Rooibos Tea Extract

Regions:
Africa
Types:
Spray Drying
Colours:
Brown Powder
Rooibos tea extract powder is pulverised finely powdered fermented leaves of the Aspalathus linearis plant into red powder. Rooibos tea extract powder is a fine brownish-yellow powder. The active components in rooibos tea extract powder are beneficial to human health and can help to lower the risk of developing difficulties.

The exogenous enzyme is used to treat Rooibos plant material in order to produce Rooibos tea extracts with higher yields and colour development. The soluble matter from green or fermented rooibos plant material is extracted with hot water or a solvent-based process to produce the rooibos extract.

Additional Information

Green or fresh Rooibos tea has a greenish colour that evolves into a red-brown colour when further oxidised, whereas fermented Rooibos tea has a red-brown colour. The degree of fermentation is thus linked to the colour development of Rooibos extracts, with "enhanced colour development" being linked to higher amounts of colour determinants or better extraction.