name: Guarana

flavor_db_name_variants: guarana

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Guarana

id: 915

name_scientific: Paullinia cupana

description: Guarana is a climbing plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil.Guarana has large leaves and clusters of flowers and is best known for the seeds from its fruit, which are about the size of a coffee bean.It contains about twice the concentration of caffeine found in coffee seeds. The additive has gained notoriety for being used in energy drinks.The colour of the fruit ranges from brown to red and it contains black seeds that are partly covered by white arils.

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picture_file_name: Guarana.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 12937

picture_updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:22:51.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2020-01-24T17:05:36.000Z

updated_at: 2020-04-17T16:22:51.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: null

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00915