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Essential Nutrients: Nutrients which must be supplied in the diet as they cannot be made in the body in the quantities required for normal health.

Nutrients: Components found in foods such as proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and water, and help to nourish the body, promoting energyand growth.

Organic Nutrients: Nutrients in the form of molecules synthesized by or originating from other organisms

Primary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively large quantities: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Secondary Macronutrients: Elements that plants require in relatively small quantities: calcium, magnesium, and sulfur.

Quintessential: The gin is infused with the flavours and aromas of these five botanicals. The first distillation takes place with juniper, coriander and angelica and for final distillation cubebs and lime are added.

Antinutrients: Chemicals produced by plants as a defense mechanism; inhibit the action of digestive enzymes in insects that attack and attempt to eat the plants.

Micronutrients: Elements that are required by plants in very small quantities, but are toxic in large quantities: iron, manganese, molybdenum, copper, boron, zinc, and chloride.

Essential: 1. Something that cannot be done without.

Macronutrients: 1. Elements needed by plants in relatively large (primary) or smaller (secondary) quantities. 2. Foods needed by animals daily or on a fairly regular basis.