Re: Ceylon Cinnamon vs. Cinnamon from cassia bark

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mountainroseherbs.com started carrying 'true' cinnamon (Cinnamomum

zeylanicum), also called sweet cinnamon not too long ago. Its only

$8-$9 a pound. I've always heard there were certainly differences.

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> Hi,

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> I've been reading about Harvey Wiley, the first person in charge of

> the FDA (he left after 6 years because his reports were a threat to

> food manufacturers). His book is dense with facts about additives

> that are dangerous.

>

> BTW: Harvey Wiley banned high-fructose corn syrup as an additive in

> 1906 (it's now in 98% of the food sold in supermarkets—mostly due to

> sugar tariffs that went into effect in the early 80s).

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> Here's a note about coumarin in cinnamon (Wikipedia):

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> European health agencies have warned against consuming high amounts

> of cassia bark, one of the four species of cinnamon, because of its

> coumarin content.[3]. According to the German Federal Institute for

> Risk Assessment, 1 kg of (cassia) cinnamon powder contains

> approximately 2100 to 4400 mg of coumarin.[4] Powdered Cassia

> Cinnamon weighs 0.56 g/cc[5]; therefore, 1 kg of Cassia Cinnamon

> powder is equal to 362.29 teaspoons (1000 g divided by 0.56 g/cc

> multiplied by 0.20288 tsp/cc). This means 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

> powder contains 5.8 to 12.1 mg of coumarin, which may be above the

> Tolerable Daily Intake for smaller individuals.[6] However, it is

> important to note that the German Federal Institute for Risk

> Assessment only cautions against high daily intakes of foods

> containing coumarin.

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> Ceylon cinnamon has less coumarin than cinnamon made from cassia bark.

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> See:

> http://www.ceylon-cinnamon.com/Identify-Cinnamon.htm

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> I've been buying an organic cinnamon from The Spice Hunter that is

> made from cassia bark (I won't be using it now that I've learned that

> it's high in coumarin). The Spice Hunter Web site tries to convince

> customers that cassia is superior to ceylon cinnamon (http://

> www.spicehunter.com/faqs/product.asp).

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> Jo Fahey

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