Ube extract in bulk: suppliers and how it compares with 100% ube powder

"Ube extract" covers several products with very different ube content. Before comparing suppliers, sort offers into four types.

• Extract powder on a carrier: ube concentrated and spray-dried onto maltodextrin or starch. Soluble and easy to dose; ube content is below 100%.
• Liquid extract: a bottled extract dosed in grams per kg of mix. Ingredients are often not published.
• Paste and flavour preparations: flavour-house products for dairy, bakery and drinks, usually without a stated ube share.
• Syrups and concentrates: sweetened products for drinks, with ube from zero to a stated percentage.

100% ube powder is none of these: it is dried, ground ube with nothing added. It is the reference point in the table below.

Ube content, carrier and price are taken from each supplier's page. Most bulk extract suppliers do not publish a price.

Two EU suppliers sell ube extract powder for industry. Plants2Market (Germany) lists a "purple yam rhizome powder extract 10:1" containing 10% maltodextrin as a carrier, generally from 25 kg, with samples for a handling fee and about 4 weeks lead time.

Origine (Belgium) sells Penyu Ube extract powder made from Indonesian ube, spray-dried in-house on non-GMO tapioca starch. It is water- and fat-soluble and positioned for food, drinks, nutraceuticals and as a natural colour. A sister brand claims a 3-year shelf life. Neither publishes a price or the share of ube in the final powder.

Royal Brand in Poland sells a 1 litre natural ube extract for baking and ice cream at €111.95 incl. VAT, with a stated dosage of 0.5–2 g per kg of mix (as listed on another language version of its page). The product was sold out on 9 November 2026. The ingredient list and ube content are not stated on the EU-English page; the Polish product page lists sugar, 15% ube extract and invert sugar. Its site has a B2B section with HoReCa packs from 1 litre.

Synergy Flavours, part of Carbery, offers an ube paste for beverages, dairy, bakery, desserts, frozen desserts and confectionery. Natural status, ube content and certificates are not stated; contact is by enquiry.

Choose 100% ube powder when ube should appear in your ingredient list as the only source of colour and flavour, and when you want to know exactly what you are paying for per kg. Choose an extract powder when solubility in clear drinks matters more than ube content, or when your process needs an ingredient sold as fully soluble.

Factor	100% ube powder	Extract powder on carrier
Ingredient declaration	Ube (purple yam) only	Ube extract plus carrier (maltodextrin, tapioca starch)
Solubility	Not sold as soluble	Sold as soluble (Origine: water- and fat-soluble)
What you pay for	100% ube per kg	Ube plus carrier per kg
Documents to ask for	Species, COA, dye screen	Same, plus ube share in the powder

Big Moca's 100% powder has about 5 kg of fresh tuber in every kg, passes ≥ 95% through 80 mesh and has a 24-month shelf life. Its suggested dosage is about 10% of dry weight, or 3 g per latte. Big Moca has also listed a bulk ube extract (90% extract with 10% chicory root fibre); ask on its wholesale page whether it is currently available. For dosage and cost per kg of actual ube, the price index on commercialubepowder.com sets the figures side by side.

Ask four questions before you order bulk extract:

1. What share of the powder or liquid is ube, and what is the carrier?
2. Which species is on the spec sheet, and is there an identity test?
3. Is there a synthetic dye screen with a detection limit on the COA?
4. What dosage does the supplier recommend, in g per kg of finished product?

The full list is in our ube supplier checklist.