Should I trust the maker of ...?

[gritsnla]

I sent an email to the maker of Cousin's Creole Tomato Dressing if their ingredients were raw, not heated over 145 degrees, including the processing. Got back a reply that said it would be raw. Hate to say it, but should I trust the response?

Ingredients are (as listed on jar) Mayonnaise (Soybean oil, vinegar, egg yolks, water, corn syrup and natural flavors) tomatoes, fresh garlic and black pepper. No sugar, no added salt and no preservatives. It has to be refrigerated and is in the cooled section in produce and has a sell by date of approximately 3 months. I find this dressing at Whole Foods here in Baton Rouge, and it is absolutely yummy. I just hope it is raw.

What do you think?

[juliebove]

Soybean oil, eggs and corn syrup? Not only is that not raw, but it's not vegan. It is not legal to sell foods containing raw eggs. They have to be heated to a certain temp.

[Revvell]

I think it doesn't matter as this is a raw vegan board and eggs don't constitute vegan by anyone's stretch of the imagination.

Sorry Gritsnla, this is not healthy and since it's bottled it's most likely not raw and 145 is cooking temp. Ever been in a hot tub at 110 degrees? THAT is HOT! How did they process the soybeans to make the oil? Corn syrup? Raw?

".....materials used during the process of converting corn to corn syrup include sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid or various enzymes, and water. Corn syrup is produced in processing plants known as wet corn mills. In addition to corn syrup, these mills produce many other corn products including corn oil, corn starch, dextrose, soap stock, animal feed, and several chemicals used in other industrial processes.....

..... Corn starch is converted into ordinary corn syrup through a process called acid hydrolysis. In this process, the wet starch is mixed with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid and is heated under pressure. The hydrochloric acid and heat break down the starch molecules and convert them into a sugar. The hydrolysis can be interrupted at different key points to produce corn syrups of varying sweetness. The longer the process is allowed to proceed, the sweeter the resulting syrup."

That's only part of the process. Note the "sulfur dioxide"... not raw, not healthy.

I think the company meant that when they started the process, the eggs, garlic and tomatoes were raw. After that, who knows what happened to them?





I sent an email to the maker of Cousin's Creole Tomato Dressing if their ingredients were raw, not heated over 145 degrees, including the processing. Got back a reply that said it would be raw. Hate to say it, but should I trust the response?

Ingredients are (as listed on jar) Mayonnaise (Soybean oil, vinegar, egg yolks, water, corn syrup and natural flavors) tomatoes, fresh garlic and black pepper. No sugar, no added salt and no preservatives. It has to be refrigerated and is in the cooled section in produce and has a sell by date of approximately 3 months. I find this dressing at Whole Foods here in Baton Rouge, and it is absolutely yummy. I just hope it is raw.

What do you think?

[gritsnla]

Thanks!! Sometimes you read the labels and you just don't think about how it got there. Duh! Of course, there is processing of soybeans to be pressed or whatever to become the oil. And I didn't even think of the eggs in mayo! Another duh on my part.

That's the thing about raw, no ingredient lists that throw you for a loop or words you can't pronounce.

Again thanks for helping me "see" the big picture and look a little more at what it is I am trying to accomplish and the route I need to take to get there.

[SuzyQ]

Their idea of raw and ours is different. And just to try to be helpful, I can't thing of anything that is in a jar or can that is raw. The heat they use to seal the jar or can ruins the "raw factor".

[juliebove]

Their idea of raw and ours is different. And just to try to be helpful, I can't thing of anything that is in a jar or can that is raw. The heat they use to seal the jar or can ruins the "raw factor".

I bought raw olives in a jar. But I didn't trust them. Not that I didn't think they were raw but was unsure they would be safe to eat. One jar arrived leaking and the other seemed that the lid was also not on so well. Into the trash they went.

[SuzyQ]

Thanks for letting us know we can get raw olives in a jar. Didn't know!

[kristi7mark]

When I have a fave like that and know I will really miss it, I create a replacement.

I would think you could make an avo mayo, blend it with tomatoes, garlic and pepper, possibly a lil agave nectar and then adjust flavors and come up with a replacement for this.

And, of course, the replacement will have the benefit of nourishing your body.