Argentina: San Juan garlic conquers the United States

At the core of the objective of the Foreign Trade Directorate of the Ministry of Production, Labor and Innovation of the Government of Marcelo Orrego, is the ambition to recover and promote San Juan exports on the global stage. This effort focuses especially on the United States market, which represents a vital opportunity for San Juan products, such as fresh garlic. Whole, crushed; In sauce or salads, this tuber is part of any North American recipe. It is estimated that the average American consumes about 1 kilo of garlic per year, with about 75% of their consumption coming from the dehydrated variety. The benefits of including it in our diet are known: it has diaphoretic, expectorant, antispasmodic, antiseptic, antimicrobial, hypotensive and anthelmintic properties. Driven by this healing and preventive power, the trend of cooking fresh garlic at home has increased. Its consumption itself does not stop increasing: with an estimated population of 333,000,000, demographic growth ...