What is raw food?

Pure nature on your plate

Raw food - unadulterated enjoyment, healthy variety and maximum vitality. A raw food diet includes almost all foods that you are familiar with from the hot kitchen. The only difference is the temperature. No food is heated above 45°C in the raw food kitchen. This preserves the pure flavour and valuable ingredients as much as possible. We at Keimling Naturkost only include products with maximum naturalness and delicious flavour in our range.

No heating above 45°C
Preservation of the ingredients
Natural flavour

Raw food vs cooked food: what makes the difference?

If you want to protect the natural resources of our planet and eat in an environmentally conscious way, you should buy sustainably produced food. If you also want to enjoy your food in its pure, unadulterated and living form, prepare your meals in raw food quality. But what does raw food quality mean? The answer lies in the temperature.
Raw food offers an almost inexhaustible range of ingredients from which the most wonderful creations can be made. Everything is allowed - as long as it is not heated above 45°C. Raw foods such as seeds, nuts, kernels, vegetables and fruit naturally contain nutrients.
When food is heated above 45°C, important ingredients such as vitamins, minerals and other vital substances can be lost. The enzymes found in raw food, which can be destroyed by heat, are also particularly important.

In raw food, this means that as long as we stay below 45°C, we can blend, puree, grind and dehydrate our food to our heart's content - or simply enjoy it pure and unprocessed

Why eating raw food is good and vegan raw food is best:

Plant-based raw food is on trend. Because it respects nature and life. Because it guarantees us a maximum of vitamins, enzymes and natural micro- and macronutrients. And because it is delicious, imaginative and varied.

"Really-Raw" is the first independent raw food certification in Europe:

In order to promote binding quality standards for plant-based raw food, Naturkost Managing Director Keimling Naturkost Managing Director Winfried Holler and other committed retailers and manufacturers founded the Rawfood Association e. V. and the "Really Raw" seal of approval. A "Really Raw" certified foodstuff fulfils the strictest quality criteria and is the first independent raw food certification in Europe to offer the highest level of safety when purchasing.

Really Raw certificate from Keimling Naturkost

The quality criteria of the "Really Raw" standard:

The food may only contain natural ingredients
Cultivation and production must comply with certified organic standards
No heating above 45 °C, not even of individual ingredients
Strict temperature control during transport and storage
Gentle processing without denaturing the valuable biomolecules
Active enzymes, micro- and macronutrients must be preserved as much as possible
Traceability of harvesting, processing, packaging and transport
Compliance with all criteria must be checked and confirmed by an independent certification company

Beware of denaturation - what to watch out for with raw food!

Food with a "Really Raw" certificate is processed in such a way that the ingredients it contains are not denatured. During denaturation, biomolecules (e.g. proteins or DNA) in the food are changed in such a way that they can no longer fulfil their biological function.
The best-known denaturation is that caused by heat (e.g. protein coagulation), as we obviously experience when cooking or frying a chicken egg. However, biomolecules can also be denatured by pressure, chemical reaction or irradiation, rendering them worthless from a nutritional point of view. Many harmful compounds, such as the notorious trans fats and acrylamides, are formed during heating.

What you should bear in mind when buying raw food.

Delicious pizza, savoury bread and muesli, tempting chocolate confectionery and delicious hot dishes - all of these are also available in raw food form. Particularly when a food consists of several ingredients and also contains oils, sweeteners and spices, for example, it is necessary to take a close look. There is still no legal regulation on what can be labelled as raw food.
It is therefore not uncommon for alleged "raw food" products to contain heated ingredients such as roasted nuts, roasted coconut blossom sugar or refined oils - not to mention animal additives. The "Really Raw" seal of quality gives consumers the assurance of unadulterated and regularly inspected raw vegan food.

Why is safety so important when buying raw food?

Many people who decide to follow a raw food diet expect health improvements. Of course, this can only happen if they eat real raw food products and don't fall for fake raw food.

You can find our entire Really Raw range here: https: //www.keimling.de/lebensmittel/really-raw/