Hibiscus has a lemony taste and is brewed as a tea in the Middle East. It is used as a purple dye for coloring foods such as preserved fruits and cooked vegetables. Ingredients: Hibiscus Allergen: Packed on shared equipment with wheat, tree nuts, soy and sesame.
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as "hibiscus", or less widely known as rose mallow. Other names include hardy hibiscus, rose of sharon, and tropical hibiscus.