Annatto is an orange-red sauce and sustenance shading got from the seeds of the achiote tree local to tropical areas from Mexico to Brazil. It is frequently used to confer a yellow or orange shading to sustenances, yet once in a while additionally for its flavor and smell.
Annatto is known by a wide range of names around the world. You may know it as achiote, onoto, atsuete or urucum relying upon where you’re from. Gotten from the seeds of the achiote tree, it has a dynamic shading that makes it ideal for use as a shading operator and topping. Like paprika, saffron and turmeric, it can loan nourishments a brilliant shading that reaches from yellow to profound orange.
The striking shading originates from carotenoids, which are plant colors that are found in the covering of the seed. It is frequently ground up into a powder or glue structure for use. Its shading can likewise be extricated from the seed and afterward added to nourishments as a color. Some likewise use annatto to help the kind of specific dishes. It has a mellow, peppery flavor when utilized in huge sums just as a nutty and flower fragrance.
