Canning with ACV?

[cristeen]

I asked this question in the main nutrition forum, but haven't generated a response, so I'm guessing I should have asked it here instead.

I'm going to be doing some canning and usually use ACV. I picked up a gallon of Braggs at the HFS the other day. I'm wondering whether I should bother using it for canning, since it'd get heated (and killed), or if I should go buy some random pasteurized ACV at the grocery store and save myself the money.

Thoughts? Opinions?

[spughy]

Depends what kind of canning you're doing - if you're adding the ACV just to bring up the acid levels for water-bath canning, then don't bother with the good stuff, just use random cheap stuff. If you're pickling, and you want the good flavour, then sure, use the good stuff - no worse than making custard out of raw milk. I mean yes, it kills beneficial organisms, but it still tastes a whole lot better than run-of-the-mill stuff.

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by spughy

Depends what kind of canning you're doing - if you're adding the ACV just to bring up the acid levels for water-bath canning, then don't bother with the good stuff, just use random cheap stuff. If you're pickling, and you want the good flavour, then sure, use the good stuff - no worse than making custard out of raw milk. I mean yes, it kills beneficial organisms, but it still tastes a whole lot better than run-of-the-mill stuff.

[cristeen]

Well, I'm planning on mostly doing some pickling. But I happened to walk into the right Safeway, because I managed to get a gallon of real (pasteurized) ACV and not the flavored stuff (never even seen it before), and a gallon of red wine vinegar to go with the 4 gallons of white vinegar and the gallon of Braggs I already have. I figure I have my bases covered, and a simple taste test will probably be the deciding factor.

[AJP]

A note about white vinegar - unless it's organic, it's probably GMO, because it's mostly made from corn. Just wanted to mention that, in case you avoid GMOs. I didn't know until recently that it's made from corn (I buy it for cleaning, but don't use it for food because it doesn't taste good IMO).

[cristeen]

Originally Posted by AJP

A note about white vinegar - unless it's organic, it's probably GMO, because it's mostly made from corn. Just wanted to mention that, in case you avoid GMOs. I didn't know until recently that it's made from corn (I buy it for cleaning, but don't use it for food because it doesn't taste good IMO).

See, there's the rub. You have a choice of petroleum based or corn based. I've never seen organic white vinegar.