This Is The Real Difference Between Cassia And Cinnamon Shutterstock
By Brittany Gibson/Jan. 23, 2021 10:47 am EDT
Are you sitting down? If not, you might want to grab a seat, because we have some pretty startling news that ll change how you see cinnamon forever: The ground cinnamon you have in your spice rack is likely not 100 percent true cinnamon, according to
As it turns out, it s pretty common to combine what s called true or Ceylon cinnamon with its cousin, cassia, in most commercial ground cinnamon (AKA Ceylon cinnamon
and cassia does anyone else feel lied to?). Regardless of how often the two spices are nonchalantly combined and marketed as just cinnamon, we need to talk about how cassia and Ceylon cinnamon, although related, are