CLOVES: BENEFICIAL SPICE

Cloves are the unopened and dried flower buds of an evergreen tropical clove tree. Clove has long been one of the most popular spices, because it has an exquisite aroma and a bitter-tart pungent taste. It is added to a wide variety of products, including confectionery, desserts, drinks, first courses, as well as mushroom, fruit and berry, meat and vegetable marinades and sauces. Today, cloves are actively used in the production of wine, in bakery. 

Cloves contain:

• vitamins: B, A, C, E, K
• minerals: potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, copper, selenium and zinc.
• polyunsaturated fatty acids
• clove oil
• tannins
• glycosides, proteins, fiber, carbohydrates, lipids