Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
Do you remember when the last time you ate ube (purple yam)? Perhaps you are eating ube macapuno at this moment. You might had halo-halo yesterday, eaten ube haleya last week - a pulvoron or a yogurt. Those product are made out of ube or as one of the ingredients. I am not referring to [...]
Let me guess! The instant sinigang mix you are thinking of is packed in a small sachet. It is in powder form and made of natural and artificial flavors. It is mixed to when cooking sinigang to get a nearly perfect taste love by all. Its use avoids the hassle of repeated trial and error. [...]
Grape and longan fruits were part of the fruit display my wife prepared a night before new year. The two fruits were on the top most part. Whenever I passed beside the table, I was getting some grapes and taking it in. The same thing were done by her and by my son. She was [...]
I like this popcorn. It is slightly sweet and really butterlicious. All pops are crunchy soft – no hard part like the one I usually bought from street vendors. Any good tasting commercial product is doubtful.It might be filled with array of artificial flavors and preservatives. The taste should be secondary. We should know if [...]
When fresh milk is frozen, the following occurs: disruption of fat globules, hydrolysis of triglycerides, decrease in the amount of linoleic and linolenic acid, reduction of Vitamin B6 and C and lessening of bacterial inhibitory effect. Disruption of fat globule is said to cause the change in texture and other organoleptic properties. Due to the [...]
1) Less flavor. Let us accept the fact, the most tasty menu on dining table are livestock and poultry meats. The next is fish and the least is vegetable. Some fish have superior flavor but their prices are too steep for commoners. 2) Tradition. Every occasion like town fiestas and weddings have three or more [...]
The following foods are supposed to be single ingredient products. However due to processing issues and merchant dishonesty, purity might not be possible. 1) Fruit juice. The term sap and fruit juice are synonymous. Sap literally means a fruit extract. A pure form can only be taken by extracting your own fruit choice. During processing [...]
