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The ingredient that started our journey

Avocado Seed Powder from Michoacán, Mexico

Michoacán Growers Avocado Seed Powder is the ingredient that started Mexican Growers. Also searched as avocado pit powder, it turns a part of the avocado that is commonly discarded into a shelf-stable powdered ingredient.

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What is avocado seed powder?

Avocado seed powder is made from the large central seed of the avocado—the part often called the avocado pit. Food-research studies have explored dried and milled avocado seed as an ingredient in beverages, baked foods and other formulations.

One overlooked ingredientThe seed is a substantial by-product of avocado processing and is normally discarded.
Food applicationsPublished research has examined avocado seed flour or powder in food systems, including baked products and beverages.
Plant compoundsLaboratory analyses report starch, fiber and phenolic compounds, although composition varies with cultivar and processing.

Why the Michoacán Growers name matters

Mexican Growers began with Michoacán Growers Avocado Seed Powder. We kept the original Michoacán Growers name on the product as a reminder of where the journey started: finding distinctive Mexican ingredients, learning the story behind them and connecting them with wider markets.

This dedicated page gives Google—and customers—a clear place to understand the ingredient without burying it inside a general homepage.

What current research does—and does not—show

Avocado seeds have attracted food-science interest because analyses have identified starch, fiber, lipids, protein and diverse phytochemicals. Researchers have also tested avocado seed powder or extracts in experimental food applications.

The important limitation: promising laboratory or food-composition findings are not the same as proven health benefits in people. Reviews of the research continue to call for more clinical and product-safety work. Mexican Growers therefore does not present avocado seed powder as a treatment, cure or prevention for disease.

Research references: Charles et al., Food & Function (2022) · Avocado seed powder in model beverages and baked products.

Avocado seed powder and avocado pit powder

These names refer to the same central part of the avocado. “Avocado seed powder” is the terminology we use for the product, while “avocado pit powder” is a common search term people use when looking for information about powdered avocado seed.

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