Chris Carlton: Live vs. Dead Food List

Common Raw Foods

The list below are some of the ingredients which are used by Raw Vegans worldwide. There are many, many more.

Listed below are items commonly found in recipes online and in the hundreds of raw recipe books that are in print today.

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Common Dead/Processed Foods

These items are often featured in raw food recipes, restaurants and products, but they are not commonly found raw. Many raw food websites, books, etc. have a "high raw" philosophy that allows for some cooked food. This list is intended to help you be aware of cooked items, so that whenever you want to, you can eat Purely Raw foods.
Agave Nectar: Has to be heated and altered from its natural state to taste sweet. Even when labelled or advertised as raw, if it's sweet, it has been heated. Some manufactures claim that lower air pressures can be used to keep the heat below 45c/115f and thus producing sweet "Raw" nectar.

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