Cinnamon Facts

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5 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Cinnamon You should know more about a flavorful spice you use on the regular. Here are 5 interesting facts you didn't know about cinnamon.

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10 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Cinnamon Cinnamon is a delicious spice with impressive effects on health and metabolism. Here are 10 evidence-based health benefits of cinnamon.

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The 2 most popular types of cinnamon are: Ceylon and Cassia.

We love adding cinnamon to our products because it brings all the flavors together and adds that spicy, earthy, nostalgic flavor of the baked goods and cinnamon oatmeal we all grew up eating. But cinnamon also has nutritional benefits that makes using it even sweeter. Several studies have found that Cassia cinnamon might lower blood sugar levels and has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antibacterial properties. Cinnamon also contains a fair amount of vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium
Despite these nutritional benefits, there is often misleading information about cinnamon that claims that Cassia cinnamon is toxic, especially when compared to Ceylon cinnamon. This misinformation originates from the fact that Cassia cinnamon contains more of a compound called coumarin than Ceylon cinnamon does. Some studies show that consuming high levels of coumarin in one sitting may have adverse health effects like liver damage and cancer.

However, it is incredibly important to note that the levels that cause toxicity are not likely to be met unless you consume cinnamon supplements or more than a teaspoon of cinnamon each day, neither of which is recommended. For example, our Cinnamon & Oats Seed Bar contains the most amount of cinnamon of all of our products, but still has only 0.5 grams per bar, which is the equivalent of 0.1 teaspoons. Therefore, you would need to eat close to 10 Cinnamon & Oats bars every day to reach toxic levels. We love cinnamon and all, but even we don’t recommend that.

For the farmers who grow our cinnamon in Kerinci, the cinnamon harvest is hard work. Prior to harvesting, the farmers remove the bottom foot of the tree trunk’s outer bark to mark them for harvest, which happens twice a year after periods of heavy rainfall. The cinnamon is ready to be harvested once the tree’s leaves have turned from red to green and the trunk is no longer sticky.