7 cool natural ingredients you've never heard of
![7 cool natural ingredients you've never heard of 7 cool natural ingredients you've never heard of](https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt09e5e63517a16184/bltafc06db067aebac6/64cbf83cdb0bcc7a8de33eaa/NewHopeNetwork_Horizontal_RGB.png?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale)
This natural emulsifier is made from the inner bark of the Molina tree, native to China and South American countries including Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Thanks to quillaja’s abundance of saponins, Andean people traditionally used it both as soap and also as medicine—especially for lung problems. Keep an eye out for quillaja cropping up in personal care products also. Try it in: Rau Chocolate
A tropical fruit native to South America, lucuma serves as a low-glycemic sweetener when dried and milled. Some brands are incorporating lucuma into products like nutrition bars and chocolate for a subtle maple syrup flavor. Try it in: Elemental Superfood Cranberry, Almond + Lucuma Pasha Organic Dark Chocolate Lucuma Bar Essential Living Foods Organic Lucuma Powder
This traditional south Indian spice, sometimes called Hing, is made from the dried resin of a tree and infuses vegetarian dishes with meaty, savory flavor. Some ethnic-angled natural food manufacturers are adding this pungent and funky spice into chips to introduce it to sensitive American palates. Try it in: Maya Kaimal Chickpea Chips Lightly Salted
When coffee is harvested, the pulp from the coffee fruit—a cranberry-like, antioxidant-packed red fruit that surrounds the caffeinated coffee bean—is often wasted. Pioneering new brands are tapping into this unused resource to create delicious beverages and even breakfast cereals. Bonus: Supporting businesses that use coffee fruit bolster the incomes of coffee farmers. Try it in: Bai5 Pixan Coffe Fruit Infusions Earnest Eats Energized Hot Cereal
When coffee is harvested, the pulp from the coffee fruit—a cranberry-like, antioxidant-packed red fruit that surrounds the caffeinated coffee bean—is often wasted. Pioneering new brands are tapping into this unused resource to create delicious beverages and even breakfast cereals. Bonus: Supporting businesses that use coffee fruit bolster the incomes of coffee farmers. Try it in: Bai5 Pixan Coffe Fruit Infusions Earnest Eats Energized Hot Cereal
Coming soon to your natural food store shelves, these burgeoning but lesser-known ingredients offer nutrition, functionality and tastiness to new foods and beverages.
About the Author(s)
You May Also Like