Benefits of Beetroot Powder (Plus a Recipe)

Beet Powder Benefits

To make beet powder, raw whole beets are sliced then thoroughly dehydrated to remove every bit of moisture. The dried beets are then crushed to create a relatively fine powder.

Learn How to Dehydrate Beets.

The fact that the powder is produced from raw beets means that their nutrients are intact – a definite advantage over consuming cooked beets, which tend to lose some of their goodness during the cooking process.

You may also come across fermented beet powder, which some people prefer as the fermentation process creates “good” bacteria that consume most of the beets’ natural sugars. Fermented beet powder is also made with dried, organic beetroots.

Buy organic beet powder.

See the end of this article for how to make beet powder at home.

1. It’s more convenient

Even with the best willpower in the world, few of us have time to prepare everything we eat from scratch. Cooking and consuming whole beets – or using them to make homemade beet juice – is a pretty labor-intensive process. Plus, of course, it involves buying them in fairly large quantities on a regular basis. 

Beet powder is more concentrated, with 1 tablespoon equivalent to around 3 medium-sized beets! This makes it much easier to regularly consume the amount you need without all the hassle of preparing beets from scratch.

2. It’s less messy

Let’s face it – beets have to be the messiest vegetables around, with an unforgiving purple-red color that stains anything it comes into contact with.

This includes everything from your cutting board to your cookware – and, unless you wear gloves, your hands are left bright pink too. Beet powder is just so much easier to use and allows you to get your daily dose without having to clean your kitchen afterward.

3. It doesn’t go bad

Whole beets last in the fridge for a couple of weeks and beet juice will last anywhere from 24 hours to a few days, depending on how it was extracted. Beet powder, on the other hand, has a much longer shelf life.

Stored properly – preferably in a dark-colored, airtight container – beet powder will last anywhere from 6 months to one year without losing its nutritional benefits. 

There are only certain foods or drinks that you can add whole or juiced beets to without significantly affecting their flavor or texture. But it’s easy to add beet powder to just about anything, where – apart from adding a nice pop of color – it can go pretty much unnoticed.

This makes beet powder an ideal option for people who don’t actually like the flavor of beets.

Beet powder has a pleasantly earthy flavor and a subtle sweetness that means it mixes well into all sorts of foods and drinks.

Here are some of my favorite ways to use it:

• Stir it into water for a quick and easy drink.
• Add it to smoothies. Remember that just one teaspoon is equivalent to one whole beet, so you get lots of bang for your buck.
• Use it as a natural and healthy food coloring in baked goods, frosting, and more.
• Add it to your morning oatmeal.
• Stir it into your pancake mix.
• Add it to curries and sauces – it really deepens the color.
• Add it to regular hummus to create a healthy and attractive beet hummus.
• Use it to turn kid food a pretty shade of pink. They’ll love pink applesauce, for example.

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