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Top Selling Roasted Instant Chicory

The chicory plant is Cichorium intybus, is a hardy perennial with purplish-blue flowers that open and close at the exact same time each day. Chicory is common in North American and in Europe. Although chicory leaves are used in food (they are often known as endive, frisée, escarole or radicchio), chicory's roots are the parts used to make 'chicory.' ore recently, chicory consumption has been associated with embargoes and cost cutting. Across history, there have been many substitutes for coffee when coffee was unavailable, including roasted acorns, yams and a variety of local grains, but chicory tends to be the preferred coffee substitute, and in some circles it is even used when coffee is available and cheap.

Chicory is a perennial plant with a deep root system which is cultivated in gardens and found growing in the wild throughout Europe and the United States; it can also be found in North Africa and western Asia. It grows to a height of up to 1.5 metres and consists of ridged branching stems covered in coarse hairs, the leaves are dark green sometimes with red veins and 'toothed' resembling those of dandelion leaves. The flowers are between 2-4 centimetres in diameter and clear bright blue sometimes the flowers can be white or pink.

Amazing Health Benefits

• A healthy ingredient for weight loss products – Chicory is rich in dietary fibers and inulin;
  

• Chicory is widely used as a delicious and medicinal coffee substitute because of its health benefits;
  

• A naturally caffeine free product is widely used in cereals blends;
  

• A natural addition to coffee blends to cut down caffeine and add nutrients;
  

• Can be used as leading ingredient in 3 in one and/or 2 in 1 mixed products