Pickles are definitely not unhealthy. But certainly pre-biotic if consumed in quantities as condiments and supplemented with meals. Pickles have been traditionally consumed as an essential element to meals as condiments since ages. More importantly it is indispensable to the Indian culture and civilization. Pickling is a craft that needs to be preserved. We have converted the craft of pickling into a science of preservation to make a wholesome product.
Pickles definitely are not food products that contribute significantly to nutritional demand of individuals. They are condiments to be consumed judiciously in small quantities alongside meals to make boring meals interesting, spicy, or tasty!
Let’s be truthful. Commercial pickles can never be called home made in the true sense. But PASAND pickles are true and closest to homemade pickles in terms of quality, formulation and process.
Other prevalent contemporary commercial pickle brands employ a commercial pickling method where the pickled fruits and vegetables are stored with spices in giant vats for months together and even years. Against that PASAND pickles are fresh because they are made in small batches freshly prepared every week as per demand from preserved seasonally procured and stocked fruits and vegetables using fresh spices and ingredients.
Glass is recognised as safest primary packing medium for long term food preservation and storage wrt keeping quality because of its inert properties. Glass enhances shelf life and appeal. We as a policy prefer glass over other packaging containers like flexible plastic pouches or rigid plastic containers (PET jars).
Nothing much, just that we are a core pickling company professionally run by hard core food connoisseurs who believe that we must not make or sell or promote products with regards to quality that we would not consume ourselves at home. We have policy of upholding quality values in processing and products to ensure substandard products do not reach the end consumer. We do not compromise in quality in any way whatsoever in our ingredients, products and processes.
The products are having traditional recipes and formulations giving a homemade appeal with scientific hot filling that preserves its flavour and nutrition in spite of the thermal processing. Each individual product has its own speciality owing to its composition and process. Please follow PASAND on social media to know more about specific products. Eg. Mango pickle – the rajapuri varierty that we use determine its naturally astringency, the ‘gutli’ we remove allow its palatability and the preservation technique we employ allows it to retain its firmness and quality.
Brands compromise in any of the above criteria to bring the price to gain market share. If you have any general or specific question related to any particular PASAND product please feel free to contact us.
One of the most common ways of cutting down cost is to buy low grade or variety of fresh produce. PASAND has the highest quality of fresh produce, may it be located in any part of India. Eg. Ginger is procured from the Karnataka ginger belts of Hassan and Shimoga. Such a variety is of the highest grade, has the largest rhizome size, has the best pungency and gives maximum yield and therefore most expensive.
The Quality control lab at PASAND constantly, tirelessly and unfailingly checks each and every lot of fresh produce entering in and ensures it is as per the quality specified. This is applicable for all packing material, fresh f&v, ingredients, edible oil, spices, etc. the specifications or quality parameters are benchmarked to make it incomparable to any other grade or variety.
We procure from the same suppliers and regions year on year. For Example – there are a hundred different Indian varieties of green chillies but we only procure moderately mild chilli variety. We test this by monitoring pungency and colour by scientific methods to determine heat value and colour value over and above physical appearance.
Pickles brands that claim healthy products citing “less oil” are clearly cheating consumers. Edible oil is the most expensive ingredient in pickle and reducing oil component in the pickle product reduces its price significantly. Premium quality pickles like PASAND always have ample oil topping that stays afloat the product just like home-made pickles. Populist brands simply replace fresh good quality edible oil with watery vinegar and excess salt that is super cheap to make. Some brands even use cheap edible oil like cotton seed oil which is unhealthy due to its high content of saturated and trans fatty acids.
Yes and No. Customers that prefer many other brands that engage in discounted pricing like “buy one-get one free” kind are being taken for a ride. Such product costing is nothing but inflated MRPs sold under disguise of discounts and offers to keep the supply channel pipeline moving for substandard and mediocre products with gross deficits in traditional pickling recipes, formulation & methods in addition to resorting to economic adulteration.
You may prefer other brands because of brand loyalty, regional taste, and subconscious buying habit or simply due to product availability. That’s fine, but do give PASAND a try, it might change your opinion and perception of quality pickles and food products.
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