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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.
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?
Untreated yam bean (Jícama) - Pachyrhizus spp. - on a market.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Sakurai Midori, Wikimedia
  • 38 kcal
  • Water 90%
  • 92/07/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.03 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
The yam bean (bulbous bean, jicama, benkuang, yam bean) has a consistency similar to radish and goes perfectly with salads when eaten raw. Organic quality?
Green and raw chilli peppers (Capsicum frutescens) on a plant.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Balaram Mahalder, Wikipedia
  • 40 kcal
  • Water 88%
  • 81/17/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.10 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.00 g
The green chili pepper is used raw or cooked to add spice to dishes as a fruit (organic), powder or in the form of seasoning sauces and spice pastes.
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?
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?
Ground cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) in a spoon, right next to dried cloves and clove oil.
© Bought from mirzamlk, fotolia
  • 274 kcal
  • Water 10%
  • 78/07/15 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 2.6 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.58 g
Ground organic cloves (Nägeli, Würzcloken, Clove powder) have an intense flavor thanks to their essential oils. They are dried, not raw.
Table wine, white: white wine, unspecified type, in a glass with grapes in the background.
© Bought from Gina Sanders, fotolia
  • 82 kcal
  • Water 87%
  • 97/03/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
As an alcoholic drink, white table wine is popular as a luxury item. It is also often used to refine sauces. Organic quality? Raw?
Kidney beans, cooked, without salt, in white ceramic bowl.
© Bought from lisa870, Adobe
  • 127 kcal
  • Water 67%
  • 71/27/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.11 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.17 g
Kidney beans have a high protein content and are rich in folic acid. They taste sweet and nutty and are popular with children (organic quality?).
Peanut butter, coarse-grained, without salt in a white plate, peanuts in shell and open.
© Bought from Jiri Hera, fotolia
  • 589 kcal
  • Water 1%
  • 23/25/52 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 14 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.08 g
Peanut butter is made from roasted peanuts and is available in coarse to fine grain, organic and without salt. You can make it yourself if you prefer raw.
Coconut chips (Cocos nucifera) heaped in a wooden bowl.
© Bought from emuck, fotolia
  • 704 kcal
  • Water 1%
  • 24/07/69 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.55 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Coconut chips are a tasty snack that can also be used in the kitchen to enhance muesli, sweet or savory dishes. Raw? Organic?
Allspice, whole grains in a wooden scoop and around it on sackcloth.
© Bought from HandmadePictures, Shutterstock
  • 263 kcal
  • Water 8%
  • 83/07/10 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 2.3 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.07 g
The spice allspice or allspice is often bought as whole seeds (raw?). It tastes like cloves and is slightly spicy. Organic?
Homemade apple syrup (apple butter) in mason jar with apples behind it.
© Bought from ricka_kinamoto, fotolia
  • 375 kcal
  • Water 10%
  • 93/03/04 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 1.3 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.21 g
Apple syrup (organic?) is made by boiling or thickening apple juice (raw?) for a long time. Apple syrup can be used to season and sweeten dishes.
White vinegar from grapes in glass bowl (white wine vinegar), behind right half-full wine glass.
© Bought from DPRM, Adobe
  • 28 kcal
  • Water 94%
  • 91/09/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Raw white wine vinegar has a sour, fruity taste and is particularly suitable for refining sauces and salads. Available in organic quality.
Leaves of kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix), fresh in heart-shaped white ceramic bowl.
© Bought from posinote, fotolia
  • 53 kcal
  • Water 62%
  • 82/15/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Raw kaffir lime leaves (Kaffir lime leaves, Citrus hystrix) are used in many Asian dishes. Organic quality?
Orange peels on a plate. Different types of orange peels are shown here: intact (top), coarsely grated (right), and finely grated (left).
© CC-by-sa 2.0, Michael Weber, Stiftung Gesundheit und Ernährung Schweiz
  • 97 kcal
  • Water 72%
  • 94/06/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.03 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Raw orange peel gives dishes a sweet and sour flavor. You should only use the peel of untreated organic oranges.