name: Mate

flavor_db_name_variants: mate

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Mate

id: 916

name_scientific: Ilex paraguariensis

description: Mate is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink.It is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis, known in Portuguese as erva-mate) in hot water and is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd.The mate leaves are dried, chopped, and ground into a powdery mixture called yerba, "erva" in Portuguese, which means "herb".

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picture_file_name: Mate.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 82357

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: 2020-04-17T16:22:52.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: null

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00916