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From tears to treats: My onion transformation

Jacqueline Kithinji, Founder and CEO, MSL Yummy poses with some of her products, red onion juice (left) that she sells at 270 shillings for a 250 ml bottle and red onion jam (right) which goes for 450 shillings for a 400 ml bottle. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

When you mention an onion, mostly the first thing that comes to mind are the tears that flow when cutting the layered vegetable. There are quite a number of quotes that have been derived from onions and their tear-sourcing abilities.

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