Posts covering ingredients found in food.
Glycosmis pentaphylla
The Gin berry, Orange berry or Ban Nimbu shrub is a member of the Rutaceae family. It is found in southeast Asia and northern Australia. […]
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Timur (Zanthoxylum armatum)
Timur (Zanthoxylum armatum DC syn. Zanthoxylum alatum Hemsl.) produces some interesting fruits for the product developer to test in desserts. Timur, also known as Szechuan […]
Coconut Palm Sugar Excites Us All Especially If We Like Novel Sweetness
The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is well known for its infamous nutritious nut. Nowadays it offers an ingredient equally exciting called coconut palm sugar. The […]
Alligator Or Melegueta Pepper – An African Spice That Deserves To Be Better Known
Alligator pepper, Grains Of Paradise or melegueta (maniquetta) pepper as it is often known, is a popular culinary and medicinal plant in West Africa. There […]
Healthy Fibre In Snacks
The consumer is becoming extremely conscious of a need to improve heart health, reduce weight and generally lead a better lifestyle. However, regular meal times […]
The Palmyra Palm And Its Natural Sweetener Sap
The Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) is a tree of great versatility and economically important. The sap or exudate when tapped is turned into a natural sugar […]
Walnuts Help the Heart Stay Healthy
Walnuts not only appear to have nutritional benefits when it comes to reducing the impact of Alzheimer’s Disease, they appear to be heart healthy too. Reducing […]
Consumers Using Low-Calorie Sweeteners have Better Lifestyles
The title is rather a bold statement. It seems though that based on research conducted by the University of Washington (Head researcher: Adam Drewnowski) in the […]
Pigmented Rice – Its Many Nutritional Benefits
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food and a valuable economic crop of many countries including India, China, Japan and Thailand. A group of varieties […]
Can Eating Walnuts Prevent Alzheimer’s ?
Whilst walnuts (Juglans regia L.) conjure up country teas with coffee and walnut cake, there is continued interest in consumption of this nut which might […]
Bog Myrtle (Sweet Gale) In Ancient Beers
The Bog Myrtle or Sweet Gale (Myrica gale L.) is a plant of the high moorlands of Northern Europe and once an important ingredient of […]
Vitamin C And Eye Health
Vitamin C has long been known to counter scurvy and be of general benefit as an antioxidant in human nutrition. It has been strongly associated […]
Chinese Black Rice Wine
Rice wines are commonly used in Chinese cuisine lending an acidic, flavoursome and aromatic note to savoury dishes. Black rice wine is one of many types obtained […]
Lutein And Zeaxanthin
♦ Lutein and zeaxanthin are major supplements for eye health Lutein and Zeaxanthin have become of major interest as a nutritional supplements because they are […]
Avocado oil: Health and Functional Properties
Avocado oil is one of the healthiest dietary oils available for the nutritionist and for culinary use. We explore some of its properties here. The […]
Wasabi – A Wonderful Condiment
Wasabi (Wasabia japonica Matsum.) is a highly pungent condiment for use with sushi and one of my favourite flavours for the effect it has on […]
Xylitol
Xylitol is a popular and natural polyol sweetener based on a five-carbon sugar alcohol (pentitol). It is an intermediate product of carbohydrate metabolism derived from […]
Sunset Yellow – A New ADI Set
Sunset Yellow FCF (E110) which is also known as Orange Yellow S, or C.I. 15985 has been a food colour of long standing in all sorts of foods […]
The Properties Of Bergamot Peel Essence And Juice
Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso et Poiteau) is a citrus fruit that is restricted in cultivation to the narrow coastal Reggio Calabria region in Southern Italy. […]
Gum Acacia, Gum Arabic Or Acacia Fibre- A Look At Its Functional And Health Benefits
I suspect that when you look at an ingredient list on a beverage bottle you might wonder what gum Acacia or gum Arabic is doing in your […]