Peppermint oil is extracted from Menthe piperita of the Labiates family and is also known as brandy mint and balm mint. This cooling and refreshing essential oil is used in aromatherapy to stimulate the mind, increase mental agility and to increase focus, while cooling the skin, reducing redness and calming irritation and itchiness. It furthermore helps to ease spastic colon, migraine, headaches, sinus and chest congestion and boosts the digestive system.  Peppermint generally grows best in moist, shaded locations, and expands by underground stolen. Young shoots are taken from old ...

Organic Essential oils do not form a distinctive category for any medical, pharmacological, or culinary purpose. Organic Essential oils are generally extracted by distillation, often by using steam. Other processes include expression or solvent extraction. They are used in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps and other products, for flavoring food and drink, and for adding scents to incense and household cleaning products. Organic Essential oils have been used medicinally in history. Medical applications proposed by those who sell medicinal oi...

Attar is the name given to the fragrant oils made from the extracts of flowers, herbs, woods, etc. It is the purest nonalcoholic fragrances and the most lasting perfumes in the world .The great land of India provides us with abundant sources of wonderful fragrances that can invoke deep feelings of joy, excitement and serenity within us all. Every soul is stirred by a variety of fragrances, may it be the fresh green note of the forest after a shower, the early morning scent of the earth, or the ever present odors of the magnificent flowers of India. Each of the fragrances is a work of ar...

Anthocyanins are water soluble pigments responsible for the attractive red, purple and blue colors of many flowers, fruits and vegetables. They are sensitive to pH change being reddest in strongly acidic conditions and become bluer as the pH rises. Used in drinks, jams and sugar confectionery. The color of beetroot is water soluble and has limited stability when exposed to light, heat and oxygen. It is particularly suited to frozen, dried and short shelf-life products, such as ice creams and yoghurt. Riboflavin, Vitamin B2, is used for fortification and coloring. It is water soluble, h...

Food color additives are vital to how we taste and perceive food, yet they generally remain mysterious to the public. First, it uses recent examples to illustrate the importance of colors to our enjoyment of food. It then recounts the early history of food colors and the emergence of regulation to prevent their unsafe and fraudulent uses. The margarine war of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is described, as well as the 1906 and 1938 Food and Drug Acts. Demand for natural food coloring has been growing, sparked by a general demand among consumers for all-natural products. As the food in...