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Grains Of Paradise

Level 1Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary

Grains Of Paradise is a flavoring — Fruit, ginger, ginger ale, and pepper flavoring

Also: Aframomum melegueta

What it does

Fruit, ginger, ginger ale, and pepper flavoring

Where you'll see it

Beverages, ice cream, ices, candy

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: GRAS

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): pungent aromatic seeds of a tropical African plant of the ginger family