If you live in hardiness zones 9 to 11 and want to successfully grow a shade tree without too much hassle, a carob (Ceratonia siliqua) would seem to be ideal. It originates in the Mediterranean ...

Carob refers to the seeds and fruit of the carob tree. Carob products have a variety of uses and may have benefits for your health. Carob powder is high in fiber and commonly used as a caffeine ...

High in fiber and low in fat, carob powder contains calcium and antioxidants. The carob tree, native to the Mediterranean, is a flowering evergreen shrub. It produces carob pods, which contain ...

One of the things that the holiday commemorates is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death – the same sage who survived on carob ...

Yes, the ancient biblical fruit with a somewhat acquired taste. Even Udi Alroy, the founder and CEO of a startup out to utilize carob trees for a wide range of nutritional products, is not a fan of ...

Locust bean gum is extracted from the seeds of the carob tree. In many ways, this tropical tree is similar to the cacao plant, from which chocolate is made. Locust bean gum is a fine white powder ...

But where does it come from? Ironically, it is derived from the seeds of a carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua), an arboreal species that you could hardly call glittery or glitzy. Carob tree flowers are ...

On my own block, a massive limb of a carob tree broke off on the Santa Anas’ account and I was given the opportunity to examine it up close. If you see the massive branch of a tree that broke ...

The seeds from the pod of the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) are used to make locust bean gum, a clean label hydrocolloid that is prized by food manufacturers for its functional benefits ...