The white onion is known from several thousands of years ago and is currently a variety of very common onion in the gastronomic diets from around the world. And no, the Mediterranean diet is protagonist of many stews, sauces and garnishes.

It has a slightly acid taste and a characteristic itch which varies in intensity depending on the variety and the form of cultivation.

Your energy intake is low, but its composition is very rich in vitamins, minerals and trace elements that manage to be a therapeutic food whose consumption brings many benefits to the human being.

To preserve and take advantage of all of its properties and benefits, we recommend its consumption raw, in salads.

• Family: Liliaceae.

• Plant: biennial, at times lively stalk reduced to a platform overlooking place below numerous roots and over leaves, whose fleshy and swollen base constitutes the bulb.

• Bulb: consists of numerous layers thick, fleshy inside. They are covered in dry, thin and transparent membranes which are base of the leaves. Longitudinal section shows a caulinar axis called corma, conical, provided at the base of fasciculated roots