Guest guest Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Are juniper berries legal? Someone I know suggested them to me as a spice in a recipe and I couldn't find them on Elaine's legal/illegal list. A search on these forums didn't turn up anything either. Thanks! ~ CD, SCD 02/21/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Juniper berries, used to flavor gin, according to this web site, are high in resin. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/farmacy2.pl RESIN Fruit 80,000 - 100,000 ppm DUKE1992A http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/j/junipe11.html ---Constituents---The principal constituent is the volatile oil, with resin, sugar, gum, water, lignin, wax and salines. The oil is most abundant just before the perfect ripeness and darkening of the fruit, when it changes to resin. The quantity varies from 2.34 to 0.31 per cent Juniper Camphor is also present, its melting-point being 1.65 to 1.66 degrees C. I personally would not recommend juniper berries as a spice, just because of the resins and gums and lignins in them. I can’t tell if they are specifically illegal, but I wouldn’t eat them. Carol CD 22 yrs SCD 5 yrs From: BTVC-SCD [mailto:BTVC-SCD ] On Behalf Of Are juniper berries legal? Someone I know suggested them to me as a spice in a recipe and I couldn't find them on Elaine's legal/illegal list. A search on these forums didn't turn up anything either. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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