TL;DR: Vinegar is being sold at concentrations unsafe for preservation without proper warnings, 4% vinegar is unsafe while 5% is safe to can and pickle with.
TL;DR: Vinegar is being sold at concentrations unsafe for preservation without proper warnings, 4% vinegar is unsafe while 5% is safe to can and pickle with.
Companies’ hands are tied. They spend so much time on lawyers and legalese that they can’t afford quality ingredients and assurance. If we got rid of regulations, companies would be more free to self regulate and have more money to make food with real and safe ingredients. It’s simple economics.