# @grassroots5pts on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjoVYYTuf8n
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21658380-grassroots5pts-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-12T22:20:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Grassroots Natural Market (@grassroots5pts) — https://gondola.cc/grassroots5pts

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Repost: olivemypickle 
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What's the difference between "normal" pickles and olivemypickle? 

What makes fermented pickles so special? 🤔🥒⁠
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We get this question a lot.⁠
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How a pickle is made determines whether or not it is a probiotic-rich superfood or simply a salty snack.⁠
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Fermentation preserves vegetables with salt water brine. It produces a much different end result than pickling, which uses vinegar, sugar and/or heat canning methods to "cook" the pickles. ⁠
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A non-fermented pickle is a high sodium, often sugar-laden, dead cucumber floating in acidic vinegar with (sometimes) Yellow Dye 5, a food additive whose consumption has been researched to correlate to hyperactivity in kids, among other things.
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A fermented pickle is not cooked, rather it is raw and unpasteurized, alive and teeming with good bacteria. ⁠
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These good guy bacteria, a.k.a. probiotics, are defined as bacterial organisms that confer health benefits to their host and are absolutely essential to great health because they support your gut.⁠ #grassroots5pts #olivemypickle #jax 
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