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Raw green sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) piled on a brown surface.
© Public Domain, flickr.com
  • 20 kcal
  • Water 94%
  • 82/15/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.05 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Sweet peppers, green, raw, taste a little sweeter than chili peppers, but less so than red or yellow ones. Green ones are harvested before they ripen. Organic?
Swiss chard on a dish towel. People who tend to get kidney stones (calcium oxalate stones) should avoid eating Swiss chard as it has a high oxalic acid content.
© CC-by-sa 2.0, Melanie Scherer, Stiftung Gesundheit und Ernährung Schweiz
  • 19 kcal
  • Water 93%
  • 65/31/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.06 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Both the stems and leaves of chard are edible. Raw? It tastes like spinach, but is more intense and bitter. Organic?
Close-up of starchy Russet potatoes (uncooked)
© CC-by-sa 2.5, Steve Caruso, Wikipedia
  • 79 kcal
  • Water 79%
  • 89/11/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.03 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
The Russet variety is a floury potato. Only small amounts of it are digestible raw because of the solanine. Organic quality?
Rutabaga, raw and fresh from the garden with soil - Brassica napus ssp. napobrassica.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Seedambassadors, Wikimedia
  • 37 kcal
  • Water 89%
  • 87/11/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.04 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.05 g
The raw turnip has a pleasantly sweet taste. It is a good source of carbohydrates. Organic quality?
Raw Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea) on a light-colored surface - one is cut in half.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Rainer Zenz, Wikipedia
  • 43 kcal
  • Water 86%
  • 71/27/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.04 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.10 g
Brussels sprouts (organic) taste strong, mild, sweet and slightly nutty depending on the variety and time of harvest. They are edible raw, but harder to digest
Raw savoy cabbage cut in half and placed on a tablecloth. Savoy cabbage is available year-round.
© CC-by-sa 2.0, Melanie Scherer, Stiftung Gesundheit und Ernährung Schweiz
  • 27 kcal
  • Water 91%
  • 74/24/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.02 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.03 g
Savoy cabbage (organic?) can be eaten raw, fermented or cooked. Cabbage (or savoy cabbage) has curly leaves that are light green or dark green on the outside, d
Mineral water: bottle of mineral water on a rock, behind it are plants.
© Courtesy of Informationszentrale Deutsches Mineralwasser
  • 0 kcal
  • Water 100%
  • 00/00/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
The carbonated mineral water often sold in bottles comes from mineral springs and varies greatly in its composition. Organic? Raw?
Roasted peanuts, peeled on table board and wooden spoon, behind in wooden bowl.
© Bought from chas53, fotolia
  • 587 kcal
  • Water 2%
  • 22/26/52 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 9.7 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Organic peanuts with shells are usually available in Europe dry, roasted and without salt. The risk of mold is high in raw products.
Bowl with coarsely ground green spelt
© Bought from fotolia, fotolia-Kauf
  • 347 kcal
  • Water 11%
  • 84/13/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 1.2 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.08 g
Green spelt meal is made from green spelt (spelt harvested when half ripe). Since it is dried before milling, green spelt meal is never raw. Organic quality?
Cutting king oyster mushrooms and other mushrooms in the forest.
© Bought from Markus Mainka, fotolia
  • 33 kcal
  • Water 89%
  • 62/34/04 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.12 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
The king oyster mushroom (raw) has a delicate aroma. The flesh of the brown king oyster mushroom has a porcini-like consistency. Organic?
Black olives, pitted on wooden spoons, next to a glass bottle with olive oil.
© Bought from igradesign, fotolia
  • 353 kcal
  • Water 52%
  • 19/05/77 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 3.1 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.27 g
Black olives are picked ripe, but are hardly edible untreated. Depending on the production process, they are still raw - or colored and pasteurized. Organically
Spelled flour (Type 630) - Triticum aestivum L. subsp. spelta - stoneware pot full for baking.
© Bought from TwilightArtPictures, fotolia
  • 349 kcal
  • Water 13%
  • 84/14/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.56 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.04 g
Spelt flour, light (type 630 or D 700), is often used for baking, e.g. rolls and pastries. Often available in organic quality.
Fresh curry leaves in a small bowl. Original curry powder does not contain curry leaves.
© Bought from vm2002, Shutterstock
  • 111 kcal
  • Water 66%
  • 78/19/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Curry leaves (leaves of the curry tree) are used raw as a seasoning in Sri Lankan and South Indian dishes. Organic leaves have fewer residues.
Cloves, whole (Syzygium aromaticum) as you can buy in the trade. Here on wooden spoon.
© Bought from K, Adobe
  • 274 kcal
  • Water 10%
  • 78/07/15 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 2.6 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.58 g
Whole cloves have an intense flavor thanks to essential oils, such as eugenol. Cloves are used to season sauces, soups, pastries and curries. Raw? Organic?
Powdered sugar piled on a ladle, powdered sugar scattered around it.
© Bought from neillangan, fotolia
  • 389 kcal
  • Water 0%
  • 100/00/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Icing sugar is very finely ground refined white sugar that is used to refine or decorate desserts. It is never raw but is available in organic quality.
Soy cream with rapeseed oil in a drinking glass, with soybeans left and right next to it.
© Bought from ZahyMaulana, Shutterstock
  • 310 kcal
  • Water 61%
  • 11/06/83 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 6.1 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 2.9 g
Soy cream (soy cuisine, soy cream) is a plant-based, vegan alternative to cream. Industrially produced, never raw, partly organic.
Herbs, spices, and wild plants, raw, untreated: wild garlic (Allium ursinum)
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Lisa Carter, Wikipedia
  • 23 kcal
  • Water 93%
  • 81/14/05 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.12 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Wild garlic (bear's garlic, garlic spinach, wild garlic, forest garlic, dog garlic, organic?) is a vegetable, spice and medicinal plant, also edible raw.
Sumac, Gerber Sumac (spice) - Rhus coriaria, piled on blue surface.
© Bought from Elena Moiseeva, fotolia
  • 340 kcal
  • 75/05/20 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Sumac is very popular in oriental dishes; it is also used raw and dried in Arabic spice mixtures (organic?).
The "Big nettle", Urtica dioica, wild-growing, often called common nettle, stinging nettle.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Simplicius, Wikipedia
  • 42 kcal
  • Water 88%
  • 73/26/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
The common nettle (raw), also known colloquially as hemp nettle, is a traditional wild vegetable and a well-researched medicinal plant. Organic quality?
Vegan oat cream or oat cuisine in a drinking glass, with oat flakes around it.
© Bought from Liudmyla Yaremenko, Shutterstock
  • 92 kcal
  • Water 85%
  • 43/02/55 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.64 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Oat cream (oat cuisine, oat cream) is a vegan cream substitute made from oat flakes. Industrially produced, never raw, partly organic.