Pink drinks and desserts made with prickly pear have moved from specialist juice bars into everyday cafés, bakeries and ice cream shops. Once an item sells, buyers move on from small consumer packs and start asking professional questions: how much can I order, how is it packed, what documents come with it and can the supplier keep up as volumes grow?
The Organic Labs Sweden AB supplies prickly pear powder (Opuntia ficus-indica) in bulk to food and beverage businesses across Europe. This page explains what we supply, who it is for and how ordering works.
What We Supply
Our bulk prickly pear powder is a single-ingredient product: 100% prickly pear fruit, processed into a fine powder. It is naturally pink to reddish-pink, has a mild, fruity and slightly tangy taste, and is vegan.
Because the powder brings colour and fruit flavour at the same time, one ingredient can do the job of a colour and a flavouring in many recipes. It is used in lattes and iced drinks, smoothies, juices, mocktails, cakes, pastries, fillings, ice cream, gelato, confectionery and sauces.
- Botanical name: Opuntia ficus-indica
- Ingredients: 100% prickly pear
- Packaging: 25 kg drums
- Storage: cool, dry place below 25 °C
- Shelf life: 2 years from production date
Volumes From One Drum to Tonnes
The minimum order is one 25 kg drum. From there, volumes step up in drums:
- 25 kg (1 drum): cafés, bakeries and product developers putting prickly pear on the menu for the first time.
- 50 kg (2 drums): bakeries, dessert brands and café groups with steady sales.
- 100 kg (4 drums): HoReCa groups and beverage producers using prickly pear all year round.
- 500 kg (a full pallet of 20 drums): food manufacturers, ice cream producers and distributors.
- 1,000 kg and above: industrial production, private label and wholesale supply, with scheduled call-off deliveries.
Prices depend on volume, destination and how often you order, so every quote is prepared individually.
Capacity for Recurring Production
For a business building prickly pear into a permanent product, continuity matters as much as the first delivery. We can supply up to 60 tonnes per month. Finished stock is held in Sweden and supply is planned with our partners across the season, so we can commit to volume in writing before you build it into your production plan.
For recurring or multi-tonne needs, we reserve production against your forecast and deliver on a call-off schedule. A manufacturer or distributor can then plan launches and promotions without waiting for the next harvest.
Stocked and Shipped From Sweden
Our prickly pear powder is stocked and shipped from Sweden, with deliveries to the EU and EEA. For European buyers, that means working with a supplier inside the European market instead of arranging overseas freight and import paperwork for every order themselves.
Orders are dispatched from our warehouse in Sweden to your door. Approved clients can pay by invoice in 30, 60 or 90 days.
Food Safety and Documentation
We work under an ISO 22000 certified food safety management system, covering the handling, storage and dispatch of the powder we supply, with HACCP-based procedures implemented. We are also a registered food facility in the Swedish sanitary registry.
Documentation is prepared for the batch you receive, not as a generic file:
- Certificate of analysis (COA): issued per batch, with the batch number you receive.
- Technical data sheet (TDS): the full product specification for your technical file, on request.
- Ingredient and allergen declaration: single ingredient, declared for your labelling.
For confidentiality, certificates and technical documents are sent by email with your quote, usually within 24 hours of your request.
Who Buys Bulk Prickly Pear Powder
Cafés and coffee shops
Prickly pear lattes, iced pink drinks, smoothies and milkshakes. Our guide for cafés and coffee shops using prickly pear powder covers recipes and service.
Bakeries and pastry kitchens
Cakes, sponges, doughnuts, cookies, creams, fillings and frostings, where the powder gives a pink crumb or cream together with a light fruit note.
Ice cream and gelato makers
Prickly pear gelato, sorbet and frozen desserts, in dairy and plant-based bases.
Food manufacturers and distributors
Beverage production, confectionery, private label and resale, where batch documentation and planned call-off supply matter most. Our page for food and beverage manufacturers goes into product development in more depth.
How Ordering Works
- Send your request with the quantity, delivery country, application and expected annual volume.
- Receive a quote and documents by email: price, dispatch date and the documents you asked for.
- Test a sample to check colour, taste and performance in your own recipe.
- Take delivery from our warehouse in Sweden.
We reply within 24 hours on working days. If you prefer email, write to info@theorganiclabs.com.
What to Check When Choosing a Supplier
Price per kilogram is only one part of the comparison. With any prickly pear powder supplier, it is worth confirming:
- the botanical name, Opuntia ficus-indica, and that the powder is made from the fruit rather than the pads;
- whether the product is a single ingredient or blended with sugar, carriers or added colours;
- batch documentation, specification and shelf life;
- the volume the supplier can commit to over a year, not only for the first order;
- where the stock is held and how deliveries are planned.
A sample tested in your own recipe tells you more than any data sheet about how the colour and flavour behave in your product.
Request a Quote
For prices, documents or a sample, use the request form on the Bulk Prickly Pear Powder 25kg page, or browse all our bulk powders. For home kitchens and first recipe tests, the Prickly Pear Powder – 70g retail pack is available in our shop.
