What Is Spice

Dec 13, 2020

Spice has a history of thousands of years. It mainly refers to pepper, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and other tropical plants with aromatic smell or antiseptic function. A compound or mixture that has pleasant odour and can be used for flavoring. According to their sources, they can be divided into natural spices and synthetic spices, and according to their uses, they can be divided into daily chemical spices, edible spices and tobacco flavors. In the chemical industry, total synthetic perfume is produced as a fine chemical organization.

Overview of spices

When it comes to incense, the first impression is mostly the scene of cigarettes in temples and Taoist temples. However, in ancient Chinese society, incense was not only used for sacrifice and religion, but also widely used in daily life. Before we talk about the use of spices, we will briefly explain the origin and production methods of spices in ancient China, as well as the common use of spices.

Sources of spices

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Spice this is the satire of the ancient Roman poet Statius on a funeral for a pet parrot in a poem. After the death of his baby, the owner will hold a funeral ceremony similar to the nirvana of a Phoenix, so that it can be reborn in a funeral fire lit with cinnamon.

It can be said that spices like cinnamon play the most important role in this cycle. This is not an exaggeration, at least until spices were consumed. If we catch up on how spices and condiments are known and used by people, we will find that the reality is even more amazing.

4 production

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1. Production of natural flavor: there are eight main production methods of plant natural flavor

1. Distillation -- essential oil

2. Extraction --- extract, tincture, oleoresin, pure oil

3. Pressing method -- essential oil

4. Absorption method -- balsam

5. Enzymatic extraction

6. Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE)

7. Molecular distillation

8. Microwave extraction

2. Production of monodisperse perfume

1. Physical methods: fractionation, freeze-out and recrystallization

2. Chemical methods --- borate ester method, phenol sodium salt method, sodium bisulfite addition method


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