A closer look at organic raw sauerkraut
A bit different from fresh fruits and vegetables, raw sauerkraut is a nutritional treasure to add variety to your meals
The organic raw sauerkraut featured in our baskets comes from one of our local partner producers we work with daily. They offer us this product alongside their other 100% organic fruits and vegetables, so we can bring it to you for everyday cooking while making it easy to fight food waste.
Raw sauerkraut is simply finely shredded white cabbage that has naturally fermented in salt, without any cooking. This lacto-fermentation process, practiced for millennia, transforms cabbage into a living superfood, rich in probiotics that are great for your digestion. Its tangy, crunchy taste might surprise you at first, but you’ll quickly develop a taste for it!
Raw sauerkraut, an exceptional plant-based product
Raw sauerkraut is a nutritional treasure and a vegetable that’s:
- 100% vegetable: it’s fermented cabbage, nothing more - Living and probiotic: fermentation makes it excellent for your gut flora - Rich in vitamins: especially vitamins C and K - Easy to add to your daily menu: salads, side dishes, detox juices… - Long shelf life: it keeps for several weeks in the fridge
Why can raw sauerkraut only be offered in plastic packaging?
If you’re wondering about the plastic packaging for this product, we want to give you a completely transparent answer. Fermented raw sauerkraut can’t exist without airtight packaging. This isn’t a marketing choice or a matter of convenience—it’s an absolute technical necessity: A living process that requires suitable packaging.
Fermentation naturally produces gases (CO2) that must be contained. The beneficial lactic bacteria (probiotics) only survive in an anaerobic environment (without oxygen) The fermentation juice, essential for preservation and health benefits, must be protected Without airtight protection, the product oxidizes within hours and becomes unfit for consumption
A matter of food safety
- Airtight packaging maintains the acidic pH needed to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
- It protects the product from any external contamination.
- It ensures natural preservation without any added preservatives.
The alternatives aren’t really alternatives
Glass would require an airtight sealing system (lid with gasket) and would be much heavier to transport. Compostable containers can’t withstand the acidity and moisture of sauerkraut. Paper or cardboard are completely unsuitable for liquid fermented products.
Our partner producer delivers this sauerkraut in its original packaging, specifically designed to preserve the product’s qualities. Re-packaging it wouldn’t make sense and would only create more waste.
