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Almond milk is a plant-based milk substitute with a watery texture and nutty flavor manufactured from almonds, [1] although some types or brands are flavored in imitation of cow's milk. [2] It does not contain cholesterol or lactose and is low in saturated fat .
Almond flakes are added to many sweets (such as sohan barfi), and are usually visible sticking to the outer surface. Almonds form the base of various drinks which are supposed to have cooling properties. Almond sherbet or sherbet-e-badaam, is a common summer drink. Almonds are also sold as a snack with added salt.
The almond is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. "Almond" is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genus Prunus , it is classified with the peach in the subgenus Amygdalus , distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated shell ( endocarp ) surrounding the seed.
Recipes from the 13th-century Levant exist describing almond milk. [12] Soy was a plant milk used in China during the 14th century. [3] [13] In medieval England, almond milk was used in dishes such as ris alkere (a type of rice pudding) [14] and appears in the recipe collection The Forme of Cury. [15]
It is a colorless liquid with a characteristic almond-like odor, and is commonly used in cherry-flavored sodas. [5] A component of bitter almond oil, benzaldehyde can be extracted from a number of other natural sources. [6] Synthetic benzaldehyde is the flavoring agent in imitation almond extract, which is used to flavor cakes and other baked ...
Traditionally, a mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of approximately 146 to 154 °C (295 to 309 °F), although some recipes also call for ingredients such as glucose and salt in the first step. [14]
Alpro is a European company based in Ghent, [4] Belgium, that markets organic and non-organic, non-genetically modified, [5] [6] plant-based products, such as foods and drinks made from soy, almonds, hazelnuts, cashew, rice, oats or coconut.
There is a correlation between high concentration of prunasin in the vegetative regions of the plant and the sweetness of the almond, which is relevant to the almond agricultural industry. In almonds, the amygdalin biosynthetic genes are expressed at different levels in the tegument (mother tissue, or outer section) and cotyledon (kernel, or ...