Posts covering ingredients found in food.
Sukang Paombong is not your ordinary ingredient unless you visit the Philippines and need a fine vinegar for your cooking. It’s unique! The words ‘suka’ […]
The genus Artemisia, small herbs and shrubs, is one of the largest and most widely distributed genera of the Compositae (or Asteraceae) family (Davies, 1982; […]
Picrasma quassioides is a fine source of alkaloids, terpenoids and quassinoids. This sub-shrub is a member of the Simaroubaceae family. Most of the bioactives are alkaloids. […]
Rice flour is now the natural alternative for product developers looking to replace wheat, barley and rye flours so that coeliacs (celiacs) can enjoy a […]
Black Barberry (Berberis integerrima) is a particularly rich source of many useful bioactive compounds such as anthocyanins, catechins, gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and […]
The Dragonhead plants are annuals in the Lamiaceae family and form the genus Dracocephalum. In herbal medicines, the plant leaves have been used like Lemon […]
Many chefs and product developers rely on coconut milk as the base for that classic, the Thai green or red curry. We were interested, nay […]
Chia seeds seem to be all the rage in nutrient circles at the moment, appearing in a range of products, such as the Smooch™ range […]
Pine nuts are those little teardrop seeds that make Italian pestos what they truly are. These are the edible seeds of Pinus pinea fir trees […]
Activated charcoal is becoming more popular as a natural means of ridding your body of toxins. Why should you suffer in silence with trapped wind […]
Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) is a marvellous example of a natural blue produced by various anthocyanins. The petals have a striking vibrant blue colour. The […]
Tapioca flour is obtained from the roots of cassava (Manihot esculenta) but it is not the same as cassava flour. Cassava flour uses the whole […]
Grits is very much a US feature of the breakfast table. Having spotted it on the menu at a breakfast diner in Portland, Oregon many […]
Butter oil and ghee are anhydrous forms of milk fat. Ghee is sometimes referred to as clarified butter. These have to defined as products that […]
Brewer’s yeast is the ingredient we use for brewing beer and cider and in some cases for making bread. The yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae which […]
Protein bars regularly receive an airing on this website because they are fuels for so many athletes or for those trying to build muscle. Now […]
Hemp seeds are cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus but the main species is Cannabis sativa L. Hemp was first grown in China where […]
Fructose is a key energy molecule in human nutrition but too much appears highly problematic for the way our immune system works. A high sugar […]
Overview Probiotics are globally important. They are probably the archetypal functional food/ What’s more, they have a number of beneficial effects on human health. This […]
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