Herbal extract is a liquid solution of herbs and alcohol. The dried or fresh herbs are combined with alcohol, then the solid matter is removed leaving only the oils of the herbs mixed with the alcohol. This process is called extraction, hence the name, herbal extract. For example an extract made from peppermint and alcohol would be called "peppermint extract." A herb (pronounced hurb in Commonwealth English and urb in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. ... In chemistry, liquid-liquid extraction is a useful method to separate components (compounds) of a mixture. ... Binomial name Mentha × piperita L. Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a (usually) sterile hybrid mint, a cross between Watermint (Mentha aquatica) and Spearmint (Mentha spicata). ...
Most commercially sold extracts have a herb to alcohol ratio printed on the label. When dry herbs were used to make the extract the ratio is commonly 1 part alcohol to 4 parts dried herb. When fresh herbs are used the most common ratioo is 1:1. This does not indicate the amount of that herb in the bottle, rather the ratio used in making the extract. Example: Dry herb strength: 1:4 means that the mixture used to produce the extract was 4 parts dried herb and one part alcohol. This is not the same as an ingredients list which is also present on most commercial extracts. In number and more generally in algebra, a ratio is the linear relationship between two quantities of the same unit. ... A label is any kind of tag attached with adhesive to something so as to identify the object or its contents. ...
Herbal extracts are sold as dietary supplements and alternative medicine and commonly used for flavoring in baking and other cooking much like vanilla extract. In the United States, a dietary supplement is defined under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 as a product taken by the mouth that contains a dietary ingredient that is intended as a supplement to the diet. ... It has been suggested that Complementary and alternative medicine be merged into this article or section. ... Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Baking Baking is the technique of cooking food in an oven by dry heat applied evenly throughout the oven or only from the bottom element. ... For other uses, see vanilla (disambiguation). ...
Created thousands of years ago by our herbal ancestors who originally crafted extracts by batching plant material with water, liquid herbalextracts have found an almost permanent place to call home within our cupboards.
Among the advantages of herbalextracts are their ability to preserve the active constituents and their long shelf life.
All of the herbalextracts we offer have been processed from fresh and/or quality dried plant material, and have been extracted with certified organic grain and grape alcohol.
HerbalExtracts are an herbal food, or combination of foods, diluted in liquids such as distilled water and ethanol, that may be used as a "natural medicine." Natural ethanol is an alcohol commonly distilled from grain and is also known as neutral alcohol.
Herbalextracts are herbal plant foods that have been diluted in a liquid that dissolves and or suspends them.
Extracts are intended to be used to supplement the diet with herbal foods in an easily absorbable form.
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