Plants

Cocoa powder is obtained by grinding and sifting cocoa powder, which is the residue after extruding cocoa butter from cocoa mass.

Watercress is a perennial, hydrophytic plant (an aquatic plant whose renewal buds overwinter in water).

Nettle has analgesic properties. In folk medicine, nettle leaves were used to relieve pain. Its pain-relieving properties have been scientifically proven.

After the arrival of Europeans in Mesoamerica in 1492, Spanish settlers consumed corn, although they much preferred wheat bread.

The usable part of the plant is the rhizome.

Until the 19th century, Mexico was the homeland of vanilla, as it was the only place with varieties of stingless bees of the Melipona and Trigona genera that pollinated the plants.

Thanks to glucosinolates, Brussels sprouts protect the human digestive tract and ensure proper digestion.

It is one of the most versatile cereals. It is a source of carbohydrates, fiber, protein, polyunsaturated fats, and unpolished varieties additionally provide magnesium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, selenium and B vitamins.

They have been used in folk medicine since ancient times.

The carob tree is mentioned in the Bible.