Jans - Natural Ube (Purple Yam) Powder - 5 oz

Great product for making Ube ice cream. You must follow your recipe's instructions for using Ube. This is dehydrated be, so generally you need to reconstitute it by boiling, then strain it through fine mesh, or yes, it will leave your baked product grainy. If you're looking to just add color to your cooking, I'd suggest Ube extract, since it's in a liquid form already.

Isn't as advertised. Definitely not a fine powder shown in the picture. Texture is crystal like and it doesnt dissolve or soften much in water. Doubt id be able to use this in my baking. Waste of my time and sucks butt. FALSE ADVERTISING!!!! Edit: I have decided to grind it down to powder myself

works well with most recipies. I used it to make ube "pandesal" a quick adian bread. turned out perfect. recommend to use it ube extract as well

I was in the impression that it is a purple yam as what they call it UBE like what it says on the package . I grew up in Philippines and I know exactly what UBE should taste like and looks like .. when I cooked the powder and taste it , it actually taste purple sweet potato, I can totally tell it by taste and color. The real UBE has a deep purple color and has stickier texture when cook longer, from the photos I shared, the first picture is a real UBE should will look like .

I gave this product a mostly neutral rating because, honestly, it's the first ube I've ever tried so maybe they're all like this. I was hoping to make a brilliantly colored boba tea, but when mixed with sugar and hot water, the hue is a muddy brownish purple. To make matters worse, the powder doesn't actually dissolve, so you're left with a watery mashed potato-like residue as everything settles to the bottom even after straining out the larger chunks. The flavor is what I expected - sort of mildly sweet potato-ish. Since I don't want to waste it, I'll give it a try in a baked good to see if it's any better, but if you're looking for boba ingredients, this probably won't be ideal. I'm was hoping to avoid the artificial colors and flavorings in the bottled ube extract, but I'll be trying that next to get the boba aesthetic I'm looking for.