Why should I eat fermented vegetables when I can have fresh vegetables?
Because fermented vegetables are somewhat "predigested", and contain a lot of enzymes, they will be easier to digest and your body will have an easier time assimilating all the nutrients the vegetables contain. Furthermore, they will help you digest and assimilate the other foods you eat.
Do I have to eat the whole package at once?
You can, and many people will do just that. However, since fermented vegetables are highly assimilable, you do not need to eat large quantities in order to benefit from them. A 50g portion (a ¼ of a 7oz pack) taken daily with your meal is sufficient to improve the digestive tract and provide a proper environment for the body's own production of friendly bacteria.
Is it OK to freeze your products for long-term storage?
Yes. Laboratory tests have shown that deep-freeze storage does not alter the nutritional properties of our products. Nor does it change their taste, texture or color. However, refrigeration will preserve our products for several months.
How long will it keep after it's opened?
Providing you protect the product from contact with the air, hence from oxidation (by compressing a good quality plastic film directly against the surface and keeping the product immersed in its own juice), and keep it refrigerated, our fermented vegetables will keep for another full month or more after opening.
Why "lacto"? Does it contain milk or lactose? What if I am lactose-sensitive?
There is no milk nor milk by-products in our fermented vegetables. The term "Lacto" comes from the name biologists have given to a broad family of "friendly" bacteria which have one characteristic in common: they transform sugars into lactic acid. Some of those bacteria are specific to milk ; others are specific to the vegetable domain.
Is there a risk that nonylphenol (EMC's) will leach from the plastic wrapping into the vegetable?
The plastic material we use for packaging our products has been tested by the Food Research and
Development Center of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Products that had been packaged for more than 8 months contained no trace of nonylphenol.
Which one of your products would you recommend the most?
It is a question of taste. All of our products have the therapeutic qualities enumerated in our flyer and Web site. We would nevertheless recommend our Beets to anyone suffering from constipation, our Daikon Radish or Black Radish to people with a sluggish liver, our Carrots as a good source of assimilable vitamin A . . . etc.
What do I do with it? It looks like a soup or a sauce!
It is the vacuum packaging that gives this soupy look to our products. But do not be deceived. Our crisp, grated or sliced raw fermented vegetables can be tossed into salads, served as a side dish or in a sandwich or used in one of our Quick and Easy Salad Recipes found in our flyer or our Web Site.
I have a package of your fermented vegetables in my refrigerator and it is swelling. What do I do with it?
Because our products are unpasteurized, living foods, refermentation may occur, causing the package to swell. But this is a natural process presenting no health risk. Re-fermented vegetables will have a slightly higher lactic acid content. We suggest you use the re-fermented product within a week because, after a certain period of time, it will not be as moist. On the other hand, if the package has leaked, whereby letting the protective gas escape, you should discard it.
To what category of people should the product be recommended?
Anyone will benefit from the consumption of raw fermented vegetables, but it is a must for the aging, people with digestive problems and the convalescent.
I suffer from candidose. Will it not make my condition worst?
Many naturopaths will recommend raw fermented vegetables to people with your condition. By the way, one of the main functions of our very own unique lactic bacteria starter is to prevent the development of yeasts.
I suffer from diabetes, and I am not supposed to have root vegetables. Can I take your fermented
vegetables?
The fermentation process transforms the sugars that are naturally found in vegetables into more assimilable forms. People like you should eat root vegetables only after they have been fermented.
Is there any genetically modified or irradiated ingredients in your products?
No! Our products contain no genetically modified or irradiated ingredients.
What is the sodium content of your products?
The sodium content of our products varies between 1.5% and 1.8%.