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".
itis_id: null
wikipedia_id: null
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
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: null
ncbi_taxonomy_id: null
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00916