Food

Belgium is strenuously trying to inscribe fries as a Belgian dish on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

When the Europeans came to North America, the natives passed on their knowledge of obtaining maple sap.

Today, mozzarella is made from cow's and buffalo's milk.

The key ingredients of kimchi are napa cabbage, radish, carrot, garlic, chili pepper, onion, ginger, pepper, mustard, watercress, salt and sugar, sometimes accompanied by salted shrimp, anchovies or other seafood.

The first evaporator for heating and thickening maple sap was patented in 1858.

The most common bacteria found in kombucha are those of the Acetobacter and Gluconobacter species.

Dr. Navindra P. Seeram, an American professor who studies medicinal plants and their natural derivatives, said: “I continue to say that nature is the best chemist, and that maple syrup is becoming a champion food when it comes to the number and variety of beneficial compounds found in it.”

Coffee is available in various forms.

The cocoa mass is mixed with cocoa butter in such proportions that the resulting product contains about 30% fat.

In vegetable processing, tomato juice is often used as a marinade for canned tomatoes.