Description
🚚 The fastest delivery time : 2-day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Origin : Fa Liu Farm / Tai Po, Hong Kong
🔖 Certification : ZFP Restore Fund Supported Farm
🌱 Supplier introduction : Fa Liu is Ms. Liu Ting Chun, a teacher of the Green herbal medicine class. She has been managing a private farm for ten years. Green (绿藤) joined the organization in the last year, 💚Hope to transform into a #lifeeducationfarm that combines folk wisdom and promotion of physical and spiritual health, practicing #regenerative farming and #community integration experience 💚
The characteristic of Fa Liu is the quiet valley scenery, rich biodiversity, and natural mountain streams passing through. There are more than 100 kinds of horticultural flowers and Chinese herbal medicines planted in the field, and the seasonal vegetable fields are being cultivated one after another, and we are constantly learning from the obstacles. 🌱
As a farm being rebuilt by hand, a farm with rich biodiversity, it is worth visiting and learning with partners: how can we transform the farm by ourselves, and how should we face other life besides crops...
🛍 Product Information :
Some indigenous peoples in Africa and the Americas use it for body paint and lipstick. Therefore, sometimes mahogany is also called "lipstick tree". Ripe annatto fruits are brown or reddish-brown and covered with short, tough hairs that split open when fully ripe to reveal the dark red seeds inside. While edible annatto can be produced, the fruit itself is not edible.
Fruits and seeds of annatto
Also known as "Annatto", is a substance extracted from the seeds of annatto (also known as annatto) that grows in the tropics and subtropics. It can be used as food coloring to dye food yellow and orange , and add a unique flavor.
In India, annatto is used to spot cinnabar spots to distinguish whether a woman is married or not. In the Philippines, it is called "atsuete" and is also used in traditional food.
Annatto is extracted from the red peel that coats the seeds of annatto. Used to color many cheeses (eg cheddar, Gloucester), processed cheeses (eg American) or milk spreads (eg margarine). Annatto is also added to some smoked fish, sauces and snacks.
In EU countries, annatto has the E code E160b. In the United States, annatto extract is listed as a "certification-free" coloring agent.
For healthy
Annatto is rich in tocotrienols and antioxidants. Tocotrienols are believed to have anti-angiogenic effects and thus play an important role in the prevention and treatment of cancer.
The medical and health level in Colombia is underdeveloped, and the poor can only rely on some indigenous methods to treat diseases. Annatto can be used in Colombian folk medicine to treat infections of microbial origin. In addition to the benefits provided by carotenoids, the sesquiterpenes in annatto also have antifungal activity. Carcinoids have antibacterial activity.
allergic reaction
Consuming annatto is not dangerous for most people, but very few people can develop an allergic reaction to it. There have been several documented allergies to annatto, but it is not one of the so-called "Big Eight Allergens" (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soybeans, wheat). Experts at the FDA and the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program at the University of Nebraska don't think it should be considered a major allergen.
*Medical content on Wikipedia is for informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice. For medical help or advice, consult a professional. See medical statement for details.
Location: Tai Po, Hong Kong
Farm Size: 28,700 sq.ft / 0.6 acres
Produces Grown:
Mulberry, lemon, papaya, coffee beans, watercress, daikon, carrot, coriander, lettuce
Regenerative Practices to Implement:
Mulching, compost application, alley cropping, nutrient management
Carbon Sequestration Potential: 2T CO2
Supply Period： From November To December
🥗 Recipes (English Version)：
colorful glutinous rice balls
Use natural colors including: Paradise Fruit, Carmine Fruit, Wormwood, Butterfly Pea (most of which can be ordered through our online store)
