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Hand holding buckwheat sprouts - Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.
© Bought from kavzov, Adobe
  • 73 kcal
  • Water 84%
  • 71/22/07 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Sprouted buckwheat has high-quality protein and many vitamins and minerals. It is easy to prepare yourself and results in raw and possibly organic quality.
Rice noodles ready to cook lying on kitchen board. Other rice noodles are narrower.
© Bought from Ildi, Adobe
  • 364 kcal
  • Water 12%
  • 92/07/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.12 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.03 g
Rice noodles are flat and usually dried and packed in balls. They are suitable for soups or wok dishes. Organic quality? See also calories, kcal.
Homemade coconut yoghurt made from coconut milk, arrowroot starch or locust bean gum and ferment.
© Bought from Von vaaseenaa, Adobe
  • 95 kcal
  • Water 85%
  • 41/05/54 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.10 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Coconut yogurt is a yogurt alternative made from coconut milk with bacterial cultures. This vegan product is available organically or you can make it yourself (
Close-up of chestnuts and their prickly fruit cup (cupula). Castanea sativa.
© GFDL 1.2, Fir0002, Wikipedia
  • 213 kcal
  • Water 49%
  • 91/05/05 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.80 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.10 g
European chestnuts (marrons, chestnuts, marroni) have a delicately sweet and nutty taste. They are available raw and unpeeled.
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?
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?
Apple rings, dried or dried, apple and leaf of the apple tree behind.
© Bought from Björn Wylezich, fotolia
  • 243 kcal
  • Water 32%
  • 98/01/00 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.08 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Unsulphured apple rings are a healthy snack. Dried or dehydrated apples (raw?) have lots of vitamins, minerals and sugar. Organic quality?
Apple juice without additives: Two glasses with differently clouded variants (color).
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Verband der deutschen Fruchtsaftindustrie e.V., Wikimedia Commons
  • 46 kcal
  • Water 88%
  • 98/01/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.03 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Unsweetened apple juice (organic?) tastes good as a drink and as an ingredient in recipes. Available naturally cloudy, clear and raw (unpasteurized), otherwise
Honeydew melon, raw - Cucumis melo - actually Yellow Canary or Tendral Amarillo.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Bill Ebbesen, wikipedia
  • 36 kcal
  • Water 90%
  • 93/06/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.03 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.03 g
A honeydew melon (organic) is classified as a sugar melon. The varieties are very diverse in appearance, but the flesh (raw) is always very sweet.
Blackcurrants - Ribes nigrum - hanging on a branch of a bush, green background.
© Public Domain, Paolo Neo, Wikimedia
  • 63 kcal
  • Water 82%
  • 89/08/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.11 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.07 g
Blackcurrants (currants, cassis, raw) have high levels of vitamin C, anthocyanins and pectin. Available in organic quality.
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
Rhubarb fresh from the market, cut into plates on the right.
© Bought from Diana Taliun, fotolia
  • 21 kcal
  • Water 94%
  • 80/16/04 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.10 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Rhubarb (organic quality?) is popular because of its refreshing, sour taste and low calorie content. Edible raw in small portions.
Watermelon, raw - Citrullus lanatus - on dark wood, cut fruit.
© Bought from karepa, fotolia
  • 30 kcal
  • Water 91%
  • 91/07/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.05 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Watermelon, eaten raw, is a low-calorie, sweet refreshment with mostly red flesh. Organic quality?
A pile of raw Granny Smith apples, ready-to-sell (Malus domestica)
© CC-by 2.0, Deborah Fitchett, flickr.com
  • 58 kcal
  • Water 85%
  • 96/03/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
The sour apple 'Granny Smith' contains secondary plant substances when eaten raw, in organic quality and with the peel, but old varieties have significantly mor
Poppy seeds (Papaver somniferum) with poppy flower and seed pods, ready to harvest seeds
© Bought from 201122, Adobe
  • 525 kcal
  • Water 6%
  • 32/21/47 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 28 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.27 g
Poppy seeds are the raw seeds of the opium poppy. The nutty-smelling organic seeds are used as a food for desserts and baked goods.
Fenugreek Seed - Trigonella foenum graecum on wooden spoon with leaves and seeds around it.
© Bought from kostrez, fotolia
  • 323 kcal
  • Water 9%
  • 66/26/07 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Fenugreek seeds (methi, goat horn, raw?) are used as a spice and medicine. Fenugreek has a spicy-bitter taste, especially the seeds are very intense. Organic?
Spoon with yellowish mustard powder made from white mustard (Sinapis alba).
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Rainer Zenz, Wikipedia
  • 508 kcal
  • Water 5%
  • 31/29/40 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 5.9 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 3.8 g
Organic mustard powder can be used in the kitchen as a spice in many different ways, similar to pepper. It is best to grind seeds (raw) fresh to make organic mu
Lightly roasted onion pieces, onion powder, both piled up; on the right an onion.
© Bought from Andrea, fotolia
  • 341 kcal
  • Water 5%
  • 87/11/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.25 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Onion granules or onion powder made from dried onions are rarely raw. They are used instead of fresh onions. Organic?
Coriander leaves, dried - Coriandrum sativum - layered.
© CC-by-sa 2.0, unknown, gewürzkontor-muenchen
  • 279 kcal
  • Water 7%
  • 66/28/06 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.33 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Coriander in the form of dried leaves (coriander leaves, Asian parsley, fenugreek) is mainly used as a kitchen spice.