Baobab fruit (Adansonia sp) is native to Africa and Australia. Baobab is the common name of 9 species of the genus Adansonia. Adansonia digitata is the most known one for producing fruits. The fruits have been exported worldwide, mostly in the form of powdered fruit. Baobab fruit has a velvety hard outer shell and about […]
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Corn is also known as maize is a large grain plant originated from Mexico. From there, corn were introduced to the South America 5,000 years ago and then to Europe in the late 15th Century. Today, corn is consumed in many different ways by many different countries from around the world, corn could be steamed, […]
Santol fruit (Sandoricum koetjape) is an exotic fruit, native to Indochina and Malayan Peninsula. Now it’s widely cultivated in warm tropical countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Phillipines, tropical Africa, Mexico, dan tropical Central and South America. In Indonesia, it’s called wild mangosteen, kecapi, or sentul. The fruit is round, about the size of an […]
Sugar apple known as Annona squamosa is most widely cultivated of tropical fruits in Annonaceae family. This fruit is being grown widely throughout the tropicals and warmer subtropicals including in Southern Mexico, Central and South America, tropical Africa, Australia and Indonesia. Generally, sugar apple looks like a round in shape with little pine cone-alike on […]
Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) also well known with several names like string beans and French beans. Since this green beans are also available in almost every country around the world, each country also has its own name for this type of beans. Green beans originated from South America cultivated by the Incas and the Mayans […]
Pumpkin is one of the fruits that incredibly rich in nutrients. This sweet fruit belongs to Cucurbitaceae family which contains vital oxidants, vitamin A, and low in calories. In general, it has a round shape with deep yellow to orange in color. Moreover, the fruit possesses golden-yellowish flesh inside and also has white colored seeds […]
Potatoes, which potatoes do you like the most? Baked, mashed, roasted or greasy fried potatoes or well known as French fries? Well, whichever, potatoes are considered to be the comfort foods and consumed by people around the world and available all year around. Potatoes are on the list of world’s largest food crop after rice, […]
Lettuce is one of highly rich in nutrients vegetables. This crunchy-textured and greenish vegetable has the incredible health benefits for human’s body. This organic vegetable is also known as one of few foods which can be eaten raw. Moreover, it belongs to the daisy family of Asteraceae and was first cultivated by the Egyptians many […]
People nowadays tend to choose the best food to consume in their daily life. They may research for the nutrients of the food they want to eat before. Indeed, they try to make their life become better and healthier. So now, we talk about one food that has many health benefits for us. Beets or […]
What is matcha? Matcha is the powdered version of green tea leaves. Thus, consuming matcha will provide all the essential nutrition you can’t fully reap from green tea. When you are drinking green tea, you usually throw away the steeped tea leaves, resulting with just the soaked water from the leaves. Then if you drink matcha, there is […]