Mbongo Spice Blend
Mbongo spice blend is a pungent Central African seasoning used especially in dark, richly spiced sauces and stews.
About Mbongo Spice Blend
Mbongo spice blend is a pungent Central African seasoning used in sauces, soups, and stews. It gives food a deep dark colour and an intense, savoury, spicy aroma, and is usually added during cooking so its flavour disperses through the liquid. It is especially associated with richly seasoned dark sauces.
Its character varies with the recipe. Some blends are bitter, smoky, earthy, peppery, or hot, while others emphasise fragrance and savouriness. The balance depends on the spices, roasting, grinding, and proportions used, so two blends bearing the same name may produce noticeably different heat, bitterness, and aroma.
It is commonly sold as a dry mixture of ground spices, ranging from fine powder to a coarse, uneven blend. The colour may be reddish brown, deep brown, or nearly black. It can also be incorporated into a paste or oil-based seasoning, which changes its texture and how it disperses during cooking.
- Ingredient type
- seasoning
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épice mbongo
mbongo spice
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Mbongo Spice Blend nutrition & diet
Mbongo Spice Blend nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Spices, not further specified
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 349kcal
- Protein
- 12.1g
- Carbs
- 30.5g
- Fat
- 14.5g
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Diet considerations
Mbongo is a variable seasoning blend, so plant or animal origin cannot be inferred without its ingredient list. Compatibility changes with animal stock, meat, fish, dairy, oil, cereal fillers, or sweeteners. A dry seasoning differs from a prepared stew, whose accompanying starches determine the carbohydrate pattern.
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Dietary compatibility
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- Vegetarian · Not established
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- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
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- Paleo · Not established
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- Low-carb · Not established
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- Halal · Not established
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- Kosher · Not established
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.9.4.0_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
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