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The carrot had a very long history before it became the carrot we know today. It appears it was the Moors who brought it to Europe via Spain in the 8th century, and from there it spread through Europe. The first carrots the Moors brought was purple. The carrots were originally grown for their seeds…
Pepper, black
Black pepper has been a valued spice during the times. Black pepper starts out as a little green fruit, called a drupe. The drupes are picked when still unripe. First, they are cooked briefly, to prepare them for drying. Heating them both to rupture the cell walls and clean the dudes. The drupes are dried…
Egg
We have been eating eggs since the dawn of human time. Jungle fowl was properly domesticated in India and South-east Asia about 7500 BCE. The domestication of the jungle fowls was not because of the meat but because of the eggs. Chickens were then bought to Egypt and Sumer by 1500 BCE, and in 800 BCE they had…
Cane sugar
Cane sugar is made from sugar canes. Thailand is one of the worlds biggest producers of sugar canes. Sugar is believed to be one of the oldest ingredients with a track record dating back to 8000 BC Sugar is the same addictive as cocaine and we already have a craving for sugar as newborn. You…
Pericarp Palm oil
The nutrient fact, below, is based on 100 gram of Palm oil, be aware of not all Palm oil´s have the same nutrients. Vitamins Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 0.1 Thiamin mg 0.01 Riboflavin mg 0.124 Niacin mg 1.474 Vitamin B-6 mg 0.016 Folate, DFE µg 15 Vitamin B-12 µg 0.41 Lipids Fatty acids,…
