by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 26, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Featured image: Amomum plant There are two varieties of cardamom. Large or big cardamom and a small pod variety—green cardamom. Big cardamom is also called black cardamom, Bengal cardamom, or Siamese cardamom and belongs to the Amomum genus. The smaller variety is...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 21, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Saffron is perhaps the most expensive and ancient incense known to man. Saffron-based pigments were probably used to make stencil prints on the walls of caves by the earliest cave inhabitants around 30000 BC. But the earliest saffron dye pigments used in paintings...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 20, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Stevia-based sweeteners are 200 times sweeter than sugar. Stevia comes from the plant belonging to the genus Stevia. The sweetener has zero calories. This sweetener is becoming quite popular with diabetics and the obese. Most of the Stevia-based products sold in the...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 13, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Cassia and cinnamon of these, which is the true cinnamon, or are they two names for a single spice? Both find mentioned in the Bible. The spices have been popular since pre-Biblical times. Both are called in trade cinnamon. Cinnamon originates from several species,...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 6, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
According to Robert Hutkins, professor of food science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, our gut microbiota contains tens of trillions of microorganisms from more than 1,000 different species having a cumulative genetic base of more than 3 million genes. He also...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Apr 29, 2020 | Food and Nutrition
Organic food premium prices are food security, food business, and environmental questions. According to the World Bank, the food and agriculture industry is around 10% of the global GDP of $78 trillion. The world’s natural and organic food and retail industry is...
