Best Black Garlic produced in Jinxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province.
Jinxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province is the hometown of garlic in China.
Black garlic is not planted, it is a food made from fresh raw garlic, fermented in a fermenter with the skin on for 90 to 120 days. The taste is soft and on the sweet and sour side without irritation. In order to keep a lot of moisture in the garlic grains, the whole production process is kept moist, and its appearance is almost like dried fruit.
After a long period of fermentation and aging, the proteins contained in garlic are broken down into amino acids and carbohydrates are broken down into fructose, leaving the allicin contained in garlic intact.
Consumption of black garlic taboos
(1) beyond the shelf life taboo consumption
Black garlic shelf life is generally 365 days, if you eat the garlic shelf life, black garlic will be quality change, so beyond the shelf life of the black garlic can not be continued to eat, it is recommended that you do not buy too much at a time, eat up! It is recommended that you do not buy too much at a time and eat it up before you buy it again.
(2) Avoid eating too much
Black garlic and ordinary garlic is very different, no garlic spicy taste, after eating will not have a bad breath, many people eat the flavor is very good, want to eat a few cloves as a snack. And this practice should not be, black garlic is made after a special fermentation, eat more will produce side effects, is not good for health.
(3) Avoid eating on an empty stomach
Black garlic can not be eaten on an empty stomach, although black garlic does not have the pungent taste of garlic, but there is a certain degree of irritation to the stomach and intestines, so eating garlic on an empty stomach is prone to stimulate the stomach and intestines, and serious gastroenteritis can be caused.
(4) Avoid long-term consumption
Black garlic is a kind of health care is very useful food, but eat a period of time should stop, after a period of time to eat again, if you eat for a long time, it will be the cause of intestinal flora imbalance, which will have a negative effect on the health of the body.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Black Garlic