Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ke kala melemele-ʻalani nani o ka tīhi, ka pata, ka yogurt, a me nā sausage a mākou e kūʻai ai ma ka hale kūʻai? Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i kahi i loaʻa ai kēia kala? ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, ma muli ia o kahi mea kūlohelohe i kapa ʻia ʻo 'annatto.' ʻOiaʻiʻo, 70% o nā kala meaʻai kūlohelohe a pau mai kēia annatto mai. No laila i kēia lā, e kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i ke ʻano o kēia annatto, pehea ka palekana, a he aha kona mau pono a me nā hemahema.
He aha maoli ʻo Annatto?
I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he mea hoʻoluʻu meaʻai kūlohelohe a me ka mea ʻala ka annatto i lawe ʻia mai nā hua o ka lāʻau *Bixa orellana*. Ua kapa ʻia kēia lāʻau ʻo 'achiote'. Ulu kēia mau lāʻau ma nā wahi wela e like me ʻAmelika Waena a me ʻAmelika Hema, ka Caribbean, a me ka East Indies.
Aia i loko o ka hua ʻulaʻula-ʻeleʻele, ʻōniʻoniʻo o kēia lāʻau ma kahi o 10 a 50 mau hua. Hoʻohana ʻia ka uhi waxy ma waho o kēia mau hua e unuhi i ka annatto. Loaʻa kona waihoʻoluʻu nani mai nā pigments carotenoid bixin a me norbixin i loko o nā hua. Ua kapa ʻia kēia lāʻau ʻo "lāʻau lipstick" no ka mea ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ia e hana i ka lipstick.
He ʻono, he ʻala... a he waihoʻoluʻu kona!
Hoʻohui ʻo Annatto i kahi ʻono pepa i nā kīʻaha me kahi ʻono iki. Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻono e like me ka paprika a i ʻole ka saffron. Hoʻohana kekahi poʻe iā ia ma kahi o ka saffron pipiʻi. ʻO ke kumu o kēia, hiki i ka annatto ke hāʻawi i nā kīʻaha i kahi waihoʻoluʻu gula e like me ka saffron. No kēia kumu, ua kapa ʻia ʻo annatto ʻo "saffron a ke kanaka ʻilihune."
He aha nā pōmaikaʻi o ka annatto?
I kēia lā, ʻo ka hoʻohana nui ʻana o ka annatto he mea hoʻoluʻu meaʻai a me ka mea ʻono. Akā, he nui nō hoʻi kona mau hoʻohana kuʻuna ma waho aʻe o kēlā. E nānā kākou i ko lākou ʻano.
| Hoʻohana | Wehewehena |
|---|---|
| Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoluʻu meaʻai a me ka mea ʻono | Hoʻohana ʻia ia i loko o ka tīhi, ka margarine, ka ʻaikalima, ka iʻa uahi, nā mea i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, a me nā kīʻaha ʻAmelika Latina e like me ka laiki, nā pīni, a me nā sopa. |
| Nā hana kuʻuna | Ua hoʻohana ʻia ia e pena i nā ipu lepo, nā mea kaua, e hoʻoluʻu i ka silika a me nā lole ʻē aʻe, a e hoʻoluʻu i ke kino a me ka lauoho (e like me ka pena kaua). |
| I ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna | Ua hoʻohana ʻia ia ma ke ʻano he mea pale pepeke, pale lā, a me ka antiseptic. Ua hoʻohana ʻia hoʻi ia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hānō, nā kuni, ka paʻa ʻana o ka ʻōpū, ka maʻi kahe, ke kuni, ka mumū o ka umauma, nā maʻi ʻili, a me nā ʻeha. (NB: ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia ka nui o kēia mau pono olakino.) |
He ʻoiaʻiʻo anei nā pono olakino i ʻōlelo ʻia o ka annatto?
Ua lilo ʻo Annatto i ʻāpana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna no nā kenekulia, a ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi hou i nā waiwai anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, a me anticancer.
Akā, hoʻokahi mea a kākou e pono ai e hoʻomanaʻo ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua hana ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau haʻawina ma nā keʻena hoʻokolohua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pūnaewele a i ʻole nā holoholona. ʻAʻole maopopo inā e like nā hopena o kēia mau mea i nā kānaka.
- Nā waiwai antioxidant: He kumu waiwai nui ʻo Annatto i nā antioxidants e like me nā carotenoids a me nā tocotrienols, nā mea e pale ai i ko mākou kino mai nā radical manuahi e hōʻino ana i nā cell.
- Nā waiwai anti-cancer: Hōʻike ka noiʻi mua he mau waiwai anti-cancer paha ko annatto. Ma kekahi noiʻi, ua hiki i kahi pigment i kapa ʻia ʻo bixin, i unuhi ʻia mai ka extract hua annatto, ke pepehi i kahi ʻano laina cell cancer koko. Eia nō naʻe, aia nō kēia mau mea i ke kahua noiʻi .
- Hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka cholesterol: Hiki i ka norbixin a me ka bixin i loko o ka annatto ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka cholesterol. ʻOiai ua hōʻike nā haʻawina holoholona i kekahi holomua, ʻaʻole maopopo inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka cholesterol i loko o ke kanaka.
- Pepehi i nā germs: Ua hōʻike ʻia ka Annatto extract e kāohi i ka ulu ʻana o kekahi mau ʻano bacteria, me *Staphylococcus aureus*, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i nā maʻi ʻili, a me *Clostridium perfringens*, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka lāʻau make meaʻai.
- Anti-inflammatory: Ua hōʻike ʻia e ka noiʻi he hiki i ka annatto extract ke hōʻemi i ka pehu a me ka mumū i loko o ke kino.
Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā annatto ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao?
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Annatto he palekana no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e ʻai i nā mea liʻiliʻi i loaʻa i nā meaʻai.
Eia nō naʻe, he mea kākaʻikahi loa, hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻalahi ke loaʻa i nā hopena allergies. No ka laʻana, hiki ke loaʻa nā ʻulaʻula ʻili (hives), ka pehu ʻana o ka maka, a me ke koko haʻahaʻa. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona e like me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū, ka maʻi diarrhea, a me ka bloating (IBS). Eia naʻe, he mea kākaʻikahi loa kēia.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona maʻi ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i kahi meaʻai i loaʻa ka annatto, e ʻike koke i kāu kauka.
No ka mea, ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻikepili kanaka e pili ana i kona palekana i ka wā hāpai, he mea naʻauao no nā wahine hāpai ke pale aku i ka ʻai ʻana i ka annatto ma mua o ka mea maʻamau i loaʻa i nā meaʻai.
Ma nā ʻano hea e hiki ai iā mākou ke loaʻa ka annatto?
Loaʻa iā mākou ka annatto ma nā ʻano like ʻole, kēlā me kēia me nā pono like ʻole.
| Palapala | Wehewehena a me ka hoʻohana ʻana |
|---|---|
| Nā hua | ʻO kēia nā ʻāpana mua e loaʻa ai ka pigment. Aia ka pigment i loko o ka uhi waho o nā hua. |
| Hoʻopili | He kāpili i hana ʻia ma ke kāwili ʻana i nā hua annatto wili ʻia me nā mea ʻala e like me ke kumina, ka coriander, a me ke kumina. Hoʻohana ʻia ia e marinate i ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa, a me ka moa. |
| ʻAila | Hana ʻia ia ma ka hoʻomehana ʻana i nā hua annatto i loko o ka ʻaila mea kanu, e wehe ana i nā hua ma hope o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ka pigment i loko o ka ʻaila. Hāʻawi ia i ke kīʻaha i kahi waihoʻoluʻu ʻalani-ʻulaʻula nani. |
| Pauka | Kuʻi ʻia nā hua Annatto i pauka a hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono, hoʻoluʻu, a i loko o nā mea hoʻonani a me nā kala lole. |
He aha kaʻu e hoʻohana ai ma kahi o ka annatto?
Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻohui i ka ʻulaʻula, melemele, a ʻalani paha i kahi kīʻaha, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka annatto, he mau pani maikaʻi kēia mau mea ʻala:
- Paprika
- ʻO ka ʻūlū
- Pauka chili
Leka Lawe-Home
- He mea ʻala kūlohelohe ka Annatto i loaʻa mai nā hua o ka lāʻau Bixa orellana .
- Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i nā meaʻai ʻoihana e like me ka tīhi, ka pata, a me ka margarine e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai i kahi kala melemele-ʻalani.
- He palekana no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke ʻai i nā nui maʻamau i loaʻa i ka meaʻai.
- ʻOiai aia kekahi noiʻi e pili ana i nā pono olakino e like me nā antioxidants a me nā waiwai anti-cancer, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia maopopo ʻia pehea lākou e pili ai i ke kanaka.
- He mea kākaʻikahi loa nā hopena alerī. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hōʻailona alerī, e kelepona koke aku i kāu kauka.











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