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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.
Homemade Laksa curry paste with turmeric and ginger (separate recipe) in white bowl.
© CC-by-sa 2.0, Inke Weissenborn, Stiftung Gesundheit und Ernährung Schweiz
  • 122 kcal
  • Water 71%
  • 65/15/20 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.98 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.03 g
The Laksa curry paste with fresh turmeric and ginger can be prepared as a separate recipe and is also suitable for dishes that require red curry paste.
Vegan sour cream in white bowl on wooden Table with raw surface.
© Bought from Evgeny, fotolia
  • 287 kcal
  • Water 65%
  • 06/07/87 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.28 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.00 g
Vegan sour cream or vegan sour cream (sour cream) is a high-fat plant cream fermented by lactic acid bacteria with many possible uses.
Immature but edible papaya with white, inedible seeds. Usually not available in temperate zones.
© Bought from panor156, Adobe
  • 35 kcal
  • 00/80/20 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
The unripe, green papaya (tree papaya) with its inedible white seeds is popular as an organic vegetable and raw as a salad.
Homemade tomato pulp from Solanum lycopersicum in white ceramic bowl on wooden table.
© Bought from Andrey Starostin, fotolia
  • 20 kcal
  • Water 94%
  • 77/19/04 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.09 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
You can make unsalted, homemade tomato paste (tomato purée) from boiled fresh tomatoes and thus avoid using ready-made products. Organic?
Dried sour cherries (Prunus cerasus) in a white ceramic bowl, next to fresh sour cherries.
© Bought from images72, shutterstock
  • 264 kcal
  • Water 35%
  • 93/04/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.21 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.19 g
Dried, unsweetened sour cherries taste fruity and sour. Rarely raw food quality. Organic?
Marjoram, fresh (Origanum majorana), freshly cut, on an old wooden table.
© Bought from Daniel Vincek, fotolia
  • 52 kcal
  • Water 85%
  • 75/16/08 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.36 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.27 g
Raw marjoram or sausage herb is popular because of its strong flavor. It goes well with pulses and Mediterranean dishes. Organic?
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?
Herbs de Provence in a wooden ladle with parts of plants next to it.
© Bought from Misses Jones, Shutterstock
  • 337 kcal
  • Water 14%
  • 77/12/11 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 1.4 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.87 g
Herbs of Provence (raw?) are a dried herb mixture consisting of savory, rosemary and thyme as well as other herbs. Organic?
Capers, pickled (Capparis spinosa): pickled capers in a bowl
© Public Domain, Danielle Keller, Wikipedia
  • 23 kcal
  • Water 84%
  • 60/29/11 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.11 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.18 g
Capers cannot be eaten raw. In preserved form they have a spicy, piquant taste. Organic quality?
Aniseed fruits (aniseed) piled up as a fresh spice - Pimpinella anisum
© CC-by-sa 3.0, David.Monniaux, Wikipedia
  • 337 kcal
  • Water 10%
  • 60/21/19 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 3.2 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Anise fruits (anise seeds) are used in the production of baked goods, stews or cabbage. The seeds can be bought in raw and organic quality.
Sweetcorn, yellow, preserved, drained kernels, rinsed with tap water.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, HitroMilanese, Wikipedia
  • 74 kcal
  • Water 83%
  • 78/13/09 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.66 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
Canned sweet corn is pre-cooked corn kernels. Unlike other types of corn, it loses its sweet taste late before it ripens. Organic?
Organic cowpeas, cooked and served in a white bowl.
© Bought from Natalia Mylova, Shutterstock
  • 97 kcal
  • Water 75%
  • 85/13/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.09 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.07 g
Cooked cowpeas (unripe seeds) are rich in protein. Also called cowpea, black-eyed pea and snake bean. Organic quality?
Sliced and whole raw cucumbers on a cutting board.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Muu-karhu, Wikipedia
  • 12 kcal
  • Water 97%
  • 74/20/05 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.00 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.00 g
Peeled cucumbers are used raw mainly in salads or as a snack. If the cucumbers are not organic, they should be peeled.
Edamame, frozen, blanched (organic?) On a light plate. These are soybeans harvested unripe.
© Bought from Nor Gal, Shutterstock
  • 109 kcal
  • Water 75%
  • 32/48/20 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 1.6 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.33 g
Edamame are green, unripe soybeans. When frozen, the beans take less time to cook because they are usually blanched briefly beforehand. Organic?
Close-up of muscadine grapes from North Carolina on a white background.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, Davidals, Wikipedia
  • 57 kcal
  • Water 84%
  • 92/05/03 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0 g
Raw muscadine grapes are round and have a thick skin. The bronze-colored varieties are also called scuppernong. Organic?
White grape (European variety, like Thompson seedless), Vitis vinifera hanging on grapevine.
© CC-by-sa 3.0, T.o.m., Wikipedia
  • 69 kcal
  • Water 81%
  • 95/04/01 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.04 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.01 g
Raw grapes (grapes) contain many vitamins (especially organic ones) and can be used fresh, as juice, dried, cooked or fermented to make wine/vinegar.
Whole cantaloupes on the left, a halved one on the right and cantaloupe slices in the front.
© Public Domain, USDA, Wikipedia
  • 34 kcal
  • Water 90%
  • 89/09/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.04 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.05 g
The cantaloupe melon is a variety of sugar melon that has sweet, juicy flesh when eaten raw. Organic quality?
Grape-seed oil in a glass bottle with plastic grapes in a basket.
© Bought from Carmen 56, fotolia
  • 884 kcal
  • Water 0%
  • 00/00/100 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 70 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.10 g
Grape seed oil is pressed from the seeds of grapes, but it contains far too much linoleic acid to be healthy.
Raw, untreated mandarins (Citrus reticulata) on a mandarin tree.
© Public Domain, Batholith, Wikipedia
  • 53 kcal
  • Water 85%
  • 92/06/02 
  • Ω-6 (LA) 0.05 g
  • Ω-3 (ALA) 0.02 g
The mandarin (raw) is a pithy, aromatic citrus fruit with a sweet to sour taste and contains numerous nutrients. Organic quality?