Brownies became popular across America beginning in the 1920s. Today, a search in the internet can discover over 100,000 brownie recipes. The variations seem endless, containing everything from candy to coffee beans (Bletz, 2014). As a new variation, the company presents a new taste of brownies having Moringa Oleifera or better known as Malunggay as the flavor because of its growing popularity and relevance.
Malunggay is a popular backyard plant in the Philippines. It is once known as a poor man’s vegetable, but is now garnering international attention as a “superfood” of “miracle tree” with its proven nutritional value and many uses (Gamana, 2013). This product intends to offer people a healthy lifestyle featuring the extra benefits and nutritional values of the said plant, for this product will be presented as a food supplement to children, teenagers and adults.
Studies show that the Malunggay plant is widely used as herbal medicine for a number of illness and other practical uses. Malunggay is known as a very nutritious plant, where it is used to combat malnutrition in third world countries especially for infants and mothers, and also as having antimicrobial, antibacterial, anti fungal properties (NA & Pari, 2003). These studies prove the effectiveness of the plant and its great help to people’s health that is why this plant was chosen as the new flavor of the brownies.
Nowadays, people are looking for differences and distinctions between products and so, companies are challenged in developing new products for people. This product is a solution to people who needs food supplements, but do not want to take the usual medication like in the forms of capsules, syrups, etc. This company is working to offer food supplements in the form of Malunggay brownies. People, who will avail the said product, will get to have the all-time favorite dessert, the brownies plus take pleasure in and have the benefits of the very nutritious Malunggay
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