Honny® Cress, Honey sweet

Category: Cress

Honny® Cress is, as its name suggests, as sweet as honey.

Origin: South America
Taste / Aroma: Honey sweet
Season(s): Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Easter, Mothersday, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Valentine's Day
Storage: Cold, 2-7 °C

Download productsheet Resellers

Taste

Honny® Cress is the Koppert Cress brand name for an edible plant. Honny® Cress is, as its name suggests, as sweet as honey. Its intense sweetness means that Honny® Cress is an excellent addition to desserts. The leaves have a clean taste which lingers in the mouth.

Taste Friends

Particularly in desserts and pastries, this no-calorie ingredient offers endless possibilities. Its sweetness can also be used to balance out bitter or sour ingredients. Honny® Cress can be perfectly combined with white mould cheeses, tangy fruit, or strained yoghurt.

Origin

Honny® Cress is a South American plant of origin, use as a sweetener, long before the conquistadors arrived. In the US and Japan it is becoming one of the most important alternative for sugar.

Availability

Honny® Cress is available year round and can easily be stored for up to seven days at a temperature of 2-7°C. Produced in a socially responsible culture, Honny® Cress meets the hygienic kitchen standards. The product is ready to use, since it is grown clean and hygienically.

Sustainability Stories

Growing together in trust, innovation and impact

Discover what's in our nature

Specifications

Taste: Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Umami
Cultures: Alpine, Argentinian, Chilean, Creolic, French, Mexican, Peruvian, Portugese, South American, Spanish
Packaging: Solitair (16 items), CressSingle
Usage: Baking, Blitzing / Mashing, Breading, Chopping, Cold infusion, Confiture, Drying, Gel, Gratinate, Hot infusion, Macerate, Marinating, Oil, Pasta / Dough, Syrup
Colors: Green
Dishes: Alcohol, Breakfast, Cocktail, Coffee, Dessert, Fruit, Functional, Infusion, Pastry, Snack, Starter, Sushi, Tea, Vegetarian, Vegetables, Water
Taste Friends: Gin, Rum, Vodka, Cheese (others), Chocolate, Coffee, Apple, Apricot, Banana, Berries, Blueberry, Cherry, Citrus, Coconut, Cucumber, Figs, Grapefruit, Grapes, Kalamansi, Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Mango, Orange, Passion fruit, Peach, Pear, Pineapple, Plum, Pomegranate, Raspberry, Red fruit, Strawberry, Tomato, Watermelon, Basil, Dill, Mint, Parsley, Tarragon, Anise, Ants, Insects (others), Beans, Truffle, Hazelnut, Oyster, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Chili, Asparagus, Beetroot, Ginger, Horseradish, Onion, Rhubarb, Couscous, Ponzu, Rice, Yuzu
Latin Name: Stevia
Synonyms: Steviakraut, Stevia
Dimensions: Minimum 6 cm maximum 10 cm high above growing medium
Microbiological standards: "Pathogens: Salmonella Absent in 25 g, Listeria monocytogenes Absent in 25 g, Staphylococcus aureus <1.105 cfu per g, Bacillus cereus <1.105 cfu per g, EHEC/STEC Absent in 25 g"