I’ve been buying Sauerkraut at my local farmers marker and Whole Foods for many months now, and I love it! I was out of town and tried a fancy store bought brand, and, well, not so good.

This Sauerkraut is the best I’ve ever had. And, they keep adding new flavors that are just as amazing as the original, just more flavor variety. Sharing a product based on quality is good enough reason for me, but this kraut also has many health benefits, I couldn’t keep it a secret. So, I asked the friendly people at Farmhouse Culture to send me info on their Kraut and it’s amazing health benefits. Here’s what the creator, Kate shared:

5 Health Benefits: Real Kraut Likes You! 

Digestive:

Eating sauerkraut is a great way to protect the balance of bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract. Sauerkraut is one of the few foods that contain the bacterium Lactobacilli plantarum, a very dominant strain of healthful bacteria which helps to inhibit pathogenic organisms including E.coli, salmonella and unhealthy overgrowth of candida. With ph levels that hover around 3.6-3.7, sauerkraut is also super alkalinizing.

Immune:

One of the not so secret benefits of sauerkraut is the boost it gives to immune systems. Packed with vitamins and minerals, sauerkraut has been used as a lay immune booster for centuries.

Weight:

In her book, Fast Track Detox Diet, Anne Louise Gittlemen recommends a little sauerkraut every morning to stimulate digestion. Nutritionists now know that an important key to weight loss is a healthy digestive track and a happy liver. German women have known for years that sauerkraut is a super diet food.

Heart:

Sauerkraut contains flavonoids, a phytochemical that the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee reports can help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Cancer:

A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry found that the process of fermenting cabbage produces isothiocyanates, which have been shown to prevent cancer growth–especially in the breast, colon, lung, and liver

Dr. Oz recommended!:

The nationally recognized heart surgeon and health evangelist recently promoted the probiotic benefits of kraut on his television show and recommended eating it regularly to stay, ahemmm, regular.

More About Farmhouse Culture

Farmhouse Culture is sauerkraut like you’ve never had it before. Raw. Fresh. Tangy. Real. Using all organic ingredients from California’s Central Coast, Farmhouse Culture offers contemporary krauts rooted in tradition. Perk up a sandwich or snack, add a jolt to your condiment collections, or show a hotdog a very, very good time; no matter what’s cooking, our seasonal sauerkrauts make a delicious, versatile addition to any table.

Kathryn Lukas, a former chef and restaurant owner in Germany started Farmhouse Culture in March 2008 with a simple mission: fresh krauts with a focus on local flavors. She debuted her Smoked Jalapeno kraut at Slow Food Nation in September 2008. It was such a hit, she decided to go for it and soon after found the perfect kitchen and fermentorium in the beautiful and historic Old Mill near downtown Santa Cruz.  We’re a team of nine now and can be found in 40 Northern California stores and 9 farmers markets a week.

In addition to making innovative krauts we are also dedicated to the well being of the planet and strive to practice responsible and sustainable food manufacturing.

·  Re-using is by far the most sustainable way to manage resources and with that in mind, we created our re-usable crock. We estimate that we can re-use the package 7-10 times.

·  All of our vegetable waste is picked up every week by Old Creek Ranch and used to supplement their livestock’s feed.

·  No plastic in our packaging- the shrink band found on the top of the crock is made of compostable PLA (cornstarch) material.

·  Local, local, local. Keeping the ingredients for our krauts close to home helps reduce our carbon footprint.

Community: Keeping it local also helps connect us with a “slow economy” in community with our neighbors. This is food with a face, made by people you can talk to. Got a question about any of our ingredients? We know who’s growing every head of cabbage we use.

So, give it a try and see what you think, and let me know how you like it. Enjoy!

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Yours in Health,