Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
Have you seen or used honey powder? I have never seen or used one. I encountered it only on letters – on the package of canned health drink. The purposes of processing. 1) To extend product shelf life so its going to be available in other places or in the same place in future time. [...]
I took a can out of the chiller cause I got intrigued with the term “heatgrass”. What could it be? A grass that give a hot sensation when eaten? Like a siling labuyo. The term was new to me. I consumed all the contents before I noticed the large letter “W” before the letter “h”. [...]
Vegetable rejects command lower market price than regular and export quality. They are inferior in appearance and only few buyers want them. Rejects – small, bruised, with cuts or deformed. The situation in public market was telling the otherwise. A jeepney with loads of vegetables arrived. A group of buyers came asking.” Do you have [...]
The Provincial Government of Batangas filed an intellectual property right claim over the “kapeng barako”. They want a patent of kapeng barako as geographical indication product. What does this mean? When a product is patented as geographical indication product, it should meet certain requirements like raw material variety, specific process and the most important – [...]
I was hesitant to buy uncooked prawn crackers. I suffered from diarrhea the first time I did. I bought the second time because she insisted. l kept my fingers crossed and hoped the incidence would never happen again. Here is the Besuto Prawn Crackers Flavored Chips. I cannot remember if it was the brand which [...]
Banana Peel Crackers 1) Choose ripe latundan banana. Eat and set aside the peels for later use. Refrigeration will allow longer storage life. Peels of latundan banana are ideal for this purpose, thin and slightly astringent. I tried using saba banana peels. The peels are thick and has strong astringent taste – sobrang pakla. 2) [...]
There are two popular grain weevil according to the description of National Corn RDE Network. 1) Sitophilus zeamais or the maize grain weevil is the most destructive storage pest. The female lives for an average of four to five months. She can lay 300 to 500 eggs. Range of temperature favorable for egg laying is [...]
