History of Piperine
Piperine has had a influence over the world for thousands of years. Before the invention of processed foods and refrigerators food could only be preserved though drying, and if this did not occur then the food would simply begin to go bad. In order to mask the taste seasonings and spices were added for flavor. Pepper was one such spice. The piperine's tangy and spicy taste was the perfect additive for most foods. The spice industry has been one of the most successful of all times. The Romans traveled the silk road to obtain it from the Middle East and Asia, while from the 1600's to the 1800's the Dutch and English fought over trade routes and land. Land that contained the decadent spices. Although piperine has been used in peppers for thousands of years, however, it was not truly discovered into 1820. Danish physicist, Chemist and professor at the University of Copenhagen, Hans Christian Orsted was the first to identify the compound piperine. The chemical makeup of piperine was later isolated during laboratory synthesis in 1882 and 1894.
Today pepper and piperine is still used heavily around the world. Almost every culture uses the spice in its food, including our own. If you look almost every home in America today will have both a salt and a pepper shaker. Piperine's original tangy and spicy taste is still a large part of our everyday lives.
