Starcometh Global Limited is licensed
as an exporter by Nigerian Export Promotion Council and a member of Successedge
Exporters Network. The Company registered by the Federal Government of Nigeria
under the Corporate Affairs Commission. The company is located at 22 James
George Street, ikoyi, Lagos State Nigeria. We deal in products like Sesame
Seed, Bitter Kola, Chillies, Charcoal, and Wonderful Kola.
One of the first oil seeds known to
humankind, sesame seeds have been widely employed in culinary as well as in
traditional medicines for their nutritive, preventive, and curative properties.
Sesame is a primary source of phytonutrients such as omega-6 fatty acids,
flavonoid phenolic anti-oxidants, vitamins, and dietary fiber with potential
anti-cancer as well as health promoting properties.
Sesame plant is a tall annual herb in the Pedaliaceae family,
which grows extensively in Asia, particularly in Burma, China, and India. It is
also one of the chief commercial crops in Nigeria, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Scientific name: Sesamum indicum.
Sesame plant requires well-drained sandy soil
and tropical environment to flourish. It grows about 5 feet in height and bears
plenty of pink-white foxglove-like flowers. The pods appear soon containing
white, brown, or black seeds depending upon the cultivar type, arranged in
vertical rows inside thin sacs. Each pod (2-5 cm in length) is a long
rectangular box like a capsule with deep grooves on its sides. Each pod (1 to 2
inches in length) may contain up to 100 or more seeds.
Sesame seeds are small, almost oblate in
shape. Toasted sesame features pleasant, nutty flavor.
Health
benefits of sesame seeds
- Flavorful,
crunchy sesame seeds are widely considered as healthy foods. 100 grams of
seeds carry 573 calories. Although much of its calorie comes from fats,
sesame contains several essential health-benefiting nutrients, minerals,
antioxidants, and vitamins.
- The
seeds are especially rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acid, oleic
acid, which comprises of up to 50% of fatty acids in them. Oleic acid
helps lower LDL or "bad cholesterol" and
increases HDL or "good cholesterol" in the blood. Research
studies suggest that Mediterranean diet which is rich in mono-unsaturated
fats may help prevent coronary artery disease, and stroke by favoring
healthy serum lipid profile.
- The
seeds are also valuable sources of dietary protein with fine quality amino
acids that are essential for growth, especially in children. Just 100 g of
seeds provide about 18 g of protein (32% of daily recommended values).
- Sesame
seeds contain many health benefiting compounds such as sesamol (3,
4-methylene-dioxyphenol), sesaminol, furyl-methanthiol,
guaiacol (2-methoxyphenol), phenyl ethanthiol and furaneol, vinyl guacol,
and decadienal. Sesamol and sesaminolare
phenolic anti-oxidants. Together, these compounds help stave off harmful
free radicals from the human body.
- Sesame
is among the seeds rich in quality vitamins, and minerals. They are an
excellent sources of B-complex vitamins such as niacin, folic acid,
thiamin (vitamin B1), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), and riboflavin.
- 100
g of sesame contains 97 µg of folic acid, about 25% of
recommended daily intake. Folic acid is essential for DNA synthesis. When
given to expectant mothers during their peri-conception period, it may
prevent neural tube defects in the newborns.
- Niacin is another B-complex vitamin found abundantly in
sesame. About 4.5 mg or 28% of daily required levels of niacin provided
from just 100 grams of seeds. Niacin helps reduce LDL-cholesterol
concentrations in the blood. Also, it enhances GABA activity inside the
brain, which in turn helps reduce anxiety and neurosis.
- The
seeds are incredibly rich sources of many essential minerals. Calcium,
iron, manganese, zinc, magnesium, selenium,and copper especially
concentrated in sesame seeds. Many of these minerals have a vital role in
bone mineralization, red blood cell production, enzyme synthesis, hormone
production, as well as regulation of cardiac and skeletal muscle
activities.
Just a handful of sesame a day provides
enough recommended levels of phenolic anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins, and
protein.
Culinary
uses
Sesame seeds feature delicate nutty flavor. Their flavor indeed becomes
more pronounced once they gently toasted under low flame heat for a few
minutes.
Sesame seeds used liberally in cooking. The seeds ground with olive or
any other vegetable oils to prepare semi-solid, flavorful paste, which then
added to different recipes.
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Dry, toasted sesame seeds and vegetable oil
mixed into a thin light brown paste, tahini. Tahini is one of the main ingredients in
the famous middle-eastern dip, hummus.
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Toasted seeds sprinkled over sandwiches,
biscuits, bread, cakes, salads, and stir fries.
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The seeds largely employed in the production
of margarine in Europe.
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Known as "til" in
India and Pakistan, the seeds used in many traditional Indian sweet delicacies,
often mixed with roasted peanuts, almonds, and jaggery.
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Roasted and crushed seeds often sprinkled
over salads, desserts, particularly sundaes and other confectionery
preparations.
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Gomashio is
a Japan's specialty, which uses ground sesame seeds.
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Sesame oil obtained from the seeds is one of
the most sought after cooking oil in Malaysia, Indonesia and southern states of
rural India.
Sesame Seed is a highly demanded all over the
world and an exportable commodity; we have the capability and are willing to
export it to any country in the world.
We can be contacted via email: effie.brooks@yahoo.com or
call us on +2348099420877.
