Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) and the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in Brazil have shown for the first time that bixin or annatto ...

The study showed that a decline in production of microRNA 156 at the end of the juvenile phase coincides with a rise in production of the pigment (images: Fábio Tebaldi Silveira Nogueira/ESALQ-USP) ...

Properties: Annatto is a hard seed from an evergreen, native to Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The deep red orange seeds, also called achiote when ground, are hard like ...