Brothers International is your trusted source for 100% plant-derived natural food colors for your manufacturing needs. As regulatory bodies restrict synthetic FD&C colors, natural food coloring has become the preferred alternative for major food and beverage manufacturers.

We provide vibrant, clean-label alternatives derived from natural fruits, vegetables, and botanicals; engineered to deliver brilliant visual appeal, heat and light stability, and consumer-trusted labeling.

With increasing FDA restrictions and state-level bans on synthetic color additives (including Red #3, Red #4, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, and Blue #2) food and beverage brand owners are rapidly reformulating toward clean-label, plant-derived color solutions for a huge number of manufacturing applications.

By leveraging natural anthocyanins, carotenoids, betalains, and chlorophylls, R&D teams can seamlessly replace artificial colors with vibrant pigments sourced straight from nature.

• Direct FD&C Synthetic Color Alternatives: We provide matching shades for targeted FD&C colors—utilizing Black Carrot and Beetroot for Red #3 and #4, Turmeric and Beta-Carotene for Yellow #5, Paprika for Yellow #6, and Spirulina or Red Cabbage for Blue #2 and green blends.

• 100% Clean-Label Ingredient Declarations: Modern consumers scrutinize ingredient lists. Transitioning to natural food colorings allows brands to replace chemical numbers with trusted declarations like “Colored with Fruit and Vegetable Juice,” “Turmeric for Color,” or “Elderberry Extract.”

• Engineered Heat, Light & pH Stability: Natural pigments vary by environment. Our standardized color formulations are micro-encapsulated or pH-buffered to maintain shade integrity through pasteurization, shelf-life light exposure, and acidic beverage conditions.

Not every manufacturing line requires the same solubility, heat tolerance, or tinting strength; an extruded snack, a crystal-clear RTD seltzer, and a high-boiled gummy each demand distinct pigment particle sizes, oil/water dispersion traits, and heat thresholds.

Rather than offering a rigid off-the-shelf catalog, our global sourcing and formulation network matches the botanical origin and processing method to your precise production parameters.

Whether you need a water-soluble liquid Purple Carrot concentrate to replace Red #3 in high-acid beverages, or a heat-stable spray-dried Turmeric powder for baked goods, we match the source to your objective. We deliver natural colors that fit your exact formulation requirements.

• Flavor-Neutral Extract Processing: Our natural fruit and vegetable colorants undergo specialized de-flavoring processes to remove native aromas and tastes, ensuring your final product retains its intended flavor profile without botanical interference.

• Standardized Color Strength & Shade Matching: We standardize pigment density (Color Value / ICU) across every batch to ensure absolute visual uniformity from run to run.

Brothers International is your trusted source for premium Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) fruit for your manufacturing needs. From high-demand staples like Strawberries, Blueberries, and Mango to Peaches, Pineapples, and Exotic Berries; all rapidly flash-frozen at peak ripeness to preserve natural piece identity, cell structure, vibrant color, and fresh-picked flavor.

When utilizing whole or cut fruit in commercial food production, conventional block freezing often damages fruit tissue, resulting in soft, mushy textures and excessive juice loss upon thawing. Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) technology flash-freezes each individual piece of fruit in seconds, preventing large ice crystals from forming and rupturing the fruit’s cell walls.

By understanding how IQF processing protects cellular integrity, R&D and operations teams can maintain superior product texture and visual appeal without processing downtime.

• Free-Flowing Convenience & Portion Control: Because each fruit piece is frozen individually, IQF fruit does not clump into a solid block. This allows for effortless automated weighing, precise recipe portioning, and continuous feeding into production lines without manual thawing or chopping.

• Minimal Drip Loss & Color Bleed: By preserving natural cell walls, IQF fruit significantly reduces fluid loss (drip loss) and prevents unwanted color migration into bakery batters, white dairy bases, or doughs during processing.

• Peak-Ripeness Consistency Year-Round: IQF fruit is harvested and flash-frozen within hours at peak maturity, locking in optimal Brix levels, natural acidity, and vibrant color regardless of seasonal agricultural gaps.

Not every manufacturing line can handle the same cut size or moisture parameter; a high-speed pie line, an artisan muffin batter, and a commercial smoothie blender each demand specific piece dimensions, firm textures, and melt-rate characteristics.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, our global sourcing network carefully aligns fruit cultivar, cut specification, and freezing protocols with your functional requirements.

Whether you need 10x10mm Chilean diced peaches for a bakery prep, or calibrated whole Polish wild blueberries for a muffin mix, we match the origin and cut specification to your objective. We deliver IQF fruit that fits your exact manufacturing parameters.

• Custom Cuts & Precision Grading: We offer a vast array of cut options—including whole, halved, sliced, diced (e.g., 3/8″, 1/2″), chunks, tidbits, and crumbs—graded to strict size tolerances to prevent machine clogging.

• Unbroken Cold Chain Security: Maintained at strict sub-zero temperatures from post-harvest freezing through global shipping and warehousing, ensuring zero freezer burn or ice build-up in bulk containers.

Brothers International is your trusted source for premium fruit puree concentrates for your manufacturing needs. From high-demand staples like Mango, Peach, and Apple to exotic Passionfruit, Guava, and Banana; all expertly processed to remove water content while retaining the natural pulp, fruit solids, rich texture, and vibrant flavor of whole fruit.

While single-strength purees offer great texture, shipping water-heavy ingredients across global supply chains can significantly increase freight and storage costs. Puree concentrates bridge the gap between liquid juice concentrates and single-strength purees by gently evaporating natural water while preserving the fruit’s native pulp, insoluble fibers, and rich viscosity.

By understanding how puree concentrates function within your processing equipment, R&D and procurement teams can maximize cost efficiency without sacrificing whole-fruit mouthfeel.

• Maximum Cost-in-Use Efficiency: Removing water content reduces the product’s physical volume (often elevating brix from 10° to 30°+ Brix). This delivers up to 60–70% savings on shipping weights and cold storage space compared to single-strength purees.

• Natural Viscosity and Mouthfeel: Unlike clarified juice concentrates, puree concentrates retain native fruit pulp and insoluble solids. They add natural density, mouthfeel, and cloudiness without requiring added gums, starch, or hydrocolloids.

• 100% Clean-Label Positioning: Utilizing pure fruit puree concentrates allows consumer brands to deliver rich, authentic fruit preps while maintaining consumer-friendly packaging claims like “Made with Real Fruit Puree” and “No Added Sugars.”

Not every manufacturing line can handle the same viscosity or brix level; a high-speed beverage filler, a viscous bakery injection system, and a craft brewery tank each demand specific flow characteristics, screen sizes, and brix targets.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all product, our global sourcing network carefully aligns origin, fruit variety, and concentration levels with your functional requirements.

Whether you need high-brix Indian Alphonso Mango puree concentrate for a tropical beverage line, or a smooth Chilean Peach puree concentrate with controlled acidity for bakery preps, we match the origin to your objective. We deliver puree concentrates that fit your exact manufacturing parameters.

• Tailored Screen Sizes & Particulate Control: Our puree concentrates are passed through specific mesh screens prior to evaporation to ensure smooth, uniform flow through processing pumps and filling nozzles.

• Reconstitution Flexibility: Fruit puree concentrates blend easily with water, allowing facility operators to reconstitute the product back to single-strength brix levels on-site with total control over final product density.

Brothers International is your trusted source for 100% natural, From The Named Fruit (FTNF) water-phase essences for your production needs. From Apple and Orange to Peach, Grape, and Passionfruit; all captured during gentle juice concentration to deliver the highly volatile, fresh-picked top-notes that bring beverages and flavor systems to life.

During the standard juice concentration process, thermal evaporation causes delicate, volatile aroma molecules to flash off. Aroma Recovery Units (ARUs) capture these water-vapor compounds before they are lost, condensing them into highly concentrated, pure water-phase essences.

By understanding how fruit essences complement juice concentrates and water bases, R&D teams can restore true “freshly picked” character to their formulations.

• 100% Water-Soluble Clarity: Unlike peel oils or essential oils, water-phase fruit essences mix seamlessly into water bases. They provide intense aromatic impact while maintaining total clarity and stability in liquid applications.

• Micro-Dosage Cost Efficiency: Fruit essences are exceptionally potent. Used at fractions of a percent, a tiny injection of high-fold essence drastically elevates the sensory profile of a beverage without significantly impacting cost-per-liter.

• 100% FTNF Clean-Label Status: Because our essences are extracted strictly from the named fruit during juicing, they carry 100% From The Named Fruit (FTNF) status, allowing for clean, natural ingredient labeling that modern consumers trust.

Not every application demands the same volatile profile or concentration fold; a high-proof spirit, an ultra-clear sparkling water, and a high-volume juice blend each require specific volatile fractions and solubility traits.

Rather than offering a standard off-the-shelf product, our global sourcing network aligns origin, fruit variety, and essence recovery specifications with your exact product requirements.

Whether you need a crisp, high-aldehyde Apple essence to brighten a juice blend, or a tropical Passionfruit essence to anchor a premium beverage line, we match the origin and extraction parameters to your objective. We deliver fruit essences that fit your exact manufacturing needs.

• Zero Thermal Degradation: Our essence recovery systems operate under vacuum at low temperatures, preserving delicate esters, aldehydes, and ketones that would otherwise be destroyed by high heat.

• True-to-Fruit Botanical Mirror: The captured essence is an exact aromatic footprint of the ripe fruit’s natural juice vapor, delivering the authentic aroma consumers expect from premium products.

Brothers International is your trusted source for premium fruit purees for your manufacturing needs. From high-demand staples like Mango, Banana, and Strawberry to exotic Passionfruit, Guava, and Peach; all gently processed to preserve the natural fiber, rich texture, vibrant color, and authentic flavor of whole fruit.

When formulating high-end food and beverage products, juice alone often lacks the physical substance that consumers associate with real fruit. Fruit purees bridge this gap by retaining the insoluble fibers, pulp, and solids inherent to the fruit, delivering an authentic “whole-fruit” sensory experience.

By understanding how viscosity and particulate matter function within your matrix, R&D teams can utilize purees to improve product performance and texture naturally.

• Natural Viscosity and Mouthfeel: Fruit purees act as a natural thickening agent. The native pectin and soluble fiber structure eliminate or reduce the need for added hydrocolloids, gums, or synthetic thickeners, allowing for a cleaner ingredient deck.

• Whole-Fruit Sensory Experience: Because the fruit’s pulp and skin solids are processed alongside the juice, purees retain the deeper, complex aromatic notes and rich visual turbidity that single-strength juices lack.

• 100% Clean-Label Alignment: Utilizing pure fruit purees allows consumer brands to make compelling packaging claims, such as “Made with Real Fruit,” “100% Whole Fruit Puree,” and “No Added Sugars or Preservatives.”

Not every application requires the same physical specification or fruit variety; a ultra-smooth baby food pouch, a rustic bakery filling, and a high-speed beverage line each demand distinct pulp levels, seed treatments, and viscosity profiles.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all product, our global sourcing network carefully aligns origin, fruit cultivar, and processing method with your functional requirements.

Whether you need rich Indian Alphonso Mango for a deep yellow hue and tropical aroma, or a specific Chilean Strawberry puree with controlled viscosity for dairy injection, we match the origin to your objective. We deliver fruit purees that fit your exact manufacturing parameters.

• Seeded vs. Seedless (De-Seeded) Options: For delicate berries (like Raspberry, Blackberry, or Passionfruit), we offer both seeded purees for visual texture and finely screened, de-seeded options to prevent nozzle clogging in automated filler lines.

• Controlled Particulate & Mesh Size: We offer purees finished through various screen sizes—ranging from coarse purees with recognizable fiber to ultra-smooth homogenizations suited for high-speed liquid packaging.

Brothers International is your trusted source for premium fruit juice concentrates for your production needs. From everyday staples like Apple and Orange to exotic Tropicals and Berries, all expertly processed to remove water content, providing a highly efficient, cost-effective, and shelf-stable solution without compromising on foundational flavor.

When developing commercial food and beverage products, managing supply chain logistics, storage space, and ingredient costs are top-of-mind for manufacturers. Fruit concentrates offer an incredibly efficient solution for development, providing the essential building blocks of fruit flavor in a highly condensed format.

By understanding the distinct logistical and formulation benefits of concentrated juices, R&D and procurement teams can unlock superior production efficiency and achieve consistent, scalable flavor profiles.

• Logistical Efficiency: By removing the natural water content from the fruit juice, concentrates drastically reduce shipping weights and storage space requirements. This makes them the most cost-effective way to transport and store large volumes of fruit ingredients.

• Extended Shelf Life & Stability: The evaporation process naturally increases the brix (sugar content) and lowers the water activity of the ingredient. This makes juice concentrates significantly more shelf-stable than single-strength juices, reducing spoilage risks during long-term storage and large-scale manufacturing.

• The Foundational Base: The most successful commercial formulations use concentrates to establish the foundational base, sweetness, and acidity of a product. While they may lack some volatile top-notes (which can be easily restored using our Citrus Oils or Essences), they provide the robust, reliable fruit profile necessary for high-volume production.

Not every application requires the exact same brix level, acidity, or clarity; a clear, sparkling fruit beverage, a thick yogurt base, and a gummy candy each demand distinct technical tolerances and cost-in-use parameters.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, our global sourcing network carefully aligns the origin and processing method with your product’s specific functional requirements.

Whether you need a highly clarified apple juice concentrate from South America for a crystal-clear beverage, or a robust, cloudy orange concentrate for a breakfast juice application, we match the origin to the objective. We deliver juice concentrates that precisely match your production needs.

• Customized Brix and Acidity: We source concentrates across a wide spectrum of brix levels and titratable acidity, allowing formulators to dial in the exact sweetness and tartness required for their specific recipe.

• Clarified vs. Cloudy Options: Depending on your application, we offer both clarified concentrates (ideal for clear beverages and gummies) and cloudy concentrates (which retain some natural pulp and pectin for a more robust mouthfeel in nectars and smoothies).

Brothers International is your trusted source for premium (Not From Concentrate) NFC juice for your production needs. From everyday staples like Orange and Apple to exotic Tropicals and Citrus, all minimally processed to deliver the highest quality juice on the market, preserving natural brix, vibrant aromas, and true-to-fruit flavors.

When developing premium beverages or culinary products, consumers are actively looking for the closest thing to “fresh-squeezed.” While juice concentrates are excellent for scalable efficiency, Not From Concentrate (NFC) juices offer an unparalleled, uncompromised sensory experience.

By understanding the distinct physical properties and market appeal of single strength juices, R&D teams can unlock superior product performance and achieve a true “whole fruit” flavor profile.

• Fresh-Squeezed Flavor: Because not form concentrate juices skip the evaporation process entirely, they do not undergo the prolonged heat exposure that concentrates do. This preserves the delicate, volatile flavor compounds and top-notes that give beverages an authentic, freshly picked character.

• 100% Clean Label Positioning: Modern consumers are well-educated on ingredient lists. Utilizing unconcentrated juice allows consumer brands to boast premium, clean-label claims such as “100% Juice,” “Not From Concentrate,” and “No Added Water.”

• The Perfect Premium Base: The most successful premium beverage formulations use this “100% juice” as their foundational base. It establishes authentic mouthfeel, natural acidity, and brix levels, driving the premium aroma and flavor that generates consumer loyalty and repurchases.

Not every application requires the exact same chemical footprint or sourcing strategy. A premium baby food puree, a sparkling citrus seltzer, and a craft cocktail mixer each demand distinct technical tolerances, brix levels, and cost-in-use parameters.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, our global sourcing network carefully aligns the origin with your product’s specific functional requirements.

Whether you need globally renowned Brazilian NFC Orange juice for tight analytical consistency and high-volume uniformity, or a highly specific tropical puree from specialized micro-climates across South America, we match the origin to the objective. We deliver not from concentrate juices that precisely match your production needs.

• Minimal Thermal Processing: Gentle, flash pasteurization is utilized to ensure microbiological safety without degrading the natural molecular structures of the fruit. This ensures the vibrant, “just juiced” taste remains intact.

• A True-to-Nature Profile: Because the juice is extracted and pasteurized in its natural state without water removal, it is an exact aromatic and flavor mirror of the ripe fruit.

Brothers International is your source for fruit ingredients and citrus oils for your production needs. Oranges, Tangerines, Mandarins, Lemons, Limes and Grapefruits – all cold pressed or mechanically extracted to produce the highest quality citrus oils on the market, with volatile aromas and flavors.

When developing flavored beverages, relying solely on fruit juice concentrates often leaves a gap in the sensory experience. While concentrated juice can reduce or remove some volatile aroma compounds, cold-pressed citrus oils can help restore fresh peel character and top-note intensity.

Cold-pressed citrus oils also act as the ultimate formulation complement to standard juice solutions. By understanding the distinct physical property differences between water-based juices and peel-derived oils, R&D teams can unlock superior product performance an achieve a “whole citrus” flavor.

• True-to-Fruit Flavor: Juice concentrates frequently lose their “freshly picked” character due to heat pasteurization. Because our citrus oils are mechanically expressed directly from the peel, they preserve the high-aldehyde volatile compounds that give beverages an authentic citrus flavor that juice alone cannot replicate.

• Micro-Dosage Cost Efficiency: On a per-kilo basis, citrus oils carry a higher upfront cost than juice concentrates. However, because they are highly concentrated flavor powerhouses, they are used at micro-dosage levels. A fraction of a percent of a high-aldehyde orange or mandarin hybrid oil can drastically enhance a juice concentrate, or act as a singular flavor solution in soft drinks, flavored waters and other beverages – all of which significantly optimizes the cost-per-liter.

The most successful beverage formulations use citrus oils to complement juice concentrate. The juice concentrate establishes the foundational base and acidity, while a micro-injection of cold-pressed oil delivers the premium aroma, enhanced flavor, and shelf-stable top notes that drive consumer repurchases.

Not every application requires the exact same chemical footprint; a ultra-clear RTD seltzer, a high-volume carbonated beverage, and a personal care line each demand distinct technical tolerances, volatile profiles, and cost-in-use parameters. Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, our global sourcing network carefully aligns the origin with your product’s specific functional requirements. This targeted approach ensures you never compromise on production or overpay for specifications your formulation doesn’t need.

Brazilian cold-pressed orange oils are globally renowned for their tight analytical consistency and elevated, predictable aldehyde profiles, making them the ideal fit-for-purpose choice for high-volume commercial beverage compounders who require absolute batch-to-batch uniformity and uninterrupted supply chain security. Conversely, when an R&D team requires a highly specific aromatic top-note or a boutique hybrid profile, we tap specialized micro-climates across North and South America. By matching the origin to the objective, we deliver citrus oils that precisely match your production needs.

• Zero Thermal Degradation: Heat can alter molecular structures in some citrus fruits, which means the right distillation process is required for the right fruits. Cold-pressing preserves the highly volatile aldehydes, esters, and terpenes that provide the uplifting, vibrant “freshly peeled” top notes.

• A True-to-Nature Profile: Because the oil is extracted in a natural state, the resulting extraction is an exact aromatic mirror of the ripe fruit. This allows consumer brands to bring in the flavors and aromas they recognize from their favorite citrus fruits, signifying a natural quality to consumers and buyers.

The unadulterated purity of our oils makes them essential for the wellness and personal care industries – serving as the main ingredient for consumer essential oil products. Our mechanical expression process maintains volatile top notes responsible for the therapeutic, uplifting aromas of orange, lemon, and grapefruit. Our oils deliver the vibrant, true-to-nature sensory experience that discerning consumers demand in their essential oil products.

• True-to-Fruit Botanical Integrity: We provide single-origin citrus oils (e.g., Citrus sinensis for Sweet Orange, Citrus reticulata for Mandarin) – that deliver the potent aromas consumers crave.

• 100% Solvent-Free & Clean-Label Ready: Modern beauty and wellness consumers are well educated on natural products. Our mechanical expression utilizes zero chemical solvents, hexane, or synthetic additives, giving your brand a flawless “clean-label” advantage.

As international fruit experts, we’ve spent the last 25 years supplying our customers with everything from NFC Juices to Individual Quick Frozen parts. As citrus oil suppliers, we can supply oils from (but not limited to) the following fruits

• Orange
• Lemon
• Grapefruit
• Key Lime
• Persian/Tahitian Lime
• Mandarin
• Tangerine

This list of fruits is, by no means, exhaustive. As a global importer of fruit in every form, we have access to one of the largest networks of growers, shippers and importers in the country. If you’re looking for something specific, we can help.