about

Owned and operated by food scientists

Spectrum Fruits, Inc. is a global marketer of fruit ingredients. We cover a full spectrum of fruits from around the world. We specialize in prickly pear and nopal cactus products – juices, purees, concentrates and powders. Our other core products include tamarind concentrate, Alphonso mango puree, guava puree, fruit sugar concentrate (100% fruit syrup), and clarified juice concentrates. With three decades of experience, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality ingredients and exceptional service.

Chareonsri (Sri) Srisangnam, Ph.D., Founder

Dr. Srisangnam (Sri) worked at the University of Minnesota conducting research in food toxicology. She earned a B.S. in food science from Kasetsart University in Thailand. She traveled to the United States where she obtained an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food Science from Utah State University. At Spectrum Fruits, Dr. Srisangnam manages all the aspects of business in Southeast Asia.

Vinod Padhye, Ph.D., MBA, founder

Dr. Padhye received his B.Sc. (with honours) in Chemistry and B.Sc. (Tech.), M.Sc. (Tech.) in Food Technology from the University of Bombay (Mumbai). He was awarded a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food Sciences from Utah State University. He has also completed an executive MBA with honors from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Dr. Padhye worked at General Mills for 15 years, focusing on technology-based new product development in fruits, vegetables and grains. At Spectrum Fruits, Dr. Padhye manages all business in the Americas, Europe and India. His responsibilities include R&D and technical support to processors and customers. He founded the non-profit organization Young Scientist Roundtable to help educate children on the wonders of science.

Community giving

young scientist roundtable

Dr. Vinod Padhye, PhD, MBA, co-founder of Spectrum Fruits, Inc, launched  Young Scientist Roundtable (YSR), a community enrichment program, in January 1992 to promote science at an early age. The goal of YSR is to communicate to K-12 students that science is fun and science is for everyone. The love of science is propagated by successful and entertaining science professionals by regularly scheduled meetings throughout a school year. YSR has played an actively supportive role for the schools in the Twin Cities by taking science to students in a fun-filled and inspirational environment through highly qualified, motivated and illustrious scientists, researchers and professors.

YSR has helped thousands of students in and around Twin Cities in recognizing that science can be applied to better our lives and that science offers a rewarding and exciting career opportunity. The program is now extended to several school districts covering a rather large part of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

YSR has been supported by community dollars and not by taxpayers’ dollars. Dr. Padhye has used a very simple concept to address a national need of monumental importance at no cost to a taxpayer.

Spectrum Fruits supports YSR in many ways and a portion of Spectrum Fruits proceeds goes toward YSR. Every customer is helping YSR thrive and promote science. YSR thanks you for your support!