliance. This ensures your ingredients move seamlessly through every stage of import, arriving on time and ready for production with complete confidence. With decades of sourcing expertise and a strong commitment to customer success, you can count on Brothers International to deliver the premium ingredients your products require.

Industry Glossery

A Reference Guide for Fruit Ingredient Terminology

Check out our glossary for a consolidated reference of commonly used terminology across the global fruit ingredient industry. It provides straightforward definitions and context for the language and concepts referenced throughout the industry.

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