Condiments (condiments, condiments, seasonings) refer to supplementary foods that can increase added color, fragrance, and taste, promote appetite, and benefit human health. Its main function is to improve the quality of vegetables and meet the sensory needs of consumers. In a broad sense, condiments include salt, sour, sweetener, umami and spices, such as salt, soy sauce, Vinegar, monosodium glutamate, sugar (described separately), star anise, fennel, pepper, mustard, etc. all fall into this category.

Spices are the seeds, buds, fruits, flowers, bark and roots of plants. The taste of spices In some cases, a plant can be used to produce both herbs and spices. Some condiments are made from a mixture of various spices (such as red pepper powder), or from a variety of herbs (such as seasoning bags). It is a product widely used in diet, cooking and food processing to improve the taste of food and have the functions of removing fishy, removing mutton, degreasing, enhancing aroma, and enhancing freshness.