Why do free range eggs spoil easily
I grew up on a commercial poultry farm and had a battery raised eggs my whole life. It’s only after joining farmizen that I had my first free range and naati chicken eggs. Was there any difference in taste ? Yes, the free range and naati eggs had a certain distinct flavor compared to normal […]
Honey, am I fake?
Honey could be man’s first and most reliable source of sweetener. References to honey date back to in 5500 B.C.E whereas jaggery and sugar are more recent at around 5,000 years. Throughout history it has been used as sweetener, as a marinade, in medicines and as a natural lip balm, moisturizer, or cough remedy. So […]
How to choose the best oil for cooking
Unrefined oils are very popular today, whether we use them or not we hear about them all the time. Most areas in Bangalore will have shops with wood oil press units selling non refined oils under various tags like cold pressed and wood pressed. In this blog lets dig around a bit into cooking oils […]
Artificial preservatives in pickles
I am a Postgraduate in Pharmacy, a lot of my batch mates are from Gujarat and are involved in manufacture, import and trade of various API’s, Chemicals. I had sent a few bottles of my homemade Deccan organics pickles to a friend. He send me a few forwards from a associate of his who deals […]
Are our corporate careers slowly killing us? And what does nutrition have to do with it?
It is very easy to get caught up in the corporate rat race. As Merwin Fernandes from Savera Naturals explains, its all about the money, fame and competition. But that does come with it’s downsides. One of the biggest things that takes a hit in our high flying corporate lives is our diet and by […]