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| TURMERIC |
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| Scientific
Name : |
Cúrcuma
Longa |
| Common
Name: |
Turmeric,
azafran Cúrcuma, Palillo |
| Packing: |
Arpilla bags or
jute for 50 kg. or according to the client requirements |
| Harvest time: |
August,
September and October |
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| Constituents:
An acrid, volatile oil, brown colouring matter, gum, starch, chloride
of calcium, woody fibre and a yellowish colouring matter named curcumin;
this is obtained by digesting tumeric in boiling alcohol, filtering
and evaporating the solution to dryness, the residue being digested
in ether, filtered and evaporated |
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| ANNATTO |
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| Scientific
Name : |
Bixa
Orellana |
| Common
Name: |
Annatto, Achiote, Bija,
Urucú, Rocu, Lipstick tree, Rocuyer, Orleana |
| Packing: |
Arpilla bags or
jute for 50 kg. or according to the client requirements |
| Harvest time: |
August, October
and September |
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| Dark red
seeds (about 3 mm diameter). It used to colour confectionery, butter,
smoked fish and cheeses like Cheshire, Leicester, Edam and Muenster.
As an effective natural colouring it is also used in cosmetics and
textile manufacturing. |
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Olives
| Onion| Cereals
| Natural
dyes | Spices
| Beans
| Tara |
Pisco | Cuyes
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