Ginger: a spice with a long tradition

Botanical: Zingiber officinale
Chinese: Gan Jiang
English: ginger

Ginger, Zingiber officinale, has been appreciated and used by different cultures for thousands of years. The use of ginger dates back to the 6th century BC. Already at that time it was used by the Chinese and Indians. Centuries later, Arab traders brought it to the Mediterranean, from where the Romans and later the Crusaders brought it to Europe.

Besides pepper, ginger was the only hot spice for a long time. Only when the chilli was imported from America, it changed.

Ginger: rich in essential oils

Other main ingredients are sesquiterpenes, curcumin and a-farnesene, chemical compounds from the large group of secondary plant substances. The essential oils zingiberol and zingiberen, resin acids as well as vitamin C and minerals are also found in ginger.

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