Raw Probiotic Salsas & Relishes

Probiotic, 100% natural, and ridiculously fresh salsas and relishes!

Selina Naturally is proud to introduce these live, probiotic salsas and relishes from Zukay Live Foods, the first everyday, non-dairy, probiotic foods company. These products contain Celtic Sea Salt® Brand salt and are 100% vegan!

Zukay sources their vegetable ingredients as locally as possible, from family farms. Many of the vegetables are grown organically, and all of them are as fresh as possible. No chemicals or preservatives are used in these delicious products.

Why should I eat live, probiotic foods?
At the heart of probiotic theory is the fact that you need certain bacteria and yeasts in your digestive system to thrive: mainly strains of lactobacilli, bifidobacterium, and the yeast saccharomyces boulardii. You've had them in you since you were born, and they've tried their best to keep you as healthy as possible. They help you digest many foods, they produce vitamin B, and they help keep away bad bugs that could hurt you. In a perfect world, these bacteria happily make your digestive system their home and, in doing so, keep your digestive system working well. But it's not a perfect world. There are many things in modern day life that work to hurt these good bacteria, and many of them are unavoidable.

So what can probiotics specifically do for you? While the FDA has not formally ruled on probiotics or formally accepted the benefits below, studies of probiotic bacteria and yeasts have generally been found to have these effects on people:
--increased digestive health
--increased immune system functionality
--decreased allergies and asthma severity
--decreased negative digestive effects of antibiotics

So what does fermentation do to foods?
Lacto-fermentation, the general (but not only) method of preserving foods through fermentation, is a neat little process done completely through natural means. Basically, lactobacilli, a symbiotic bacteria family that already lives in your intestinal system, is added to fresh vegetables and salt and allowed to grow. These friendly guys eat the starches and sugars in the veggies and turn them into lactic acid. This does a couple of things:
--gives the product a tart but excellent taste
--preserves the product naturally for a long (months, sometimes years) period of time
--enables you to preserve products without cooking them, giving the product a unique, fresh taste that cooked products can only dream about
--provides a home for these friendly lactobacilli, which makes the fermented foods probiotic
--lowers your gut pH, making it a better home for these cultures and making it harder for bad bugs to affect you
--kills any bad bacteria and makes it impossible for other bugs to get in and make a home for themselves
--creates B vitamins that the product did not have before

How does Zukay create these products?
Pretty much like it's always been done. They cut up raw veggies, mix them up, add their own probiotic culture (containing lactobacillus acidophilus and another great strain, bifidobacterium) and let the products ferment for a few days until it's done. That's it. It's certainly more care than most shelf-stable products get, as the folks at Zukay need to keep a close eye on it for a few days, but they're more than willing to do the work so you get an incredible product.

Zukay offers these four delicious products:


Mild Salsa
F-440 $7.00/jar

A mellow, fresh tomato blend with a more "American" flavor profile.
Ingredients:
tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, green peppers, water, Celtic Sea Salt® Brand salt, live active cultures (vegan)



Hot Salsa
F-442 $7.00/jar

A spicy, lively Mexican-style blend with serranos, cilantro, and lime juice.
Ingredients:
tomatoes, onions, tomato paste, green peppers, water, lime juice, serrano peppers, cilantro, Celtic Sea Salt® Brand salt, live active cultures (vegan)



Garlic Dill Relish
F-444 $7.00/jar

The classic relish taste you love: like a New York kosher dill.
Ingredients:
cucumbers, organic raw apple cider vinegar, garlic, mustard seed, Celtic Sea Salt® Brand salt, dill seed, dill weed, live active cultures (vegan)



Horseradish Dill Relish
F-446 $7.00/jar

A lively twist for all relish and pickle lovers.
Ingredients:
cucumbers, horseradish (horseradish, vinegar), water, mustard seed, Celtic Sea Salt® Brand salt, dill seed, dill weed, live active cultures (vegan)

These products are cold-shipped directly to you from Zukay; all orders must contain four jars (in any combination).
To place orders for these unique, mouth-watering salsas and relishes, please call us at 1-800-867-7258 (Monday-Thursday, 9a-6p EST).

(These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.)

Ingredients	[see above]
Size	each jar 11.5 oz.
Shelf Life	expiration date printed on lid
Storage	refrigeration required
Organic	no
Kosher	no