Fruits
Substitutes for Guava Paste in gelato
Guava paste (goiabada) is a dense, cooked-down concentrate of guava pulp and sugar, roughly 76% solids of which nearly all is sugar. In gelato it acts as a concentrated fruit-flavor and sweetener base, adding sugars, PAC and PAC-driven softness with negligible fat or protein. Closest matches on the balancing numbers, ranked. Swap and adjust as noted.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +9), adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +35), adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -57), -50% solids, adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -61), -56% solids, adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -62), -57% solids, adjust to compensate.
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