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Bergamot Oils

Bergamot Oils (Citrus bergamia)

Essential oils in food preservation, flavor and safety.

essenze Arturo Sabatini

Calabrian bergamot

Bergamot is a citrus fruit classified as Citrus bergamia Risso which belongs to the genus Citrus, family Rutaceae and is defined as a hybrid of Citrus aurantium and Citrus limon L.
It grows almost exclusively in Calabria, Italy, along the southeastern coast in the Reggio area

The fruit of the bergamot

Bergamot is a fruit with a greenish-yellow skin, very acidic, with a fresh and elegant aroma. Its most important product is the essential oil of bergamot extracted by cold mechanical processing.
Bergamot essential oil is mainly used in the international perfume industry, as it not only has the function of fixing the aromatic bouquets of perfumes, but is also used in combination with other essences. In the food industry, bergamot essential oil is used as a flavoring ingredient in many products such as tea, confectionery and soft drinks (bergamot essential oil distillate is preferred).

bergamotto di RC

Bergamot essential oil and/or its extracts are applied in Earl Gray tea preparations to give a pleasant and refreshing scent. The quality and flavor of an Earl Gray tea depends on the teas used in the blend, as well as the quality and quantity of bergamot essential oil used.

pure bergamot essential oil

There are various cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications which include dermatology, gynecology, dentistry and ophthalmology; moreover, bergamot essential oil is used in aromatherapy by controlling stress-induced symptoms. Bergamot essential oil produced in Italy is classified as of the highest quality on the international commercial market.

baril essence citrus, Arturo Sabatini

Pay attention to the choice during the purchase

Companies in the province of Reggio Calabria produce 150,000 kg of bergamot essence per year. Companies around the world “magically” sell 4 million, of which 2 million in Italy.

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This is the story of bergamot

This is the story of bergamot, a citrus fruit whose potential is expressed only if grown in Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian peninsula. Italy is the country with the greatest biodiversity in the world, including more than Brazil even if 30 times smaller.
Calabria, in Italy, produces in a fringe of land in the Ionian area of Reggio Calabria, the only bergamot that can be used for phytotherapeutic applications.

bergamot calabria

Research institutes and medical studies equate its natural composition to a drug.

The indications are mainly aimed at the first study that discovered the properties of cardiovascular defense, reducing how and when a drug reduces cholesterol and blood sugar.
Bergamot has natural estatins, the only flavonoid Brutieridin of bergamot is estatin type, it is decir, with activity similar to estatins and without contraindications.

The AICAL study and Bergastatina

The AICAL Association asked to think about how much “good for health” was obtained in a powder obtained with a particular dried process known as the “AICAL method”, commercially Bergastatina.
High concentrations of Naringenin, a polyphenol that has clear anti-cholesterol activity, also has a high potential to boost the immune system.
The anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiangiogenic, antiallergic, antitoxic and anticancer properties are due to the presence of apigenin.

Bergamot and Bergastatina, two stories of “natural health”

Bergastatina is a dry extracts of bergamot