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Breynia androgyna, also known as katuk, star gooseberry, or sweet leaf, is a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable. Its multiple upright stems can reach heights of 2.5 meters and bear dark green oval leaves of length 5–6 centimetres .
The most recognized cultivars include the salak pondoh from Yogyakarta, known for its sweet flavor and dry, crumbly texture, and the salak Bali, famed for its moist crunchiness. The diversity in salak cultivars leads to a range of flavors, from intensely sweet to tangy and slightly sour, making it a fruit with a complex palate.
The berry itself has a low sugar content [9] and a mildly sweet tang. It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin . [ 10 ] When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds , causing sour foods to taste sweet.
As with other plants producing caffeine, the high concentration of caffeine is a defensive toxin that repels insects from the berry and seeds. [ 4 ] The color of the fruit ranges from brown to red and it contains black seeds that are partly covered by white arils . [ 5 ]
Cane juice, syrup, molasses, and raw sugar, which has many regional and commercial names including demerara, jaggery, muscovado, panela, piloncillo, turbinado sugar, and Sucanat, are all made from sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). Sweet sorghum syrup is made from the sugary juice extracted from the stalks of Sorghum spp., especially S. bicolor.
This time, it includes a brand-new syrup that will make your breakfast even better. The new Original Syrup (selling for $4.29), Parton's website explains, "is irresistibly sweet" and is the ...
Mizuame – a Japanese glucose syrup of subtle flavor, traditionally made from rice and malt. [8] Molasses – a thick, sweet syrup made from boiling sugar cane. Orgeat syrup – a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and rose water or orange flower water; Oleo saccharum – A syrup made from the oil of citrus peels.
Cheong (Korean: 청; Hanja: 淸) is a name for various sweetened foods in the form of syrups, marmalades, and fruit preserves.In Korean cuisine, cheong is used as a tea base, as a honey-or-sugar-substitute in cooking, as a condiment, and also as an alternative medicine to treat the common cold and other minor illnesses.