Native superfoods

Nutritional Food

Bush Tucker is being enthusiastically embrace and public perception is evolving.
Wild herbs and fruits are finding their way into everything from jams to salad dressing
and an amasing nutritional supplement. From as far away as the Kakadu restaurant in

China, menus and supermarkets shelves are discovering bush tucker.

Not only do many of our native bush foods taste good but research has suggested some
may be "superfoods" with exceptionally high levels of disease-fighting anti-oxidants.

Australia's original inhabitants lived off the land for many thousands of years and have
an intimate knowledge of nature’s bounty. Now appreciation for these botanicals is
spreading in culinary and scientific circles.

Scientists throughout Australia, collaborating with Aboriginal elders are identifying
the power contained with in these ancient plants.

Chefs find that the flavours are stronger and the products have more punch so you need
to use less. "It's phenomenal , there's been a 100 per cent increase in the number of people
who want to know more." says Dale Chapman, a chef at The Dilly Bag.

Bush Tucker may have been overlooked for many years but they are products that,
if used the right way, provide wonderful results.