I always use unsalted butter. You can always add salt, but you can't take it out. I find that recipes (esp. baked goods) made with salted butter are often too salty for my taste.

Today's restaurant consumers are much more conscious of quality and value, as well as more knowledgeable and worldly on the topic of foods. There is a general trend toward natural, scratch-made foods, and European cuisine is currently recognized for its overall high quality and emphasis on natural flavors enhanced through the use of high quality ingredients.

Our Shea Butter is harvested by women's cooperatives in West Africa. The Karite trees (Shea trees) grow wild without the use of herbicides, pesticides or other chemical contaminants. The USDA has not certified Shea Butter as organic according to US regulations. By buying Premium Grade A Shea Butter you are assured of the highest quality Shea Butter available. Our chemical analysis assures you no contaminants are present.

Yes, our shea butter is organic; shea butter derives from the Shea tree that grows wild in Africa, thus maintaining a wild-organic status.

Yes! Nancy's Cultured Soy is now FULLY ORGANIC! Nancy's Cultured Soy was previously made with Organic soy milk, but now it's made not only with Organic soy milk, but with Organic fruits, Organic amazake and Organic sweeteners as well.

To purchase our CV's please visit our ONLINE STORE or place your order by phone by calling (877) 773-9229. You may also e-mail your order to: orders@culturedvegetables.net. Orders by fax, send to: (480) 393-5410. All order inquiries will be answered/addressed within 24 hours.

The power is 110 volts / 60 cycle which is generally considered standard "US" power. The outlets are designed for US style plugs.

American style option is the one which can be exercised by the buyer on or before the expiration date, i.e. anytime between the day of purchase of the option and the day of its expiry.

American style option is the one which can be exercised by the buyer at any time, till the expiration date, i.e. anytime between the day of purchase of the option and the day of its expiry. The European kind of option is the one which can be exercised by the buyer only on the expiration day and & not any time before that.

Not all index options are European style, but most index options, it does seem, are European style. For example, the OEX S&P 100 index option is American style. A primary reason that most cash-settled indexes are European style is probably that since there is no actual delivery of the underlying the whole concept of exercise is skewed.

Prior to 2001, S&P 100 options were American-style only. This means they can be exercised on any business day prior to expiration date. However, most other index options are European-style, meaning that they may be exercised only during a specified period of time just prior to its expiration. In 2001 the CBOE introduced European-style S&P 100 options (XEO), so that customers will be offered both American- and European-style S&P 100 options.

All standardized equity options use American-style exercise. American-style exercise means that operationally you can exercise your contract any day that the market is open before the expiration date. The last day to exercise an American-style option is usually the third Friday of the month in which the contract expires (expiration Friday). Most index options, however, use European-style exercise.

Yes, Nancy's Soy is now a fully vegan product. Previously our Plain soy was sweetened with honey, but now we have switched to Organic agave, making the entire line fully vegan.

Agave is the "blue cactus" that is well known as the source of tequila. It's actually from the lily family, not a cactus at all. The plant has a starchy core which, when crushed, releases enzymes that convert starch to a simple sugar. The sugar is then boiled to form a syrup (much like the way maple syrup is made). We use this pure organic agave syrup to sweeten some of our soy yogurts. It has a light taste and registers very low on the glycemic index.

The natural flavor is a starter distillate. Starter distillate is a steam distillate of a culture grown on a skim milk medium which has been fortified with .01% citric acid. The culture could be one of the following: Streptococcus lactis, S. cremoris, S. lactis Subsp, Diactylactis, or Lueconostoc. (These are cultures that can also be found in kefir) According to our butter maker, distillate give the butter an old-fashioned tang, without having to sour the cream to achieve it. [back to top]

Organic food production is based on a system of farming that maintains and replenishes soil fertility without the use of toxic pesticides and fertilizers. Organic foods are minimally processed without artificial ingredients, preservatives, or irradiation to maintain the integrity of the food. Conventional agricultural methods can cause water contamination.