leo wrote:
> "Bob" <
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> Nowadays, it's virtually impossible to
>>buy commercial vinegar that's not filtered and pasteurized. Blame it on the lawyers. Bob
>
> It is extremely easy and possible to buy commercial vinegar that is NOT filtered and NOT
> pasteurized.
>
>
http://www.zooscape.com/cgi-bin/maitred/GreenCanyon/questp101193
Swell. $5 for a pint of vinegar that the manufacturers don't even know much about. Must be flying
off the shelves for them to cut the price so drastically from $8.
I have another issue for them, however. If the mother is still viable, it's still making acetic
acid. That means the acidity (5%) will change. If there's no more nutrient for the mother to live
on, the acidity will stay constant. Getting the vinegar to a standardized 5% means dilution from the
stuff that comes out of the barrel. Or it means there's still alcohol in it.
They say: "Apple Cider Vinegar - Organic - Unfiltered - Unpasteurized - 16 oz - 500 mL"
"List: $7.93 US Was: $5.95 US Save: $2.98 US (37%) New Price: $4.95 US
Organic, Raw, Unfiltered, with the 'Mother' Certified Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is
unfiltered, unheated, unpasteurized and 5% acidity. Contains the amazing Mother of Vinegar which
occurs naturally as strand-like chains of connected protein molecules. (If sediment occurs, shake
before using.)"
"Strand-like chains of..." It's a colony of bacteria.
In like their lack of understanding of this, too: "Pasteurization: "Is the heating process intended
to remove potential problem bacteria from consumable liquids such as milk, juices etc. However the
heat process of pasteurization will also remove delicate nutrients and enzymes that may constitute a
major portion of the nutritional value of that food."
Enzymes? Do humans use plant enzymes? Really? Major portion of the nutritional value of the food?
They go on: "In the case of Bragg's Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, pasteurization would eliminate
the "mother", a major health-giving factor of our vinegar. The strand of complex proteins constitute
important delicate enzymes that are a major part of Bragg ACV's health properties."
They don't know what's happening in their own bottles. They don't know what the mother is.
Or is not.
But, yes, unpasteurized vinegar can be found. Just not conveniently. And not with full trust that
I'd be getting what they say.
Bob