In our corner of the world very few people know about balsam vinegar — and this seasoning, or as it is often called, sauce balzamik, is among the most widespread sauces. About what properties and structure this product what its useful and harmful qualities, about a possibility of its application for those who are on a dietary food allowance or for those who carry in themselves the child you learn from article has.
General information on a product
The real sauce balzamik is made only in two provinces of Italy — Redzho-Aemilia and Modena. Exactly there from the special grades of grapes heated by the Mediterranean sun produce this popular seasoning possessing a saturated dark color.
Its characteristic signs are the special sweet-sour shade and rich fruit aroma. Such sauce is perfectly combined with the most various ingredients, emphasizing their flavoring and aromatic features and successfully complementing them with the.
In addition, balzamik quite often apply in the medical purposes in view of richness of its vitamin and mineral structure. Also it is used for production of cosmetics, such as mask and cream.
Whether you know? The first mention of this seasoning is dated 1046. The traditional recipe for a balsamico comes down to long boiling of a grape mash until it decreases by 30% in volume; further the received mix is displayed in seven barrels from different types of a tree (chestnut, an acacia, cherry, an oak, a mulberry tree, an ash-tree and a juniper). Everyone sates sauce with unique shades of taste, color and aroma. After long storage, filtering and mixing of the received substances the real Italian sauce balzamik is also born.
Structure and caloric content
Balsam vinegar belongs to the category of low-calorie seasonings as this rate is only 88 kcal on 100 grams.
At the same time a ratio I WATCH the following:
- 0.47 grams of proteins;
- 0 grams of fats;
- 16.9 grams of carbohydrates.
This product possesses the extensive list of useful elements which the following vitamin connections are among:
- Retinolum (A1);
- Riboflavinum (B2);
- niatsin (nicotinic acid);
- pantothenic acid (B5);
- ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
There are both many macro here - and minerals among which:
- manganese;
- copper;
- zinc;
- hardware;
- phosphorus;
- potassium;
- sodium;
- magnesium;
- calcium.
Important! The abundance of useful elements is characteristic only of the real Italian seasoning from the province Modena. Industrial fakes on the basis of grape vinegar, dyes, fragrances and amplifiers of taste do not include also a third of these substances. Therefore be careful to use balsam vinegar of doubtful origin and production — it not only will not bring benefit, but also can do harm to your organism.
Balsam vinegar
It is necessary to consider that balsam vinegar has both positive, and negative qualities.
Useful properties
In whether this sauce is useful to health, it is difficult to doubt.
This product:
- has antiseptic properties which will help with a case of injuries of skin;
Antiseptic properties also raspberry leaves, jojoba oil, pink salt, a camomile pharmaceutical, shea butter have.
- promotes improvement and simplification of process of digestion and further digestion of nutrients from heavy food;
- relieves and minimizes a sore throat at respiratory diseases and also accelerates curing of the angry mucous;
- separates and brings cholesterol out of an organism, significantly reducing its quantity;
- application of this sauce as a fat-burning component, in view of its assistance at weight loss is possible;
- it is capable to render neutralized effect on cellulitis effectively;
- restores and strengthens a blood system, helps with regeneration of blood cells;
- promotes memory improvement;
- soothingly influences nervous system;
- neutralizes various pathogens;
- it is applied as aphrodisiac;
- significantly lowers susceptibility to inflammatory processes;
- strengthens the immune system;
- is good means for prevention of emergence and development of oncological processes.
Harm
Balsam vinegar is not capable to cause damage to an organism of the healthy person.
The people suffering cannot only use this product:
- ulcers;
- gastritis;
- violation of acid balance.
Important! It is not recommended to eat more than 2 cups of sauce a day as lead content in vinegar will negatively affect health. Respecting the rules, you will not face such problem. It is proved that the person receives more lead from tap water, than from balsam vinegar.
In case of overconsumption, side effects can be shown:
- the destruction of tooth enamel caused by high acidity of a product;
- irritable impact on the available defeats in digestive tract;
- allergic reactions (in case of individual intolerance of a product).
Application of balsam vinegar
In view of so extensive set of useful qualities, range of application of this seasoning quite wide.
For weight loss
Balsam vinegar is fine nutritional supplement which will promote:
- normalization of a metabolism;
For normalization of a metabolism recommend to use chicken broth, a gooseberry, crude beet, beef fat, linen flour.
- to loss of appetite;
- to enrichment of an organism with useful acids and minerals;
- to removal of fats.
Also he perfectly copes with removal of a layer of subcutaneous fat, splitting it thanks to the high content of acids. Besides, such sauce is much more useful than some mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and other traditional gas stations.
For hair
Balsam vinegar found broad application also in cosmetics. Addition of only 1-2 of its drops in any cream or shampoo will help to render the strengthening, toning, rejuvenating and revitalizing effects for skin and hair:
- Skin will become more smooth, more elastic also than more elastic, and problems with pimples and acne rashes will not concern you. Besides, the tone of skin will be leveled — it will gain the light shining effect thanks to high acidity of a balsamico.
- Having added vinegar to shampoo, you will see that your hair will cease to drop out, will become heavier and brilliant. Balzamik will help to strengthen structure of a hair and a hair bulb.
At pregnancy
Many women are interested in a question whether pregnant women can eat such seasoning as balzamik. They are frightened by existence in this sauce of lead and also rumors that this vinegar, allegedly, complicates childbirth.
Regarding the last, it is possible to discredit a stereotype at once: balsam vinegar is not connected with complexity or ease of childbirth in any way. And harm from the small content of lead is brought almost to naught — of course if to adhere to norm, but not to drink vinegar directly from a bottle. Moreover, balzamik it can be useful to pregnant women as in it:
- a lot of iron which will minimize danger of anemia contains;
- the minimum quantity of sodium (in its other sauces it is much bigger) — at pregnancy needs to be limited the sodium use (no more than 3 grams a day) as because of it water is late in an organism, causing hypostases.
Expiration date and rules of storage
The expiration date of the real Italian vinegar has practically no restrictions, thanks to long endurance and lack of any modified impurity. Such vinegar can be stored at a temperature from 6 to 20 °C and it is not obligatory in the fridge.
If you bought store balzamik not the Italian origin, 2 years are longer not recommended to keep it, and to keep it better in the fridge. More detailed conditions and rules will be specified on the label, they can differ depending on the additives used by producers. Italy presented to the world a set of useful and valuable opening in the field of cookery and winemaking. Their sauces, seasonings, spices and, of course, wine are a standard of quality, taste and aroma. And sauce balzamik did not become an exception of this rule.
Whether you know? Process of storage in seven types of barrels takes much more time, than creation of apple or grape cider vinegar. Traditional Italian balzamik has two categories with the degrees and duration of endurance. So that to be called "Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena Affinato", sauce is stood not less than 12 years, and at least 25 years — to be called "Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena Extravecchio".
It is better to avoid fakes, in them there is nothing useful. And the real Italian balsam vinegar will become fine addition to any dish, having added a note of Italy to our daily occurrence.