Posts covering ingredients found in food.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 (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 […]
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 (Harpagophytum procumbens L.) comes from Southern Africa and is known as the ‘spear plant’ because of its structural shape which allows it […]
The seeds of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum, Family: Leguminosae), have been an important spice throughout antiquity, and cultivated throughout the Mediterranean, North Africa and Indian sub-continent. The […]
Stevia (collectively the steviol glycosides), is now permitted for use as a sweetener in a host of products as in table-top products within the EU. One of […]
Davana Oil (FEMA# 2359; CAS# 8016-03-3) is obtained by selective steam rectification of an essential oil from the plant Artemisia pallens (Walls ex. DC, Family: […]
Essential oils for cough offer many possibilities for healing this particular issue. They have considerable appeal because they are derived from natural sources. All are […]
For the product developer involved in the beverage industry, aspartame is still a respected high intensity sweetener, to be used to replace bulk sweeteners to […]
♦ Selenium has a vital role to play human health, especially with the immune system and even in combating cancers. Selenium is an important nutritional […]
The plant Orostachys japonicas A. Berger (family: Crassulaceae) or ‘wa-song’ is used mainly in Korean folk medicine as a health food, especially in treating gastric ulcers, hepatitis and haemorrhoids. Evidence […]
Lemon oils along with other citrus oils are readily prone to oxidation and because of their insolubility in aqueous systems also need to be made available […]
Cynomorium songaricum Rupt. Known in China as Suo Yang (Family: Cynomoriaceae) is an achlorophyllous parasitic herb found in the northwest of China. Parasitic plants and […]
The curry patta, kadi patta (Hindi) or curry leaf tree (English) (Murraya koeingii Spreng. Family: Rutaceae) as its also known has long been used in eastern […]
Dock Sorrel or Rumex vesicarius L. family: Polygonaceae, (a.k.a. Hummayd, Hammad) is a Middle Eastern herb traditionally used in its folk medicine for the treatment […]
Essential oils sourced from plants are viewed as a natural preservative in foods especially against pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. They are compared favourably to more […]
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