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Wild plant small sorrel - Rumex acetosella: flowering plants in stony soil.
© Bought from LFRabanedo, fotolia
  • 26 kcal
  • Water 92%
  • 47/48/05 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.06 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.13 g
Raw small sorrel (organic?) can be used in a similar way to spinach. The water-soluble oxalic acid is best thrown away with the cooking water.
Real Star Anise - Illicium verum: Scatters whole stars and single seeds from them.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, les, Wikipedia
  • 381 kcal
  • Water 27%
  • 54/09/37 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 2.6 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Real Chinese star anise (organic, Illicium verum) is used primarily as a spice in the kitchen, but also as a medicinal plant.
Blue Fenugreek (Blue meliot, Ziger clover, cheese clover) - Trigonella caerulea.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Flyout, Wikipedia
  • 260 kcal
  • Water 8%
  • 40/53/07 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Raw Blue Fenugreek (Blue meliot, Ziger clover, cheese clover) only develops its special aroma when the leaves are dried. Organic?
Horseradish—Armoracia lapathifolia: Both the root and grated, on the left is freshly grated root.
© Bought from Eskymaks, fotolia
  • 78 kcal
  • Water 75%
  • 87/11/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.05 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.12 g
Horseradish (organic?) is particularly spicy when raw or freshly grated and gives dishes a typical taste. The mustard oil glycosides it contains are good for yo
Fresh lamb's lettuce in a mini shopping trolley - Valerianella locusta.
© Bought from Voyagerix, Fotolia
  • 21 kcal
  • Water 93%
  • 60/33/07 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Lamb's lettuce has tender, dark green leaves that taste mild and nutty when raw. Lamb's lettuce (organic) has a lot of vitamin C and vitamin A, and outdoor crop
Asparagus bean, raw, bundled, as found on the market. Vigna unguiculata s. sesquipedalis.
© Public Domain, David, Wikimedia
  • 47 kcal
  • Water 88%
  • 72/24/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.10 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.07 g
The asparagus bean (yard bean, cowpea) reaches a length of almost one meter. We have not been able to determine its toxicity when eaten raw. Organic?
Fresh raw organic endive (chicory) on a kitchen board ready to be chopped.
© Bought from Brent Hofacker, Shutterstock
  • 17 kcal
  • Water 94%
  • 70/26/04 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.08 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Endive (flat or curly) is popular raw in salads (organic?) or cooked as a vegetable.
Fresh Mexican tarragon - Tagetes lucida: A bundle of freshly cut tarragon on an old tree trunk.
© Bought from Daniel Vincek, fotolia
  • 60 kcal
  • Water 83%
  • 91/00/09 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Tarragon, fresh (raw, organic?) or zephyr herb, gives sauces and salads a strong flavor. It is also used as a medicinal plant.
Plate with raw, fermented cocao beans. These fermented beans contain hardly any caffeine.
© CC-by-sa 2.0, Michael Weber, Stiftung Gesundheit und Ernährung Schweiz
  • 639 kcal
  • Water 3%
  • 25/15/60 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 1.3 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.16 g
Cocoa beans ("raw") are fermented (often > 50 °C) and therefore usually not raw food quality, even if declared as raw food. Fragments are cocoa nibs. Organic?
Cooking banana, raw, partly sliced, next to processed slices and flour from plantains.
© Bought from sewcream, fotolia
  • 122 kcal
  • Water 65%
  • 95/04/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.04 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Plantains, vegetable bananas or mealy bananas (Musa paradisiaca) can only be eaten raw when they are fully ripe. Cooking, frying or baking are common ways of pr
Dried (dehydrated) onions in flake form in wooden vessel and lying next to it.
© Bought from Oliver Wilde, Adobe
  • 349 kcal
  • Water 4%
  • 90/10/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.17 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Dehydrated onions are used to refine sauces and salad dressings, etc. Commercially available onion flakes (dehydrated or dried) are no longer raw. Organic?
Unripe (young) coconut with plenty of fluid and little pulp, one open.
© Bought from antpkr, fotolia
  • 90 kcal
  • 53/12/35 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Young coconuts contain coconut meat that is thinner, softer and lower in fat when raw than mature coconuts; available in organic quality.
Dried wild garlic - Allium ursinum - lying freely with measuring spoon made of wood.
© Bought from Silvia Bogdanski, fotolia
  • 294 kcal
  • Water 13%
  • 58/36/06 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.90 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 2.0 g
Wild garlic, dried (raw?), is also called wild garlic, wild dog garlic, bear's garlic, garlic spinach or wild garlic when fresh. Organic quality?
Top left: bowl with hemp oil — for the spring salad in the large bowl on the right.
© Bought from katharinarau, fotolia
  • 898 kcal
  • Water 0%
  • 00/00/100 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 54 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 20 g
Hemp oil has different colors depending on how it is produced and has a nutty taste. It contains a high proportion of unsaturated fatty acids, including gamma-l
Jalapeños in a jar with screw cap - on white tales.
© Bought from etti photofun, fotolia
  • 27 kcal
  • Water 89%
  • 72/14/14 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.49 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Pickled (canned) jalapeños are a good way to preserve the spicy fruits. They hardly lose any of their spiciness and can be kept for up to 1 year.
Vegetables, raw, untreated: Garden radish, raw - Raphanus sativus.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Le grand Cricri, Wikipedia
  • 14 kcal
  • Water 95%
  • 69/29/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.02 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.03 g
Radish has a spicy, hot taste and can be eaten both raw and cooked. It promotes the secretion of bile and gastric juices and has an antimicrobial effect.
Brown mustard seeds (Brassica juncea) in a plate.
© CC-by-sa 4.0, Dsaikia2015, Wikipedia
  • 487 kcal
  • Water 6%
  • 39/28/32 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 2.6 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 3.9 g
Brown mustard seeds are used raw in the kitchen, either whole, in the form of mustard powder or as mustard paste. They are a versatile spice. Organic?
Borlotti beans, raw, heaped into a plate. See the typical patterns and colors.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Natalie Sidler
  • 335 kcal
  • Water 12%
  • 71/27/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.29 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.24 g
Borlotti beans (cranberry beans) have a hearty taste. Cooked, they taste good in salads, soups and stews, but raw, they are poisonous. Organic?
Homemade soy milk in drinking glasses, in front of and next to soybeans open.
© Bought from Davizro Photography, fotolia
  • 41 kcal
  • Water 88%
  • 56/29/15 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.58 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.08 g
Soy milk, made from soybeans and water, can be used in the kitchen like milk and is the basis for tofu. It is never raw! Organic?
Dried (white) mulberries on a wooden ladle and around it on a white background.
© Bought from emuck, fofotlia
  • 352 kcal
  • Water 10%
  • 86/11/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Only gently dried mulberries (black and white) are raw. The berries, which are reminiscent of blackberries, taste completely different. Organic quality?