Recommended dosage of ceylon cinnamon capsules

Below we'll take a look at Cassia vs Ceylon cinnamon to see how they compare.

Cassia cinnamon comes from the Cinnamomum cassia tree, which is also known as Cinnamomum aromaticum.

This type of cinnamon comes from Southern China but is now grown all across Southern and Eastern Asia.⁷ Consequently it is used a lot in Asian cooking and traditional Chinese medicine.

It tends to have a dark red/brown colour and the sticks themselves are usually thicker and have a rougher texture than Ceylon cinnamon.

Around 95% of Cassia cinnamon’s oil is cinnamadehydle, which gives it that very strong and spicy flavour. 

Cassia cinnamon is normally very cheap and is generally considered lower quality than Ceylon, which is why you’ll find it in many supermarkets – the everyman’s cinnamon, if you will!