https://kvalifood.com/tags/garlic/ Recent content in Garlic on Kvalifood Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kvalifood.com/wiki/alliums/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://kvalifood.com/wiki/alliums/ <h1 id="alliums">Alliums</h1> <img src="https://kvalifood.com/wiki/alliums/alliums_hu_868f4358d07c169e.webp" alt="" loading="lazy"> <p>About 500 species in the genus <em>Allium</em> (lily family), native to northern temperate regions, with ~20 important food species and a 3,000+ year culinary history. The allium family is the aromatic backbone of most savory cooking worldwide, defined by sulfur chemistry that makes them pungent raw and sweet when cooked. All alliums store energy as <strong>fructose chains</strong> (not starch), which is why long slow cooking breaks them down to produce marked sweetness.</p>