Posts covering ingredients found in food.
Stable Colour From Black Carrots
Black carrot (Daucus carota ssp. Sativus var. Atrorubens. Alef.) has an attractive blue-purple colour, an extract of which has become a popular choice for product […]
Ingredients
Novel Uses For Coriander (Cilantro) -Health, Antifungal And Sprout Suppressant Activity
Coriander or cilantro is a remarkable plant. Incidentally, a word about naming the plant ! Coriander is the name given to both leaves and seeds in […]
Stevia – The New Sweetener
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni; Family: Asteraceae) and its extracted derivatives have long been touted as the next big thing in high-potency sweeteners for product development and […]
Ginseng – A Herbal For Managing Mood
Ginseng is an established herbal tonic which has been in use for over 5,500 years in China, Korea and parts of Japan. It has become […]
Algal Red Pigments: Prodigiosin – A Natural Colour?
Prodigiosin (PG) is a secondary metabolite – a red pigment and a typical alkaloid compound that is produced by microorganisms such as Serratia marcescens of […]
Fat Crystallization
Fat crystallization is a complex phenomenon that plays a crucial role in various industries, especially in food processing, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. This process involves the […]
The Chinese Olive
The Chinese olive (Canarium album L.), is known in its native home, China as Ganlan and Qingguo. It is a member of the Burseraceae family. It is widely […]
Cowpea – A New Pulse Ingredient And Source Of Nutrition
The Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp)) is a critical legume for cattle fodder. It’s grown over much of dry Africa, Europe, Asia and the USA because […]
Jatropha Seed Oil – A Better Biodiesel
The Jatropha plant is a wide ranging perennial with a quick growth and almost 60 years longevity. It appears to survive both tropical and arid conditions, […]
The Manufacture of Red Palm Oil
Red palm oil, derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), has been a staple in the diets of many communities in […]
Vitamin E – Basic Knowhow About This Crucial Vitamin
Vitamin E as a nutrient is one of the most powerful lipophilic antioxidants known where it scavenges free radicals and the waste products of oxygen […]
D-Pinitol Is A Leading Supplement For Muscle Building
D-(+)-pinitol (3-O-methyl-chirinositol) is becoming an important supplement in both muscle building for sports people and for diabetics in regulating their sugar metabolism. D-Pinitol is extracted […]
Good Health In Juniper Berries
Juniper berries not only bring a distinctive flavour to gin but are widely used in compounding for spices, perfumes and even pharmaceuticals. However, their health benefits are […]
Buah Perah – A Novel Source Of Seed Oil
The search for new seed oils is an imperative given that many sources of dietary oil are diverted into other uses such as fuels or intermediates […]
Is Sports Performance Really Improved With Alanine Supplementation ?
Competitors looking for advantages will try sports products in the hope of boosting performance or minimising the time to recover. One such ingredient β-alanine has […]
The Seeds Of Citrullus colocynthis – An Alternative Food Oil
The search for alternative cooking oils is particularly important as economies expand and seek ways to improve diet. Whilst the generation of biodiesel has moved […]
Glutamine For Body Builders
Glutamine (L-glutamine) is recognised as a very important ingredient, an amino acid, in the supplement armoury for the serious body builder and athlete. Whilst we […]
Black Cohosh And Hot Flushes
About two thirds of women at the climacteric age of 45 to 60 years will experience various complaints. This is the phase in the aging […]
Devil’s Claw Extract
Devil’s Claw Extract (Harpagophytum procumbens L.) comes from Southern Africa and is known as the ‘spear plant’ because of its structural shape which allows it […]