#$%^&*AU2013100380A420130502.pdf#####- 42 ABSTRACT A preserved culinary herb or spice plant material comprising: at least 60% of the essential oils present in the fresh plant material from which the 5 preserved plant material was prepared; a water activity in the preserved plant material of less than 0.91 and wherein the majority of browning enzymes present in the fresh plant material from which the preserved plant material was prepared are inactivated. 4192383 1 (GHMatters) P84791.AU.4