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Montina (bug)
Montina was a brand name of flour created from milled Indian ricegrass (''Achnatherum hymenoides''), a type of grass native to the western United States. Indian rice grass was grown and used by Native Americans as much as 7,000 years ago. The grass is not related to rice, and the flour is gluten-free. Indian ricegrass was grown by local farmers and processed at individually owned and dedicated gluten-free plants. Its development coincided with a national interest in diverse flour types in the early 2000's. The majority of farms producing Montina in the United States used non Genetically modified organism, GMOs in the growing of the ricegrass or in the processing of Montina. As of around 2016, Motina was no longer being sold in stores, and the few mills producing it had closed.https://www.goodfoodworld.com/2011/09/on-the-road-montina/ Its future use in American cuisine is unknown, as other grains such as wheat and rye still greatly outperform native grains in much of the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brand Name
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's goods or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create and store value as brand equity for the object identified, to the benefit of the brand's customers, its owners and shareholders. Brand names are sometimes distinguished from Generic brand, generic or store brands. The practice of branding—in the original literal sense of marking by burning—is thought to have begun with the ancient Egyptians, who are known to have engaged in livestock branding and branded slaves as early as 2,700 BCE. Branding was used to differentiate one person's cattle from another's by means of a distinctive symbol burned into the animal's skin with a hot branding iron. If a person stole any of the cattle, anyone else who saw the symbol could deduce the actual owner. The term has been extended to mean a strategic person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
