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Buganu
Buganu is a fermented marula-fruit drink associated with Eswatini.

About Buganu
Buganu is a fermented marula-fruit drink associated with Eswatini. This version follows The Ethnic Store’s ripe-fruit, water and sugar recipe, selecting its fermented branch rather than the earlier fruit-juice stage.
Marula juice and pulp form the fruit base, with sugar supplying sweetness. The selected fermentation turns that mixture into an alcoholic drink, whose strength is not measured in the source.
The juice is separated from stones and surface foam before the final fermentation. It is served in a cup or a lidziwo vessel, as the publisher describes for the finished marula drink.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Buganu
The Ethnic Store’s traditional Eswatini fermented marula Buganu.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Ripe marula fruit: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Initial sugar is required in selected recipe; later additional daily sugar is expressly optional, not a separate ingredient.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Eswatini
- EswatiniCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Eswatini Cuisine
- Swazi Traditional CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.