What is the difference between pickled and fermented? This video explains the difference between pickling vs fermenting as identified in a US grocery store. Is it pickled or fermented?

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NOTES ON THIS VIDEO:

** I would like to add these points to help clear up confusion.

*Re: PASTUERIZATION vs STERILIZATION: I made the mistake of using the words pasteurization and sterilization interchangeably. They are not the same and I should have been only using the word sterilization in regards to canning. This error is acknowledged, my apologies.

*Re: FERMENTED FOODS DO NOT NEED REFERIGERATION: The title of this video says "Quick Grocery Store I.D", meaning it addresses these foods when sold in a U.S. grocery store (and does not address home nor 'traditional' fermentations).

Re: FERMENTED FOODS DO NOT NEED REFERIGERATION: In the United States, by law, a live culture fermented food must be refrigerated when being sold in a grocery store. Again by law in the US, foods like fruits & vegetables (including pickles) that are to be sold on the shelf, must be 'canned'. **OTHER COUNTRIES DIFFER*

Re: FERMENTED FOODS DO NOT NEED REFERIGERATION: Live-Culture fermented foods can have longer term shelf stability (months +) under certain conditions. Home fermenters can experience this. However by law, if a live culture food is to be sold in a grocery store in the U.S., it must be transported via a refrigeration truck and sold in a refrigerator upon store destination. **OTHER COUNTRIES DIFFER*

*WHY DO I SEE SAUERKRAUT & KIMCHI ON THE SHELF AT A GROCERY STORE? If you see these foods on the shelf in a sealed glass jar or metal can, even if at one time is was a live culture fermentation, it has since been sterilized through the canning process. It is no longer a live culture food after the canning process.

*Re: PICKLED FOODS DO NOT NEED TO BE CANNED: The title of this video says "Quick Grocery Store I.D", meaning it addresses pickled foods when sold in a U.S. grocery store (and does not address all home nor 'traditional' pickling methods).

Re: PICKLED FOODS DO NOT NEED TO BE CANNED: By law in the US, foods like fruits & vegetables (including pickles) that are to be sold on the shelf, must be 'canned'. **OTHER COUNTRIES DIFFER* There are non-pickled foods that are canned on the shelf as well. As the video states, read the ingredients and if you see "vinegar" as a main ingredient, it is a pickled food that has been canned.

*Re: PICKLED FOODS DO NOT NEED TO BE CANNED: There is another type of pickle called a "refrigerator pickle" that does not go through the canning process. This type of pickle is not sold on a grocery store shelf and is further addressed in part 2 (the sequel to this video) which can be seen here:    • VINEGAR PICKLE vs. FERMENTED PICKLE: ...  

*THIS VIDEO COVERS U.S. GROCERY STORES... Home and traditional style fermentation and pickling is further addressed in part 2 (the sequel to this video) which can be seen here:    • VINEGAR PICKLE vs. FERMENTED PICKLE: ...  

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