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Brewer's yeast has a spicy, slightly cheese-like taste. It is therefore used for seasoning or as a cheese substitute in dishes. Arguments for organic.

When raw, cranberries have a sour, slightly bitter taste. They are traditionally used to treat urinary tract infections. Organic quality is preferable.

Lemon balm is the best-known type of lemon balm and is an aromatic spice both raw and dried. It is still used in medicine today. Organic?

Jacket potatoes are (raw) potatoes that have been boiled soft in salt water with their skin on. Organic potatoes can also be eaten with the skin on.

The velvet foot bolete or enoki is popular in Asia, where it is cultivated. The natural winter mushroom is in season from September to April (raw?, organic?).

Radicchio (also known as red chicory) is usually wine-red in color and has a bitter, spicy taste. It is good to eat raw - preferably organic.

Baby zucchini are the mini version of the normal zucchini. Since they are not ripe, they have particularly tender flesh. Edible raw. Organic?

Raw tomatillo (mountain eggplant, organic?) has a sour, fruity taste. It goes well with chili and is used in Mexican folk medicine.

Mexican goosefoot or grape tea (epazote) is a medicinal and spice herb from America. Only consume raw leaves in very small quantities! Organic?

Vegetarian spice pastes based on yeast extract have an umami taste. They are used as a spread on bread or as an ingredient in soups and stews.

Many pumpkins are edible both raw and cooked. See also vegan pumpkin recipes. Bitter gourd: do not use even cooked.

Organic sauerkraut (sauerkraut) is white cabbage (Brassica oleracea) fermented with the help of lactic acid bacteria and pasteurized at a minimum of 60 °C.

Passata is versatile and rich in lycopene. Store-bought tomato passata is not raw. Organic quality is available.

Chinese water chestnuts taste sweet and are still crunchy even when cooked. Due to possible parasites, they can only be eaten raw and if washed well. Organic?

The wax gourd, also known as winter melon, is grown mainly in Asia and Florida. It is used raw as a vegetable (organic?) or, for example, as winter melon soup.

Except for two types, the yam root is only edible when cooked, as it is toxic when eaten raw. It tastes sweet and is rich in provitamin A. Organic?

Fresh borage (raw borage) tastes like cucumber. Today, consumption is not recommended due to the liver-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). Organic?

Barberry (barberry, raw) contains berberine, which helps with pancreatitis. It also lowers blood pressure, blood sugar and blood fat levels. Organic?

Birch leaves and birch blossoms from the silver birch can be found dried in tea blends, but they can also be used raw in the kitchen. Organic?

Creeping cinquefoil is a traditional medicinal plant. Raw flowers and leaves as well as cooked roots of the cinquefoil are edible. Organic?