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i’m pretty sure those are mostly raw, although you should check the ingredients… some will have added sugars and other yuckiness.
no shame in asking the store. but yeah, if they make it in house, i doubt they have a pasteurizer (word?) in the back. good idea to read ingredients too though. anything marked as “salt” would probably not be raw salt.
I think it’s easier and tastier to make your own. BUT I do believe it is raw. If you buy the same type my roommate buys. :)
they’re probably raw, but they’ve probably lost a lot of their nutritional value by sitting in a jar exposed to light for long periods of time.
I make my own raw salsa. I was actually planning to post it with my No Corn Chips recipe in the next week.
oh, yes, please do!!!!
definitely not raw…everything, and i mean EVERYTHING in a can or glass bottle in a grocery store (exception: raw apple cider vinegar, high ph) has been pasteurized to kill clostridium botulinum spores.
I would think that it has a preservative added.
Like Elizabethh said. I am fairly certain it’s not raw. Usually salsa in the store is made from tomatoes that came out of a can. You can usually tell by the taste. But I would also agree that if it wasn’t it is more than definitely pasteurized. It is really easy to make your own. Right now tomatoes aren’t in season so your salsa will taste better if you use cherry tomatoes then add some garlic and cilantro and some chipotle or jalapeno, whir in the food processor and throw some finely chopped onion, salt and pepper and you are ready to go.
You’d probably have better luck buying salsa that is labeled pico, as that shouldn’t be cooked (but who knows unless you know the company). Luckily, there area a ton of quick raw salsa recipes here and it is easy to make your own (you could whip some up 15 minutes or so). Here are links to some:
I would find out from the store/company. We have a couple of places locally that make good fresh pico and salsa, and I love it since I am busy being a mom and going to school – less time I have to spend in the kitchen and I can still eat great!
rawkidchef—post, post!!!
Ok, glad you want me to post the recip!!! May take some time as I am a little busy lately. But some time you will get some amazing recipes out.
I actually did some research to try and answer my own question and ran across something called “High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing” and read on another website that refrigerated salsas are preserved this way, along with a lot of different foods, both solid and liquid. Check out this fact sheet…
http://ohioline.osu.edu/fse-fact/0001.html
I had never heard of this until I started wondering about those refrigerated salsas, which Jennifer Cornbleet recommends for something easy to purchase if you are traveling. I do generally make my own fresh salsa, but being able to purchase some when I am away from home would be a time saver indeed and help keep me raw! I would imagine refrigerated pico de gallo would be preserved with HHP also.
Thanks everyone for your responses and suggestions!