The essence of vanilla has always added to the taste and enjoyment of food and desserts. Most of these were synthetic all these days. But, not it is made from nature — the last thing people could imagine – Cow Dung!
Japanese researchers have succeeded in making this sweet smell of vanilla from the fetid cow dung. What a contrast between the source and the end product! It is a bizarre recycling but what about experimenting the taste of it in your favorite dessert!
It is a world-first such recycling project. In it, a one-hour heating and pressuring process allows cow faeces to produce vanillin — the main component of the vanilla-bean extract, according to researcher Mayu Yamamoto.
Via: cooltech.iafrica.com
