Cucumber Powderとは？用途・使用量・代替品・規格

Cucumber Powder is a natural vegetable powder produced from fresh cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) through cleaning, slicing, drying (hot air-drying AD or freeze-drying FD), ultra-fine grinding, or through juicing, concentration, and spray drying processes. Cucumber powder fully retains the light green color, fresh aroma, and rich nutritional components of fresh cucumbers, while solving the problems of seasonal supply fluctuations, high water content (approximately 95%-97%), perishability, large volume, and inconvenient storage and transportation of fresh cucumbers, achieving powder standardization and convenience. It has become an indispensable plant-based raw material in bakery products, solid beverages, meal replacements, nutritional fortified foods, and natural colorants. Based on processing technology and product characteristics, cucumber powder can be classified into regular AD powder (hot air dried + ground), ultra-fine ground powder (cell wall broken, improved absorption), instant spray-dried powder (cold water instant, clear solution), and high-purity extract (enriched active ingredients). Basic Information:

"AD" stands for Air Drying. AD cucumber powder is a mainstream product in the dehydrated vegetable powder category. Processed from fresh cucumbers through hot air drying, the moisture is removed to a safe level (typically ≤7%) while preserving the natural color, flavor, and nutritional components. Core Advantages of Cucumber Powder: Advantage Dimension

Cucumber powder fully retains the natural nutrients of fresh cucumbers and is known as a "concentrated nutritional powerhouse" and a "natural cooling agent." Main Nutritional Components (per 100g cucumber powder reference): Component