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Made from a traditional blend of approximately 40% yellow, 30% red and 30% black maca roots grown near Junín, Peru, our organic Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca is fresh processed shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators, then pre-cooked at about 160°F / 70°C to remove most of its natural starch. This fresh-processing method preserves higher glucosinolate levels, standardized at more than 1% in the finished product.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca is lighter in color and has a noticeably stronger, spicier flavor than our standard Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca. Often preferred by: people with sensitive digestion who want a lower-starch, fresh-processed blend of all three primary maca colors with our highest glucosinolate levels.
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Our organic Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca combines approximately 40% yellow, 30% red and 30% black maca roots grown near Junín, Peru.
What makes this preparation distinctive is its two-stage processing. Freshly harvested maca roots are first dried shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators. The dried maca is then gelatinized at about 160°F / 70°C to remove most of its natural starch.
The fresh-processing method preserves higher levels of naturally occurring glucosinolates, standardized at more than 1% in the finished product, while gelatinization creates a lower-starch preparation that is easier for many people to digest than raw maca.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca has a noticeably stronger, spicier flavor than our standard Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca and is available in powder and capsule formats.
You can learn more about how we source and evaluate our maca in Our Standards, Maca Sourcing, and Maca Safety, Testing & Certificates of Analysis.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca is available in powder and capsules. Both contain the same fresh-processed, gelatinized maca; the difference is simply how you prefer to take it.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca powder is the most flexible and economical way to use this preparation regularly.
The powder is finely ground and mixes well into smoothies, drinks, oatmeal, yogurt and recipes. Its flavor is stronger and spicier than our standard Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca.
Choose powder if you want flexibility in serving size, enjoy adding maca to foods and drinks, and want the lowest cost per serving.
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Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca capsules contain the same maca powder in a convenient format without the stronger maca taste.
We fill our capsules in-house so they contain only 100% pure maca powder. There are no fillers, flow agents, anti-caking agents or other additives, and the vegetable-cellulose capsules are vegan.
Choose capsules if convenience, portability, consistent serving size and avoiding the taste of maca are priorities.
Premium Gelatinized Maca combines two separate processing methods.
First, the maca is fresh processed. Instead of being traditionally dried in the Andean sun for several weeks, freshly harvested maca roots are dried shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators.
Second, the dried maca is gelatinized. It is pre-cooked at about 160°F / 70°C to remove most of the root’s natural starch.
The first step produces the distinctive Premium Maca profile, including glucosinolate levels standardized above 1%. The second step creates a lower-starch maca preparation that is easier for many people to digest than raw maca.
This combination is what separates Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca from both Premium Raw Tri-Color Maca and standard Gelatinized Maca.
Both preparations are gelatinized at about 160°F / 70°C and have most of their natural starch removed. The main difference is how the maca roots are dried before gelatinization.
The Premium method preserves higher glucosinolate levels, standardized above 1%, and produces a noticeably stronger, spicier flavor than our standard Gelatinized Maca.
Both are lower-starch preparations and may be well suited to people who find raw maca difficult to digest.
For a deeper look at the two drying methods, see our Premium vs. Sun-Dried Maca guide.
Both products begin with freshly harvested yellow, red and black maca roots and use the same Premium low-temperature dehydration method after harvest.
The difference comes after drying:
If you have normal to strong digestion and want Premium Maca in its raw form, Premium Raw Tri-Color Maca may be the better fit.
If you have sensitive digestion and want the same fresh-processed Premium approach in a lower-starch form, Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca may be preferable.
For more about the processing difference, see our Raw vs. Gelatinized Maca guide.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca may be a particularly good fit if:
If sensitive digestion is one of your primary considerations, you can also read our Best Maca for Sensitive Digestion guide.
Our Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca begins with freshly harvested maca roots grown near Junín, Peru, high in the Andes.
The roots are selected to create a blend of approximately 40% yellow, 30% red and 30% black maca.
Rather than being traditionally sun-dried over several weeks, the fresh roots are dried shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators.
The dried Premium Maca then goes through gelatinization at about 160°F / 70°C. This pre-cooking step removes most of the maca root’s natural starch. Nothing is added during gelatinization.
The finished maca is milled as needed, tested and packaged. Our Premium Maca is standardized at more than 1% glucosinolates.
Because this process must begin with freshly harvested maca roots, Premium Maca is produced in limited batches during the annual maca harvest.
Tri-Color Maca combines the three primary maca root colors—yellow, red and black—in one blend. Our formulation contains approximately 40% yellow, 30% red and 30% black maca roots.
Historically, different maca colors were commonly harvested, stored and prepared together rather than separated by color. We refer to our Tri-Color products as Heritage Harvest maca because they reflect this traditional blended approach.
Tri-Color Maca is also sometimes called Triple Maca because it contains all three primary maca colors.
To compare all four processing styles, visit our main Tri-Color Maca collection. For traditional use and research, see our Tri-Color Maca Benefits guide.
Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca is a blend of yellow, red and black maca roots that is fresh processed shortly after harvest and then pre-cooked to remove most of its natural starch.
Premium refers to the initial drying method. Fresh maca roots are dried shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators rather than being traditionally sun-dried for several weeks.
Gelatinized maca has been pre-cooked with heat and moisture to change and remove most of the root’s natural starch. Our maca is gelatinized at about 160°F / 70°C.
No. “Gelatinized” describes what happens to the maca root’s natural starch during processing. Our Premium Gelatinized Maca contains no gelatin and is completely vegan.
Our Premium Maca is standardized at more than 1% glucosinolates in the finished product.
For many people, yes. Gelatinization removes most of the maca root’s natural starch, making the finished product easier for many people to digest than raw maca.
Regular Gelatinized Maca begins with traditionally sun-dried roots. Premium Gelatinized Maca begins with fresh roots that are dried shortly after harvest using low-temperature dehydrators before gelatinization.
It has a noticeably stronger, spicier and more pronounced maca flavor than our standard Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca.
Our blend contains approximately 40% yellow maca, 30% red maca and 30% black maca.
“Triple Maca” is sometimes used to describe maca blends containing yellow, red and black maca. We use the term Tri-Color Maca for our three-color blend.
We offer Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca in powder and capsule form.
Our maca is grown near Junín, Peru, in traditional maca-growing regions of the high Andes.
Explore these related collections and guides to compare Tri-Color Maca processing methods, digestion and Premium Maca.
Return to the collection above to compare Premium Gelatinized Tri-Color Maca powder and capsules.
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