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QUALITY FEATURES AND HEALTH STANDARDS OF CINNAMON ON THE CROATIAN MARKET

Cinnamon represents one of the best-selling spices in the market of the Republic of Croatia, most likely due to the positive effects on consumer health highlighted through media and the propagation of alternative medicine, phytotherapy and dietitian prudence that they propagate. Although cinnamon represents traditional spice in our territory which is most commonly used in preparing dishes that require heat treatment, the past few years it is very often consumed untreated (beverages, syrups, tinctures, etc.). Precisely because of the increase in the consumption of this spice and the fact that it is produced in plantations of third countries and then imported to the Republic of Croatia, the aim of this paper is to follow legal aspects of import legislation and cinnamon health control in the Republic of Croatia with the purpose of ensuring the highest qualitative features and health standards of the final product. Consequently, in emphasizing the positive properties and the final choice of the consumer, attention should be paid to two varieties of cinnamon, of which the classical cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) may have a potentially toxic effect on one`s health when consumed in larger quantities, therefore it is recommended to use ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum).

cinnamon ; market of the Republic of Croatia ; qualitative characteristics ; health standards

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