The Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras conquers the traditional Barcelonan market of Santa Caterina

After two intense days of promotion in the Barcelonan market of Santa Caterina of Barcelona, the Association I.G.P. Crumple Dwelt of The Pedroñeras has described as “rotundo success” the promotion that took place the days 29 and 30 June to spread this singular garlic.

Cientos Of people knew and tasted the characteristic Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras, through succulent cover of pa amb tomàquet. Besides, the customers of Santa Caterina, after the purchase of this product, carried to his houses information on the characteristics of this condiment of the Mediterranean diet, a peels garlics, a book of recipes and several heads of Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras, as I give, to check his distinction and quality, with regard to other garlics of the market.

In  this occasion, the customer of the traditional market of Santa Caterina, appreciated the big aroma that contributes this garlic to the dishes, “thrice upper to any another garlic, by his high level in alicina, what results to the most pleasant palate and succulent, in addition to economic for contributing the flavour wished with lower quantity of product”.

The promotion consisted in explaining directly to the consumer the peculiarities of the Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras, that besides, and according to investigations realised by the University of Castile-La Mancha and the Hospital Ramón and Cajal of Madrid, have allowed to determine that the application to determinate dose of extract liofilizado of purple garlic, first in animals of laboratory and afterwards in patients affected of cancer of prostate, produces important decreases of cells cancerosas.

Besides, said studies indicate that the Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras, by his high content in alicina, has properties anticoagulants, antibióticas, reduces the arterial tension and acts like protective in front of the ulcers gastroduodenales.