Balsalia™ (元梅屋) is the leading brand that specializes in making traditional plum-based foods. It is also the top buyer of high-quality, naturally grown organic ume plums (青梅) in Asia. Every Baslalia product uses no additives and preservatives, is 100% chemical free and vegan safe. Special care has been taken to make sure all raw ingredients have their seeds/pits removed, hence to ensure 100% for consumption.
The modern society has constantly challenged people to live a highly stressful, fast-paced lifestyle. What makes things worse is a extremely unhealthy diet that consists of excessive calories, protein and carbohydrates. Altogether these unfortunately lead to acidified body nature (酸性化体质), which is becoming known as the origin of many chronic diseases and imbalanced metabolism. Anti-acidification (抗酸化) and anti-oxidation (抗氧化) are the main reasons why people have come to love Balssalia’s products.
In every Balsalia product is the key ingredients of deseeded (pitted) aged ume plums (去籽老梅果肉), produced in accordance with a unique and traditional Japanese recipes. Organically grown plums are manually harvested every spring, and put through a year-long pre-process. After that, they are carefully moved to bacteria-free barrels where they will be slowly aged in the next 10 years. The results of the patience and lots of efforts are the beginning of a series of products that bring the wonderful flavour and unmatched alkaline nutrients to everyday diet.
In addition to aged ume plums from Japan in the East, the other valuable ingredient is balsamic vinegar from the West. According to Italian people’s definition, only grape vinegar that’s been at least aged for 10 years is entitled to be named aceto balsamico, or balsamic vinegar. Balsalia uses the highest grade of aceto balsamico from the region of Modena, Italy, known as home of balsamico. For thousands of years, the magical alkaline benefits of this one-of-a-kind delicacy has been known to people of the Mediterranean region, used extensively in their cuisines for thousands of years. In fact, the root of “balsa-” means healing and comforting in ancient Latin languages, suggesting its use in traditional medication since the day it was discovered and named.
Proofs about the power of ume plum in decreasing food acidity at the end of human body’s metabolism are abundant and results are very obvious. In a research done by the Japanese, it explains that it takes only 2g of umeboshi (sun-dried ume plum, preserved in salt) to deal with the acidity created by 100g of rice. This demonstrates perfectly why Japanese people are fond of consuming ume plum and its derivative products as a tradition.
Basalia successfully (and fortunately) identified a valuable Japanese recipe that overcomes the unpleasing sourness and saltiness of umeboshi, so that everyone can easily enjoy the nutritional benefit of ume plum without frowning. The 5 best-selling products featured this time are perfect choices for anybody in the family.
BalsaUme (力鹼梅老梅膏) and BalsaNoni (力保酵酵素膏) are the flagship drinks from Balsalia. Packaged in the same way, most of their ingredients are identical, except that BalsaNoni has a substantial portion of organic noni whole-fruit enzyme (fermented for 12 months) incorporated to enhance protection of cells in the body. They make great choices for for supplementing the much needed alkaline nutrients every day.
Unlike other jams on the market that are over-sweeten, BalsaJam (老梅原味果酱) and RoseUme (玫瑰老梅果酱) are two special products that you won’t find anywhere else. They are designed to be used not only as jams/spreads on toast, bread or pastry to balance acidity of these foods, but for seasoning of dishes in many other ways as well. These products retain the true flavour of the aged ume plum, hence taste a bit sour and salty. RoseUme is definitely lady’s favorite and must-try, because of the natural aroma of organic rose buds incorporated in the jam itself. And of course, like any other Balsalia product, no artificial additives, preservatives, sweetening agents, and chemicals of any sort is used.
Lastly, for people who love home-made cuisines, we highly recommend the 100% aged ume plum puree (老梅果肉). Originally developed for use by professional users like cooks and bakery owners, this product is presented in its original creamy and substantial texture. The most popular uses of it include stuffing of pastry, preparing appetizers, as companion of plain rise or noodle, and many many more. Spreading a tiny bit on sliced Japanese cucumber, or stuffing in half-sliced cherry tomatoes, make brilliant ideas of healthy dishes loved by everyone. Each bottle contains deseeded/pitted pulp contributed by 250-300 pieces of aged ume plums, each having waited 10 years to please your taste buds. Definitely worth the money!
