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Green lentil — Ingredient · Foodgeist
Ingredient
Green lentil
Green lentil is a small annual legume of the pea family and it is edible seed.Green lentils can be pale or mottled green-brown in color with a glossy exterior.They have a robust, somewhat peppery flavor.It is used chiefly in soups and stews, and the herbage is used as fodder in s
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Green lentil is a small annual legume of the pea family and it is edible seed.Green lentils can be pale or mottled green-brown in color with a glossy exterior.They have a robust, somewhat peppery flavor.It is used chiefly in soups and stews, and the herbage is used as fodder in some places.
Aroma profile
Derived from this ingredient’s flavor compounds
bland×2
Composition
60 compounds predicted — inferred from related foods, not directly measured
predicted composition — no direct measurement on record for this food
Ranked across every axis at once: shared flavor chemistry, real-recipe co-use, novel-discovery, and nutrient synergy. Pairs agreeing on two or more axes lead.
Molecular affinity
Pairs well with — ingredients that share aroma compounds
“Results demonstrate that green lentils selectively enhanced the number of probiotic bacteria in yogurt in the initial stages of storage and maintained overall microbial counts (starter cultures and probiotics) over a 28-day storage period.”
“Results demonstrate that green lentils selectively enhanced the number of probiotic bacteria in yogurt in the initial stages of storage and maintained overall microbial counts (starter cultures and probiotics) over a 28-day storage period.”
green lentils→enhanced→number of probiotic bacteria in yogurt
“Polysaccharide extracts exhibited strong antioxidant potential no significant difference between extracts from red and green whole lentil extracts (46.1 ± 2.8 and 43.1 ± 4.2 μmol trolox equivalents (TE)/g of lentil respectively).”
green lentil polysaccharides→exhibited→strong antioxidant potential
