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Purple cauliflower contains anthocyanins. Anthocyanins (from Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) 'flower', and κυάνεος / κυανοῦς (kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black.
Hydroxycinnamic acids. Caffeic acid burdock, hawthorn, artichoke, pear, basil, thyme, oregano, apple, olive oil. Chlorogenic acid echinacea, strawberries, pineapple, coffee, sunflower, blueberries. Cinnamic acid cinnamon, aloe. Ferulic acid oats, rice, artichoke, orange, pineapple, apple, peanut, açaí oil.
Health. This Japanese style traditional condiment is believed to be a digestive aid, for prevention of nausea and systemic toxicity, including hangovers. Green ume extract is used as a tonic in Japan. The citric acid is believed to act as an antibacterial, help to increase saliva production and assist in the digestion of rice.
Description. The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial plant often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates. The stem is often spiny. The flowers are white to purple in color, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. Some common cultivars have fruit that is egg-shaped, glossy, and purple with white flesh and a ...
Scientists have pinpointed the purple sweet potato as a natural alternative for synthetic food dye. While you might be more familiar with the orange-fleshed variety, the purple-hued cousin could ...
The cob is also purple in color. The pigment giving purple corn its vivid color derives from an exceptional content of a class of polyphenols called anthocyanins. Cyanidin 3-O-glucoside, also called chrysanthemin, is the major anthocyanin in purple corn kernels, comprising about 73% of all anthocyanins present.
Black rice is known as chak-hao in Manipur, India and as “kavuni arisi” or “kavuni rice” in the Tamil language, spoken in Tamil Nadu, India and Eelam, Sri Lanka. In Bangladesh, it is known as kalo dhaner chaal (black paddy rice) and used to make polao or rice-based desserts. The bran hull (outermost layer) of black rice contains one of ...
A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients. The term may also apply to traits purposely bred into existing edible plants, such as purple or gold potatoes having increased anthocyanin or carotenoid ...
The fruit is small, round, and black-purple in color. The fruit became a staple food in floodplain areas around the 18th century, [4] [5] but its consumption in urban areas and promotion as a health food only began in the mid 1990s along with the popularization of other Amazonian fruits outside the region.
In a 100-gram (3 + 1 ⁄ 2-ounce) amount providing 180 kilojoules (43 kilocalories) of food energy, raw beetroot is a rich source (27% of the Daily Value - DV) of folate and a moderate source (16% DV) of manganese, with other nutrients having insignificant content (table). Health effects