Oleoresins




Oleoresins is the concentrated form of spices and herbs. Oleoresins can be produced from various plant sources and from different plant parts. The main plant parts are fruits, seeds, rhizomes & roots. They are a highly concentrated substance that exists in liquid form. It is used in the flavour and food industry, especially for meat preparations, marinades and gourmet food as well as for convenience products. They provide the flavour of spices and herbs to foods and some also provide colour. In contrast to essential oils, oleoresins contain many more non-volatiles. Non-volatiles are substances that do not vaporise easily. They can be more heat stable than raw spices and have a longer shelf life due to lower moisture content.

In fact, oleoresins combine the volatiles and non-volatiles of plants to yield a more complete flavour profile. For example, pepper oleoresin contains the non-volatile piperine, whereas the essential oil of pepper does not. Piperine is the spicy hot part of pepper.

Product

Feature

  • Pale green oily liquid with characteristic aroma
  • It represents overall flavor profile of spices.
  • It is comprised of volatile essential oil and non-volatile resinous fraction that contains taste components.

Function

  • As a flavor and aroma additives for foods, bakeries and alcoholic beverages
  • Contain high content of thymol which makes it ideal for medicinal usage.
  • Has system stimulating and laxative properties which help in weight reduction.
  • Has local anaestatic, carminative, analgesic and anti-nauseant property.
  • It is a major antibacterial, anti-infectious, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic agent.

Feature

  • An excellent source of Vit E and mono-unsaturated fats

Function

  • As a flavoring additive and an emulsifier in beverages, baked goods and chewing gums.
  • Used as a food flavoring in bakery application, salad and as a cooking oil.
  • Reduce risk of diabetes by reducing blood sugar concentrations after meals.
  • Reduce risk of heart disease and stroke by reducing levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides.
  • Has ability to inhibit the growth of colon cancer tumor cells.

Feature

  • A dark greenish brown viscous liquid
  • Has floral spicy odor of basil
  • Has spicy and tinge with a mild bitterness flavour

Function

  • Acts as food flavoring and fragrance agent
  • Has analgesic, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety properties
  • Has anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory properties
  • Has carminative properties which helps with indigestion, constipation, flatulence and stomach cramps
  • Contains potent antioxidants which strengthen immune system, protect DNA structure and delay skin aging

Feature

  • A dark green viscous liquid
  • Has a rich aroma with spicy and mild bitter taste
  • It gives double odour and flavours to the same weight freshly grounded leaves.

Function

  • Act as flavoring and fragrance agent
  • Aids in facilitating efficient digestion and nutrient intake
  • Assists in lowering stress hormone level and gives energy boost
  • Contains hypoglycemic, anti-ulcerogenic, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
  • Aids in managing diabetes by improving insulin receptor function and regulating blood sugar level

Feature

  • A dark green to olive green colour viscous liquid.
  • Has a pungent and slightly biting aroma of black pepper
  • About 5-10 Kgs of oleoresin equals to 100 Kgs of dried black pepper.

Function

  • Used as food flavoring, fragrance and natural coloring agent
  • Act as preservatives that efficiently control the growth of known food-spoilage microorganisms
  • Elevates HDL cholesterol while reduces the LDL and VLDL cholesterol.
  • Has anti-inflammatory, antipasmodic, anti-diarrheal, anti-microbial, anti-virulence and anti-cancer properties

Feature

  • A reddish dark brown liquid with high viscosity
  • Has strong spicy, pungent, nutty taste and aroma
  • It has exceptionally high antioxidants content

Function

  • Used as flavouring agent in ethnic foods, herbal teas, candies, and liquors.
  • Used as pepper substitute on meat dishes, and in soups and stews.
  • Lowers blood glucose level and reduces insulin resistance.
  • Maintains healthier cholesterol level with its high good fatty acids content
  • Contains anti-allergic, anti-histamine, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory effect

Feature

  • A dark reddish viscous liquid
  • Has a pungent aroma of freshly ground, dried, red chillies.
  • Contains natural Capsaicin as the active ingredient and rich in Vit. A& C

Function

  • Used as dried chili replacement in a variety of food applications.
  • Used as colour and flavour enhancer in hot sauces, seasoning mixes and ginger ale.
  • Capsaicin helps in reducing triglycerides, cholesterol and platelet aggregation.
  • Has carminative, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.

Feature

  • A greenish-brown coloured thick liquid
  • It is full of triglyceride and steroid components
  • It can be used as food preservatives

Function

  • A natural flavoring agent in tea, soft drinks, condiments and food products.
  • Used as an oriental fragrance component in soaps, cosmetics and perfumes.
  • Contains carminative, antispasmodic and stomachic properties for stomach problems.
  • Promotes oral health and aids in disinfecting oral cavity, killing germs and eliminates bad breath.
  • Stimulates frequent urination which helps in weight loss, lower blood pressure.

Feature

  • A yellowish green thick liquid
  • Has sweet, spicy, earthly and flowery scent
  • Filled with phenolics compounds with powerful antioxidant effect

Function

  • Used as flavoring agent in processed food, soft drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Act as stomachic, anti-ulcerogenic, carminative and diuretic agent.
  • An anti-microbial agent which inhibit E. coli and C. Albicans.
  • Contains anti-hypertensive and relaxant effects which regulate blood pressure level.
  • Offers anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and kapha pacifying qualities for inflamed conditions.
  • Induces menstruation while reducing the pain and discomforts

Feature

  • A dark brown thick liquid
  • It can be used as food preservatives
  • Whitening and freckle-removing agent

Function

  • Enhance product preparation with aroma and fragrance of cinnamon
  • Flavoring agent in bakery products, sweetened beverages, sauces and fruit product.
  • Lowers blood sugar level by imitating and increasing insulin sensitivity.
  • Help with good digestion, prevents constipation issue and promotes toxin excretion through urine.
  • Has very strong anti-microbial and anti-bacterial effect on E. coli, Streptococcus mutants and other infections.

Feature

  • A viscous dark brown liquid
  • Has a rich spicy, warming and woody scent of cloves
  • It is rich in sodium, calcium, hydrochloric acid, iron, potassium, Vit. C and Vit. A

Function

  • Used as flavoring agent, nutritional supplement and an ingredient in synthetic vanilla production.
  • Address digestive discomfort, motion sickness, stomach pain and ulcers.
  • Relieves excess blood pressure and prevent platelets clumping by assisting in major arteries dilation.
  • Effective germicidal and antimicrobial to fight dental pain, toothaches, sore gums and mouth ulcers.
  • Its high anti-inflammatory properties help with sore throat, cough, cold, sinusitis and chronic headache.

Feature

  • A pale yellow to golden brown thick liquid
  • Used as flavoring in cocoa, chocolates and liquors

Function

  • Used in fruit, ginger ale and vanilla flavors beverages, liquors and condiments.
  • To enhance the flavors of confectionary, seasonings and sodas.
  • As a fragrance for gin, liquors and tobaccos.
  • Has carminative, antispasmodic, sedative and analgesic properties.
  • Decreases the uptake and enhances the breakdown of lipids to prevent and cure hyperlipidaemia.
  • An effective anti-bacterial to eliminate bad breath, body odor and to prevent food-born pathogenic illness.

Feature

  • A dark brownish yellow-green liquid
  • Has a very strong odor with a warm and mildly pungent aromatic flavour.

Function

  • As spice flavoring and fragrance in soups, gravies and alcoholic beverages.
  • Assist in improving insulin metabolism and decrease blood triglycerides.
  • Has strong carminative, analgesic, eupeptic and stomachic properties.
  • Good bactericide used to treat bacteria-caused diarrhoea and cholera.
  • Promotes weight loss by reducing fat cells and stimulates stomach, biliary and pancreatic secretion.

Feature

  • Odor: Light spicy and soft licorice (spicy, sweet and woody aroma --> stimulating and warming).
  • The major constituents of fennel oleoresin are volatile oil, pinene and mycrene.
  • Fennel oleoresin prepared from seeds gives a warm, aromatic and pleasing flavour to food products and it's a dark brown liquid.

Function

  • It is commonly added to deserts for an extra depth of flavor and added into green juices to help fight sweet tooth cravings.
  • It can be used for herbal tea (medicinal purpose), for cooking such as fish dishes, salads, sauces and soups, add as a component for homemade sausage.
  • It has been identified as a natural food flavourer with potential for use either individually or in admixture in beverages, bakery and other food preparations for its antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. The oleoresins from fennel are used as a spice in processed foods, snacks, sauces and various vegetable preparations.
  • Fennel oleoresin has anti-parasitic, anti-spasmodic, anti-inflammatory properties and is a good digestive aid and increases the body metabolism.
  • However, the essential oil and the oleoresin of fennel are used in mainly in condiments, soaps, creams, liqueurs, perfumes, skin care products and alternative medicines.

Feature

  • Odor strength: Medium (Sweet, roasted, brown, maple with a deep cocoa nuance).
  • Taste description: Bitter, brown, maple, lovage with a coffee nuance. It's a dark brown viscous semi-solid.
  • Insoluble in water. Fenugreek is high in alkaloids and works thermogenic.

Function

  • Fenugreek seed oil (mainly of unsaturated acids, namely linoleic, linolenic, and oleic acid), is used in flavoring many canned foods, as a component of curries & other spices and syrups and as an ingredient in soma perfumes.
  • It has beneficial effects on blood sugar (improve the function of hormone insulin). Fenugreek oil improves the glucose intolerance and and can lower blood glucose levels. It helps to restore normal kidney health, helps relief from nasal congestion, headaches & other discomforts.

Feature

  • Soluble in oils
  • Odor Strength: medium (ginger, earthy, musty, and citrus), taste: bitter, spicy, stinging and warm.
  • It's a dark brown viscous liquid.

Function

  • Ginger was also used as a preservative to keep food from spoiling, skin & hair products, and in aromatherapy applications.
  • It used in teas (herbal tea), stewed meat dish, juices or smoothies, meat marinades, candies, desserts, and dressings and added to meals, including meat, because of its ability to aid digestion (softened the meat in a dish before cooking).
  • It works as an antiseptic, laxative, tonic and stimulant, enhance appetite, stress reliever or mood booster, has antibacterial & anti-inflammatory properties. It protects against cancer and can reduce nausea.

Feature

  • Soluble in oils
  • Odor Strength: medium (ginger, earthy, musty, and citrus), taste: bitter, spicy, stinging and warm.
  • It's a dark brown viscous liquid.

Function

  • Ginger was also used as a preservative to keep food from spoiling, skin & hair products, and in aromatherapy applications.
  • It used in teas (herbal tea), stewed meat dish, juices or smoothies, meat marinades, candies, desserts, and dressings and added to meals, including meat, because of its ability to aid digestion (softened the meat in a dish before cooking).
  • It works as an antiseptic, laxative, tonic and stimulant, enhance appetite, stress reliever or mood booster, has antibacterial & anti-inflammatory properties. It protects against cancer and can reduce nausea.

Feature

  • Aromatic molecules: Linalol, linalyl acetate

Function

  • It can be added to tea (herbal), It is used as a flavor component. It can be used for marinades and BBQ, to fishes (salmon).
  • Lavender oil is also used as an ingredient in many perfumes and hygiene, bath products.
  • It helps promote hair growth, prevent head lice, prevent skin inflammation, anti-inflammatory properties, relieve anxiety, induce sleep, increase blood glucose, treat flu, cold & headache, good for skin lightening (reduce wrinkles), and it has antimicrobial and antifungal properties. It also used for insect repellent.

Feature

  • It is a semi-solid paste and extracted from marigold flower.
  • It is well known as natural colouring agent (yellow colour).
  • It is a rich source of lutein, a carotenoid pigment.

Function

  • It can act as a colouring (replacing a synthetic dyes) on processed meat applications, preservative or antioxidants for the maintenance of good health. It is great for healing herbal ointments, teas and colors and used in beverages, confectionery & dairy products.
  • It used as a functional ingredient for eye and skin health (for sensitive skin).
  • It has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-fungal and antioxidant properties; assisting in making reduction in skin inflammations and blemishes. Help to treat burns, reducing eczema, dermatitis, reduced the number of tumors in the breast and it also prevented new cancer cells from developing.
  • Marigold is widely used in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and feed industries.

Feature

  • Soluble in oils and organic solvents. It is a yellow orange semi-solid paste.
  • Odor strength: medium (Fresh ground nutmeg with terpene). Taste: Aromatic, spicy, nutmeg, balsamic.
  • It contains hydrocarbon monoterpenes and aromatic ether.

Function

  • The nutmeg essential oil is used as a natural food flavouring (spices) in baked goods, in meat & fish, syrups, veggies, soups, sauces, beverages (e.g. Coca-Cola), sweets (ice cream, custards), confectioneries, etc. It replaces ground nutmeg as it leaves no particles in the food. Certain coffee drinks, including cappuccino, are flavoured using nutmeg and cinnamon.
  • In traditional medicine nutmeg and nutmeg oil were used for illnesses related to the nervous and digestive systems, sleeping aid, improve memory & concentration, and fight free radicals.
  • The essential oil is also used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries for instance in tooth paste and as a major ingredient in some cough syrups, it has antibacterial, antiseptic, detoxification agent, and anti-inflammatory properties.
  • Other uses in soaps, lotions, detergents, cosmetics, perfumes.

Feature

  • Soluble in alcohol and oils. It is a volatile oil.
  • Odor strength: medium (fresh origanum herbal spicy green earthy woody, floral). Taste: herbal / aromatic, spicy and a slightly bitter.
  • It is a dark yellowsih brownish-green viscous liquid.
  • It contains vitamin A, potassium, iron, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus.

Function

  • Oregano oleoresin widely used as spice and seasoning mixes, for fish, meats, vegetables, sausages, sauces & tomato preparations, wine and other food preparations.
  • It can added to tea and taken to treat exhaustion, nervous disorders and tension.
  • It is used as a traditional remedy for stomach upsets, low blood pressure, whooping cough, skin irritations, throat inflammations, toothaches, headaches, and asthma.

Feature

  • Odor strength: medium (fresh herbal rosemary), taste: herbaceous, a faint herbal note.
  • Oil soluble. It is known as a natural antioxidant.
  • It's a dark brownish yellow semi-solid.

Function

  • It can used on your salads as a delicious dressing, into your soups for a unique flavor, for herbal tea. The flavor it imparts to grilled meat, sauces, and dressings is just divine.
  • It has a positive effect on meat for color stability and oxidative stability.
  • The oil’s health uses range from anti-cancer properties, antioxidant benefits and anti-inflammation to memory enhancement and great for hair growth & prevent acne (hair & skin products). It is a fantastic liver cleanser & booster, prevent food poisoning (antibacterial), fights free radicals, reduce stress levels, better blood circulation, and insecticide or insect repellent.

Feature

  • It is a light-yellow liquid.

Function

  • It is known to be an antioxidant and an aphrodisiac, it helps to lower fever, depression symptoms and removing of harmful toxins.
  • People take white pepper by mouth for upset stomach, malaria, a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea (cholera), food poisoning, arthritis and cancer. Black and white pepper might help fight germs (microbes) and cause the stomach to increase the flow of digestive juices.
  • It can used as most common food flavoring.
  • It can also be used in lotions, shampoos, body washes and make up, and as aromatheraphy because of its pleasant smell/scent.

Feature

  • Odor: medium (peppery woody pine), taste: peppery, slightly warm and pleasant followed by a pungent, biting sensation.
  • Volatile oil

Function

  • White pepper is added to foods (light-colored or white dishes, sauces, and soups) and drinks to add flavor. It is known for its sharp bite and is used to add extra flavor to Chinese soups or vietnamese soups, creamed soups, clam chowder, marinades for meat and poultry or pork dishes, and spicier stir-frys.
  • People take white pepper by mouth for upset stomach, malaria, a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea (cholera), food poisoning, arthritis and cancer. Black and white pepper might help fight germs (microbes) and cause the stomach to increase the flow of digestive juices.
  • People apply white pepper to the skin to reduce pain. Used to make medicine.

Feature

  • Odor: Gourmand, intense candied tomato note, slightly jam and a slight tobacco facet. It is a dark red colour.
  • It contains Lycopene, a powerful antioxidant and makes tomatoes red. It is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E.
  • It is soluble in oils and insoluble in water.

Function

  • Applied in food field, it is mainly used as food additives for colorant and health care. For cosmetic field, it is mainly used to whitening, anti-wrinkle and UV protection. For pharmaceutical field, it is made into capsule.
  • It protects cardiocascular health, enhances immunity, improves skin allergies, prevents osteoporosis, lower blood pressure, prevents and improves prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis and other urological diseases.

Feature

  • Soluble in oils and organic solvents.
  • Odor strength: medium (fresh herbal thyme), taste: thyme / herbaceous, silght bitterness and a faint clovish aftertaste.
  • It is a dark greenish brown viscous semi-solid.

Function

  • It can used in flavoring. Use 1–2 drops in meat and entrée dishes to add a fresh herbal flavor, used in teas (herbal) and added to soups.
  • Thyme oil can be used as a preservative against spoilage and several foodborne germs that can contribute to health problems (antimicrobial). It is effective against other forms of bacteria such as Salmonella, Enterococcus, Escherichia and Pseudomonas species.
  • It serves as a diuretic that helps with the removal of toxins, salts, and excess water, supports the immune system, muscular health, joint support, improve vision, helps to solve sleeping problems, skin problems, anxiety and respiratory wellness.
  • It can be used in hair & skin products (for cleansing and purifying effect for the skin), aromatherapy oil, mouthwashes & herbal rinses, and insecticide or insect repellent.