B. INDUSTRIAL PROFILE
The spice industry has been witnessing phenomenal growth rates in the international sectors. The changing scenario of world trade will now demand globalization of market and open economy. The global spice and culinary herb industry comprises of many plants having diverse end use including culinary, medical, etc. The industry also consists of spice derivatives like essential oils, oleoresin, spice oils etc. According to international trade estimate about 85% of spices and culinary herbs are traded in dried form. There is no doubt that these new developments will provide unlimited export opportunities, to producing country like India, which gifted with the varying soil and climatic condition spice extracts were developed to meet the new demand of the food processing industry. Compares to whole spice they have more consistency in flavor, much longer shelf, easier storage and handling and not affected by bacterial contamination. The Food Industry across the globe in turning more and more spice oil and oleoresins to create newer varieties of food. New flavor system are being developed to introduce new products in the market and create competitive advantages have vast natural resources.
World Spice Production Details In tons
India 1 600 000 86%
China 66 000 4%
Bangladesh 48 000 3%
Pakistan 45 300 2%
Turkey 33 000 2%
Nepal 15 500 1%
Other Countries 60 900 3%
Total 1868 700 100%
The world production and processing centers of spices and culinary herbs
This product just happened to be pepper. The reason they are brought poor products is due to the fact that the king of Portugal made a cheap contract with the King of Cochin for spices (Doc. 6). The spice that originated from Cochin was distributed among many contracted countries, all getting the quality that they chose to pay for (B.K. 2).This is another reason that shows how large the quality of product differned based solely on location and the amount of money that was willing to be paid. This information, released in Venice, could have changed the way Italian merchants went about trading with the Portuguese and whether they offered their higher end products or not (Sourcing 4). On the other hand, a box made for trade shows the different reasons that certain products were made rather than how much or what
Europe was infatuated with the exotic spices of the East. The spices couldn’t be found in Europe because "Europe had no substitute for Asian spices" (Arnold 12). Europe needed to find new ways to reach the spices they so desired. This signaled European merchants to find profitable
Most of the popular spices come from tropical regions, usually the Far East but sometimes from Africa or from Central and Latin America. Sassafras is different in that it comes from North America. The tree that produces it comes belongs to the Lauraceae family that includes cinnamon and the bay trees that give us bay leaves. The sassafras tree is found mainly in the Eastern United States.
Spices such as clove, nutmeg, mace, and cardamom came from southeast Asia. Ginger was from China, cinnamon was from China and southeast Asia, pepper from India, and sesame oil from India, Arabia, and southwest Asia. Spices were very important because they served as condiments, flavoring agents, drugs, anesthetics, aphrodisiacs, perfumes aromatics, and magical potions. India also shipped cotton textiles and exotic items. Central Asia had horses and jade.
Graincorp was formerly part of the New South Wales government’s Department of Agriculture. In 1916 Graincorp was established as a grain elevators board. In the mid-1980’s grain elevator’s board had changed to a grain handing authority and when the passing of the NSW Grain Corporation Act, the company became the first Government organization named to be privatized in Australia .It had sales of $100million in 1992 and was named Graincorp. In 2009 after purchased of United Molt Holdings, Graincorp became known as Graincorp Malt.
Understanding the potential of the Ceylon cinnamon trade Portuguese became greedy for more profits and forced Sinhala kings to produce 11000kg of cinnamon bark annually. They brought strict regulations on cinnamon cultivators and peelers. The penalty for poor management and destruction of cinnamon cultivation was
The article “How the Spice Trade Changed the World” by Heather Whipps discusses how early trading changed the old world, and continues to affect the new world. Navigational and geographical discoveries changed the way spices and diets are used for health, medicines, and important luxuries. Though this article is short, it gives great examples of specific spices and their origin, including many connections. This source in a website with the suffix of “.com” but Whipps has many degrees in the subjects which includes a Diploma in Social Studies and a Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology.
There are many herbal pharmaceutical companies producing several types of products meant for various proposes. The Himalaya, Pathanjali, Arogya Bhavan, Ayushya Varsha, Shita Pharma, Ideal Cures Pvt. Ltd, Horticultural Impex, Herbal Hills, Natural Centres, Kavitha Herbal Products, Agarwal Herbal products, Bio-baxy herbal products and others are some of the popular alternate medicine manufacturers. On one side highly developed technological changes are taking place in the world while on the other side people are going for organic food items and natural medicines that are cost effective and
When the Spanish arrived to the “New World” they gradually brought their culinary “Old World” remnants. Thus started the fusion between “Old World” and “New World” ingredients. For example, “It has been pointed out by culinary anthropologists that very few of the ingredients in mole poblano were indigenous to the New World. The native chiles and chocolate, as well as the turkey itself, were indispensable in creating the dish, but almost all the spices were Old World ingredients. In contrast, nearly all the seasonings in Oaxaca's green mole are herbs native to the region.
As people say South Asia main course of food is rice so they think it originates from there but no it was bought there because rice can grow in the wetlands deltas of South Asia. (Thomas) As for cinnamon it comes from a dried bark from laurel tree but the original one comes from zeylanicum tree but now that were modern they get it from cassia tree. It was token over the English and then it cultivated too many different places in the tropical areas of the world.
They might not be the exact recipes that the Spaniards, Native Americans and Mexicans used, but they have been remodeled and improved to be created and enhanced as the years go by. This also goes to American food but now that many new cultures have been presented in the United States there is going to be new food mixtures that may contain half the taste of one certain region to the other. Which means that there might be more food that begins to get spicy around places such as Arizona, California, Utah and New
Once chili peppers arrived east, their popularity grew as they were a cheaper alternative to black pepper. Coarsely ground chilies are added to sauces like arrabbiata for heat in Italian cuisine. In China, the regional cuisines of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan have slight variations in the chilies they use and how they are prepared.
Estimation of total Flavonoid content by AlCl3 reagent method The total flavonoid content of methanol extract of leaves of A.malabarica was determined by the AlCl3 reagent method [4]. The extract (500 µg/mL) was mixed with 0.5 mL of 5% NaNO2 solution and allowed to stand for 5 mins. Then 0.3 mL of 10% AlCl3 solution was added and the mixture was allowed to stand for further 5 min. Finally, 1 mL of 1 M NaOH solution was added, and the final volume of the mixture was brought to 5 mL with distilled water.
Spices play a major role in all kind food, whether it’s vegetarian or non-vegetarian food. A spice is a seed, root, berry, bark, fruit,
It is very important for the Muslim consumers to really know what they have eaten, used, or consumed about certain food products. They have to know the basic of Halal, Mashbooh, and Haram on the products that exists around them. Firstly, the definition of Halal can be examined as ‘permitted and lawful’ in Islam. Halal also involves that a product is ‘thoyyiban’ which means wholesome, safe, nutritious, beneficial and good quality. As Allah S.W.T (God) says in the holy Qur’an: “O mankind!