The Bloom of Botanicals
The ingredients that will define 2017
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If 2016 was the ‘Year of Gin’, 2017 will be the ‘Year of Botanicals’. Driven by a demand for new and diverse flavour profiles, ingredients like charcoal, turmeric and sea greens are entering the mainstream as a cultural shift emerges – in which botanicals are playing a starring role.
Drawing on insights from their 2016 Taste Mode report, food and drink trend forecasters Pearlfisher Futures predict that “Botanicals will be ripe for innovation and exploration in 2017 as we find new ways to provide naturally active benefits by combining new flavours, textures and combinations of exciting and maybe undiscovered botanical sources.”
At the forefront of this new wave is Botanic Lab, an innovative healthy drinks company whose intricate knowledge of natural ingredients coupled with complex flavour blends and the use of hyper-functional ingredients sets them apart. For example – they know that turmeric’s benefits are only truly unlocked by the body when it’s combined with piperine. That’s the reason their complex Tonic 2 recipe comprises 14 ingredients including raw turmeric root and long pepper.
“Less froth, more function” is the Botanic Lab creed. Founded in 2014 by Rebekah Hall and Christophe Reissfelder, Botanic Lab is rewriting the rulebook on superfoods, meticulously calculating optimum formulas based on ingredients’ functional potential and flavour profiles.
Each drink features a ‘hero’ ingredient (or several) selected for its powerful health-giving properties and gathered from the highest quality sources around the world. These are combined in innovative and intricate blends, resulting in a drink that you simply couldn’t make at home.
Rebekah Hall, CEO and co-founder of Botanic Lab, says: “More people are turning to powerful ingredients in easily accessible, on-the-go formats that actually make a difference. Our Organic drinks are nutrient-dense, hyper-functioning and easy additions to a usual healthy routine. We make the drinks that you can’t make at home with a Nutri Bullet”.
Here are the ingredients Botanic Lab has tipped to pave the way for the bloom of botanicals in 2017:
Schisandra
Also known as the “Five Flavoured Fruit”, Schisandra is considered a Harmonizing Tonic or “King” remedy in Chinese Medicine because of its well balanced energetic nature.
Schisandra berries function more like an herb than a berry. They are much more potent than a traditional “super berry’, with myriad benefits including liver support, enhanced brain function and improved skin quality.
Panax ginseng
Native to the Northern mountainous regions of Korea, China, Panax Ginseng is the ultimate “tonic” herb used for nutritive, restorative and long-term purposes. This herb is best known to help support normal immune function and to revitalize energy levels.
Ashwagandha
Adaptogens support the ability of an organism to cope with stress and thereby conserve energy. Regarded as a powerful adaptogenic agent, Ashwagangha functions to enhance the body’s natural resistance and adaptation to stressful influences whilst rejuvenating the entire system.
Botanic Lab drinks are available to purchase from botanic-lab.co.uk and Botanic Lab stockists, which include Harrods, Waitrose, Wholefoods, Ocado and many more.
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