Spices are well known for their food value, especially in cooking to enhance the food flavor, including taste and aroma of processed foods and beverages. They act as seasoning, flavouring and fragrance enhancer in food due to their strong taste and aroma. Spices are also known for their medicinal value and preservative effect on food and beverages.

Spices are rich in flavonoids and aromatic compounds. Apart from food and beverages, certain spices such as ginger, turmeric and garlic are employed in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Spices have always been in consistent demand in Nigeria. Increase demand for this important commodity arise from increasing population, varieties, taste, and increase in the population of foreigners in Nigeria with corresponding increase in the number of fast food centres in major cities and highways. This made local

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