Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
I love this but I never buy it often. Why? Because I am the only one eating it. My brothers, sister, parents, wife and son never like it. They are complaining about its bad smell – amoy atangya. It has the smell similar to stink bug. The vegetable is indeed bad smelling but good tasting. [...]
Remember not to ask these questions when buying! 1) Are your fish fresh? You should learn how to identify fresh and good quality fish. It should be whole, no red eyes, no foul odors, etc… 2) Are your crabs plumb? Fat crabs are heavy for its size. Weigh it by hand. Select heavy crabs and [...]
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 [...]
