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by Monica Oldenburg
Updated by Mike Clegg, March 2005
Updated by
Zachary DePew, March 2007 More than 300 strains of garlic are grown throughout the world, and the use of garlic as an herbal supplement is a big business. In 1993, U.S. garlic supplement sales totaled $31.3 million, second only to Echinacea in total herbal product sales at health food stores. A year later, garlic supplement sales had increased to $39.4 million. In a 1997 market survey of herbal sales, garlic was one of the top three best-selling supplements in this $3.2 billion industry. Over 250 million pounds of garlic are consumed in the U.S. alone. California is the largest producer in the United States growing greater than 500 million pounds annually.
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Garlic is a famous member of the onion family. It is one of the most common additions to food worldwide. The name is Anglo Saxon meaning gar (a spear) and lac (a plant) in reference to the shape of the leaves.
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