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Bittering Agent
A bittering agent is a flavoring agent added to a food or beverage to impart a bitter taste, possibly in addition to other effects. While many substances are bitter to a greater or lesser degree, a few substances are used specifically for their bitterness, especially to balance other flavors, such as sweetness. Notable beverage examples include caffeine, found naturally in tea and coffee and added to many soft drinks, hops in beer, and quinine in tonic water. Food examples include bitter melon, which may be mixed into a stir fry or soup for its bitter flavor. Potent bittering agents may also be added to dangerous products as aversive agents to make them foul tasting, so as to prevent accidental poisoning. Examples including anti-freeze, household cleaning products and pesticides such as slug pellets. In general, dangerous products with bright colours, which may be appealing to children, often contain agents such as denatonium. However, the efficacy of using bittering agents f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavoring Agent
A flavoring (or flavouring), also known as flavor (or flavour) or flavorant, is a food additive that is used to improve the taste or Sense of smell, smell of food. It changes the perceptual impression of food as determined primarily by the chemoreceptors of the Taste, gustatory and olfactory system, olfactory systems. Along with additives, other components like sugars determine the taste of food. A flavoring is defined as a substance that gives another substance taste, altering the characteristics of the solute, causing it to become sweet, sour, pungent, tangy, etc. Although the term, in common language, denotes the combined chemical sensations of taste and smell, the same term is used in the fragrance and flavors industry to refer to edible chemicals and extracts that alter the flavor of food and food products through the sense of smell. Owing to the high cost, or unavailability of natural flavor extracts, most commercial flavorings are "nature-identical", which means that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dandelion
''Taraxacum'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. The genus has a near-cosmopolitan distribution, absent only from tropical and polar areas. Two of the most common species worldwide, '' T. officinale'' (the common dandelion) and '' T. erythrospermum'' (the red-seeded dandelion), are European species introduced into North America, where they are non-native. Dandelions thrive in temperate regions and can be found in yards, gardens, sides of roads, among crops, and in many other habitats. Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a ''floret''. In part due to their abundance, along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of polli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitters
A bitters (plural also ''bitters'') is traditionally an Alcoholic drink, alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a Bitterness (taste), bitter or bittersweet Flavoring, flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters were developed as patent medicines, but lately are sold as digestifs, sometimes with herbalism, herbal properties, and as cocktail flavorings. Since cocktails often contain sour and sweet flavors, bitters are used to engage another primary taste and thereby balance out the drink and make it more complex, giving it a more complete flavor profile. Ingredients The botanical ingredients used historically in preparing bitters have consisted of aromatic herbs, bark, roots, and/or fruit for their flavor and medicinal properties. Some of the more common ingredients are cascarilla, Cinnamomum aromaticum, cassia (Chinese cinnamon), gentian, Zest (ingredient), orange peel, and cinchona bark. Most bitters contain both water and ethanol, alcohol, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gesho
''Rhamnus prinoides'', the shiny-leaf buckthorn, is an African shrub or small tree in the family Rhamnaceae. Commonly referred to as "gesho" it was first scientifically described by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789. Description ''Rhamnus prinoides'' occur from Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Kenya to South Africa at medium to high altitudes. They grow near streams or along forest margins. The small edible fruits are shiny red and berry-like. Uses The ''Rhamnus prinoides'' plant has many uses amongst the inhabitants of Africa. All parts of the plant are harvested and used for nutrition, medicine or religious purposes. Gesho, as it is known in Ethiopia and Eritrea, In Ethiopia and Eritrea, where the plant is known as ''gesho'' or ''gešo'', it is used in a manner similar to hops. The stems are boiled and the extract mixed with honey to ferment a mead called '' tej'' in Amharic and in Tigrinya. It is also used in the brewing of tella ('' siwa'' in Tigrinya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloin
Aloin, also known as barbaloin, is a bitter, yellow-brown colored compound noted in the exudate of at least 68 ''Aloe'' species at levels from 0.1 to 6.6% of leaf dry weight (making between 3% and 35% of the total exudate), and in another 17 species at indeterminate levels eynolds, 1995b It is used as a stimulant-laxative, treating constipation by inducing bowel movements. The compound is present in what is commonly referred to as the aloe latex that exudes from cells adjacent to the vascular bundles, found under the rind of the leaf and in between it and the gel. When dried, it has been used as a bittering agent in commerce (alcoholic beverages) 1 CFR 172.510. Scientific names given include ''Aloe perryi'', ''A. barbadensis'' (= ''A. vera''), ''A. ferox'', and hybrids of ''A. ferox'' with ''A. africana'' and ''A. spicata''. Aloe is listed in federal regulations as a natural substance that may be "safely used in food" when used "in the minimum quantity required to produce their i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beer In China
Beer in China was the dominant alcoholic beverage through the Han dynasty, after which it was eclipsed by rice wine. Modern brewing appeared in the late 1800s, brought to China by Europeans who brewed pale lagers, such as Tsingtao. Both beer production and consumption of local and imported brands grew increasingly popular in the 20th century. In the 21st century, China became the world's largest consumer of beer, commercial scale brewing expanded, and craft beer began to spread beyond expatriate communities and make inroads amongst the Chinese population. History Production and consumption of beer in China has occurred for around nine thousand years, with recent archaeological findings showing that Chinese villagers were brewing beer-type alcoholic drinks as far back as 7000 BC on small and individual scales. Made with rice, honey, grape, and hawthorn fruits, this early beer seems to have been produced similarly to that of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Ancient Chinese beer wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bog Myrtle
''Myrica gale'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae native to parts of Eurasia and North America. Common names include bog-myrtle, sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, and sweetgale. Description ''Myrica gale'' is a deciduous shrub growing to tall and 1 m wide. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, long, oblanceolate with a tapered base and broader tip, and a crinkled or finely toothed margin. The red–orange flowers are catkins, with male and female catkins on separate plants (dioecious). The fruit is a small, waxy drupe. Distribution and habitat Bog-myrtle is distributed throughout parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including Japan, North Korea, Russia, mainland Europe, the British Isles, Canada and the United States. It typically grows in acidic peat bogs, and to cope with these difficult nitrogen-poor growing conditions, the roots have nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria which enable the plants to grow. Ecology Sweetgale can grow in a narrow band in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calluna
''Calluna vulgaris'', common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus ''Calluna'' in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to tall, or rarely to and taller, and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade. It is the dominant plant in most heathland and moorland in Europe, and in some bog vegetation and acidic pine and oak woodland. It is tolerant of grazing and regenerates following occasional burning, and is often managed in nature reserves and grouse moors by sheep or cattle grazing, and also by light burning. Description ''Calluna'' can reach in height. It has small-scale leaves (less than 2–3 mm long) borne in opposite and decussate pairs, whereas those of '' Erica'' are generally larger and in whorls of 3–4, sometimes 5. Clive Stace, (2010) ''New Flora of the British Isles'', 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press. It flowers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Ivy
''Glechoma hederacea'' is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground,Connecticut Invasive Plant List', Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, January, 2004 creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin. It is also sometimes known as creeping jenny, but that name more commonly refers to '' Lysimachia nummularia''. It is used as a salad green in many countries. European settlers carried it around the world, and it has become a well-established introduced and naturalized plant in a wide variety of localities. It is also considered an aggressive invasive weed of woodlands and lawns in some parts of North America. In the absence of any biological control research conducted by the USDA, herbicides are relied upon (despite their drawbacks) particularly for woodland ecosystems. The plant's extensive root system makes it difficult to eradicate by hand-pulling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horehound (other)
Horehound or hoarhound may refer to: Plants * '' Ballota'' (also horehound), a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae ** '' Ballota acetabulosa'' (also Greek horehound), a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae ** '' Ballota nigra'' (also black horehound), a perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae ** '' Ballota undulata'' (also horehound), a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae * '' Lycopus'' (also waterhorehound), a genus in the family Lamiaceae ** '' Lycopus americanus'' (also American water horehound), a member of the genus ''Lycopus'' ** '' Lycopus amplectens'' (also water-horehound and sessile-leaved water-horehound), a species of ''Lycopus'' native to North America ** '' Lycopus virginicus'' (also Virginia water horehound and American water hoarhound), a species of flowering plant in the mint family * '' Marrubium'' (also horehound or hoarhound), a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae ** ''Marrub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calendula
''Calendula'' () is a genus of about 15–20 species''Calendula''. Flora of China. of Annual plant, annual and perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family (biology), family, Asteraceae that are often known as marigolds. They are native to Europe, North Africa, Macaronesia and West Asia, and have their center of diversity in the Mediterranean Region. Other plants known as marigolds include Glebionis segetum, corn marigold, Baileya (plant), desert marigold, Caltha palustris, marsh marigold, and plants of the genus ''Tagetes''. The genus name ''Calendula'' is a modern Latin diminutive of ''calendae'', meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". The common name "marigold", a contraction of "Mary's gold" use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
