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Epikouros helps these local entrepreneurs to market their products in Europe, so that these wonderful family businesses can continue to exist. Epikouros Trading & Consulting Company has a nose for local products from the Ermionida region, also known as the Greek Riviera. Not only organic extra virgin olive oils, but also olive products, such as spreads, stuffed olives and peppers, but also organic honey, vinegars, care products based on honey and a variety of Greek organic herbs. Taxon: Ceratonia siliqua L." U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS/GRIN) . Retrieved 8 August 2016. Smith, P.; Bustamante, M.; Ahammad, H.; Clark, H.; Dong, H.; Elsiddig, E.A.; Haberl, H.; Harper, R.; House, J.; Jafari, M.; et al. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). In Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Edenhofer, O., Pichs-Madruga, R., Sokona, Y., Minx, J.C., Farahami, E., Kadner, S., Seyboth, K., Adler, A., Baum, I., Brunner, S., et al., Eds.; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, USA. Carob juice drinks are traditionally drunk during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Crushed pods may be used to make a beverage; compote, liqueur, and syrup are made from carob in Turkey, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Sicily. Several studies suggest that carob may aid in treating diarrhea in infants. [7] Ornamental [ change | change source ]Rodríguez-Solana, R.; Coelho, N.; Santos-Rufo, A.; Gonçalves, S.; Pérez-Santín, E.; Romano, A. The Influence of In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion on the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant and Enzyme Inhibitory Capacities of Carob Liqueurs Obtained with Different Elaboration Techniques. Antioxidants 2019, 8, 563. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed][ Green Version] The carob ( / ˈ k ɛr ə b/ KERR-əb; Ceratonia siliqua) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub in the Caesalpinioideae sub-family of the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible fruit pods, and as an ornamental tree in gardens and landscapes. The carob tree is native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. [1] Portugal is the largest producer of carob, followed by Italy and Morocco. Finding and trading the best Greek organic products in Ermionida, a small region in the Peloponnese, the most fantastic organic food and agri products are made, ranging from the Koroneiki and Manaki olives to tasty honey and herbs and everything in between.

Although cultivated extensively, carob can still be found growing wild in eastern Mediterranean regions, and has become naturalized in the western Mediterranean. [19] :20 We're proud to offer various health-supporting products from food supplements to contract manufacturing, for our customers.At Hamdard Turkey, we're committed to growing both domestically and internationally, offering our customers the best of what nature offers. Schieberle, P.; Grosch, W. Potent odorants of rye bread crust—Differences from the crumb and from wheat bread crust. Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. 1994, 198, 292–296. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Mahtout, R.; Ortiz-Martínez, V.; Salar-García, M.; Gracia, I.; Hernández-Fernández, F.; Pérez de los Ríos, A.; Zaidia, F.; Sanchez-Segado, S.; Lozano-Blanco, L. Algerian Carob Tree Products: A Comprehensive Valorization Analysis and Future Prospects. Sustainability 2018, 10, 90. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version]

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If only such a lofty comparison wasn’t sold to boost its profile, it might have had a fighting chance as its own uniquely flavorful and distinctive ingredient. What is carob and where did it come from? Palacios-Rodríguez, G.; Quinto, L.; Lara-Gómez, M.A.; Pérez-Romero, J.; Recio, J.M.; Álvarez-Romero, M.; Cachinero-Vivar, A.M.; Hernández-Navarro, S.; Navarro-Cerrillo, R.M. Carbon Sequestration in Carob ( Ceratonia Siliqua L.) Plantations under the EU Afforestation Program in Southern Spain Using Low-Density Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) Data. Forests 2022, 13, 285. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Ceratonia siliqua, the scientific name of the carob tree, derives from the Greek κερατωνία keratōnia, "carob-tree" (cf. κέρας kéras, "horn"), [9] and Latin siliqua "pod, carob". [10]Tarsitano, E.; Calvano, G.; Cavalcanti, E. The Mediterranean Way a model to achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). J. Sustain. 2019, 12, 108–119. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] We offer healthy, eco-friendly, ethical and fair trade-based products to people of all ages, especially children and pregnant women. We only offer fully organic products. In total we sell more than 1000 different organic products as an organic food wholesaler. These products are produced by our own organic farmers and producers. Our organic network reaches all over the world. We aim to get our products as close to home as possible to keep transport to the minimum. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Emissions Due to Agriculture Global, Regional and Country Trends 2000–2018. In FAOSTAT Analytical Brief 18; FAO: Roma, Italy, 2021; ISSN 2709-0078. [ Google Scholar]