Product: Ginger – Chinese Spice

Ginger is the most commonly used Chinese herb for seasoning. A flowering plant that originated in Southeast Asia, it is closely related to turmeric, cardamom and galangal. The rhizome (underground part of the stem) is that part that is harvested and used and is usually known as ginger root.

Ginger was used in both Ancient China and India. It can be found in the writing of Confucius from 5th century BCE and one of the Romans' most popular spices. It's cultivation later spread to the West Indies, through the Spanish, and to west Africa through the Portuguese. Our ground ginger spice is obtained from dried, cleaned and steam sterilized Zingiber officinale. It is a fine buff yellow powder with a tinge of cream colouration. The flavour is hot, intensive and typically aromatic.

This product is packed in 25kg bags.

Health Benefits of Ginger
Ginger is said to have several health benefits, including:
1. Can treat many forms of nausea, especially morning sickness.
2. May support weight loss.
3. Can help with osteoarthritis.
4. May lower blood sugars and improve risk factors of heart disease.
5. Can help treat indigestion.
6. May reduce menstrual pain.
7. May lower cholesterol.
8. Contains gingerol, which may help prevent cancer.
9. May improve brain function.
10. Can help to fight infections.

Related products:
Ginger - Chinese Whole Peeled http://www.geraldmcdonald.com/products/ginger-chinese-whole-peeled-spice-5203/
Ginger - Indian http://www.geraldmcdonald.com/products/ginger-indian-spice-5209/
Ginger - Nigerian http://www.geraldmcdonald.com/products/ginger-nigerian-spice-5208/

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We are a leading supplier of ingredients to the food, drink, flavour and fragrance industries. Based in Basildon, England, we have convenient access to the UK ports of Felixstowe, Tilbury and the London Gateway.
Founded in 1917, it has always been our mission to locate and supply the finest quality ingredients. We blend, grind, or mill to our clients’ exact specifications with promptness and efficiency.
From our purpose-built blending facilities and warehouses, we deliver juices, concentrates, herbs, spices and essential oils to customers in the UK and around the world.

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New product development is at the heart of our business and our technical expertise means we can support customers throughout the process from concept to delivery. In short, we supply your product, your way!

Research & Development
Gerald McDonald & Company Limited has a strong worldwide supplier network, which means we are able to supply a huge variety of products, with new and different ingredients being sourced all the time.
In addition to an extensive selection of ingredients, we also supply a range of stock within one product area, offering both premium and high-volume options. We can also supply organic and Fairtrade ingredients.

Customer Service
Our new product development (NPD) team works with clients throughout the process. Our purpose-built blending facilities allow us to match, optimise and scale blends according to our clients’ exact requirements. We can also undertake trial blending work in our laboratory or factory, all at no additional charge.
We are independent from flavour houses or bottlers and can therefore offer a unique service, that is bespoke to each of our customers. Our experienced customer support team offers an individual contact person for each customer, ensuring that our service is totally tailored to your requirements. Furthermore, our extensive UK stocks mean we can handle urgent orders, often with very short delivery times

Glossary

Aseptic Concentrate
Concentrate is heated to destroy any micro-organisms and is then filled into large sterile bags under aseptic conditions and sealed. It does not need to be stored frozen for micro-biological reasons but prolonged storage at high temperatures leads to a reduction in product quality regarding the colour of red fruits.

Frozen Concentrate
This generally refers to the product, which is not sterile and is stored below -15°C in drums and below -7°C in bulk.

Pulp Sediment Concentrate
In cloudy juices, particularly citrus, cellular matter will sediment during storage. The amount of sedimentation can be quantified by centrifugation of the juice under standardised conditions and then reading the resulting volume of sediment.

Puree
All of the juice and a large proportion of the fibrous matter naturally found in the fruit are maintained. The insoluble matter is broken up to pass through a fine sieve to produce a smooth liquid thicker than the juice equivalent. Puree is available as both a concentrate and single strength.

Clarified
Juices can be clear or cloudy. Clarified juices are prepared usually by a combination of enzymatic pre-treatment followed by filtration of cloudy juices. These clarified juices tend to be less flavoursome than their cloudy counterparts due to the extra processing.

Cloudy/Peel Extract
Cloudy concentrates are specialised citrus products manufactured by extracting de-oiled peel and pulp residues with hot water with the addition of pectolytic enzymes. The filtered, extracted cloudy liquid is then pasteurized and concentrated to 50°Brix.

Comminute
Comminute is a whole fruit puree. All of the outer layers of the fruit are intentionally included generally by mechanically processing them to a pulp like consistency and incorporating them with juice. Only citrus fruits are comminuted. Comminutes cannot be consumed directly but are used in the formulation of drinks primarily in citrus squashes. Comminute is declared on the pack as a mix of fruit/juice content or just fruit content.

Compounds
A blend of juices, flavours, colours, acids, stabilisers – often made for ease of use at soft drink production sites.

Packaging
Customer specific packaging upon request.
Our packaging options include:
Aseptic bags
Drums
Jerry cans
1000L rigid plastic IBCs
1000L aseptic bins