Mango – One Of The Truly Great Fruits
The mango (Mangifera indica L. Family: Anacardiaceae) is one of the most popular and commercially important crops in the world, especially in India, China, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, […]
FOOD AND DRINK
Prickly Pear Cactus Has Great Health Benefits
The Prickly Pear is a cactus which is found through vast tracts of the world and which is also commonly known as nopal or nopales. It is […]
Sugar Sweetened Drinks Cause More Damage Than Consuming Sugary Foods
Do sugar sweetened drinks really cause more damage to health than other sugary foods? India is the largest consumer of sugar. It is also the […]
Edamame Offers Great Health Benefits
Edamame are immature green soybeans and are now one of the most fashionable foods to be found in health food aisles. It’s often found raw, steamed, […]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Countering Depression Or Does It?
Omega-3 fatty acids have long been consumed to the benefit of our heart health and ameliorating cardiovascular disease. It has also been claimed to help […]
Best Liqueurs For The Cocktail Cabinet
Liqueurs really come in all sorts of flavours, from tequila to cherry, from egg brandy to sweet coconut or passion fruit pot boilers. Whatever your […]
The Health And Product Benefits Of Chickpeas
Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) or garbanzo beans are now the second most important pulse or legume crop in the world. They have been used for over […]
Cardamom As A Flavour And Natural Food Preservative
The spice, cardamom is made up of a variety of seeds from both the Elettaria and Amomum genera. One of the main species is Amomum […]
Rum – The Spirit Of Sailors And Admiral Lord Nelson
Rum is an alcoholic beverage distilled directly from fermented sugar cane syrups, molasses and other byproducts. It is one of those spirits that evokes those […]
The Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds
Introduction Fennel (Latin name: Foeniculum vulgare var.dulce) was known by the ancient Greeks as ‘marathon’ and the famous ancient village from whence the long-distance runner […]
Passion Flower For Inducing Sleep And Overcoming Insomnia
I’m not sure that passion flower and its fruit, and a cure for insomnia or anxiety necessarily spring to mind but it does it appear […]
Gellan Gum
Gellan gum is a microbial exopolysaccharide that is commercially useful as a culture media additive, a food additive according to the US regulation of FDA […]
Extracellular polymeric substances / Exopolysaccharides
Extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) or exopolysaccharides as they are also often called are produced by both prokaryotes (eubacteria and archaebacteria) and eukaryotes (phytoplankton, fungi, and algae). […]
Rapeseed (Canola) Oil And Protein – Some Observations
Rapeseed (canola) (Brassica napus) not only produces a highly valuable cooking oil but its protein content is also useful because of its rich amino-acid profile. […]
What Is Milk? A Few Notes
Milk, where would we be as humans without it? It is the food which exclusively sustains all of us in the first few months of […]
What Is Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP)?
Modified atmospheric packaging or MAP for short is a packaging technique designed to keep produce as fresh as possible. It is also known by other […]
The Use Of Phosphates In the Meat Industry
Phosphate addition to meat products improves their texture and yield. Phosphates are commonly found in meat and poultry products because they improve yield, texture and […]
The Remarkable Benefits Of Quercetin
Quercetin is one of those key bioflavonoids, a polyphenol which along with rutin and hesperidin have been important supplements described in the ‘antioxidant story’. Generally, EFSA (2011) does not consider […]
The Benefits of Alpha Lipoic Acid
Alpha-Lipoic Acid is an important antioxidant, an organosulphur compound and derived from octanoic acid (caprylic acid). It is essential for aerobic metabolism where it acts […]
The Benefits Of Eucalyptus
The image of a sleepy Koala is a common vision munching on Eucalyptus leaves in Australia. It is this marsupial’s only food source which says […]