Unboxed: 22 pickle products Peter Piper might have picked
Pickled vegetables and dill-related snacks are increasingly popular, especially as they fuse with trending spicy flavors. See more in the gallery.
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Caulipower All Natural Dill Flavored Frozen Chicken Bites
Experience the irresistible flavor of dill pickle infused into these game-changing bites made with real chicken raised with no antibiotics. Coated in crispy cauliflower.
No artificial ingredients.
Gluten free.
Ingredients—Chicken breast with rib meat, chicken broth, rice flour, chickpea flour, bread crumbs (rice flour, pea protein, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate), salt, sugar, yellow corn flour, potato starch, dehydrated cauliflower.
La Preferida Organic Hot Jalapeño Nacho Slices
La Preferida carefully selects peppers from growers in the most fertile regions of Mexico.
USDA Organic—No artificial colors, preservatives, or added sugar. Kosher.
Hot and tangy—The briny, bold flavor of these Organic Jalapeño Nacho slices add an addictive dose of heat to any dish.
Ingredients—Organic jalapeño peppers, organic vinegar, water, and salt.
Vegetarian and vegan-friendly.
Peppadew Juanita Peppers
A uniquely piquant, sweet/spicy fruit from South Africa, these peppers are snackable, stuffable and poppable.
Dairy free, gluten free, kosher, non-GMO, vegan, vegetarian.
Ingredients—Peppadew brand Juanita peppers, water, sugar, vinegar, salt, citric acid, ascorbic acid, calcium chloride.
Learn more about this product on New Hope Network's Beacon Discovery platform.
Mezzetta Pickled Red Onions
Add crunch and vibrancy to any salad, sandwich or culinary creation with these tangy and sweet red onions.
Ingredients—Red onions, water, distilled vinegar, granulated sugar, spices, sea salt.
Patak's Tart Lime Relish with Mustard and Spices
Patak’s Tart Lime Relish is a medium heat, delicious blend of limes and aromatic spices – a traditional Indian restaurant favorite. Delicious with a naan or pappadum, and wonderful in a sandwich, salad, or with cold meats.
No artificial flavors. Gluten free, vegetarian friendly.
Ingredients—Lime dices, canola oil, salt, spices (including paprika, mustard, and turmeric), acetic acid, mustard seed, fenugreek seed.
Bubbies Ginger Apple Bread & Butter Chips
A delicious twist on a classic snack to enjoy on summer salads or burgers, or as a side dish for any BBQ fare. Refrigerated.
Non-GMO Project Verified.
Ingredients—Cucumbers, apples, vinegar, ginger, celery seed, mustard seed, onions, red bell peppers, turmeric.
Uncle Yiannis Green Pickled Peppers
Grown in Greece, under the warm, Mediterranean sun, these peppers are picked by hand then pickled for a tender texture and sweet taste.
Ingredients—Peppers, water, salt, vinegar, citric acid.
Cleveland Kitchen Kimchi Pickles
Thick-cut, crunchy chips are pickled in fermented vinegar and spiced with a touch of Korean chili.
Ingredients—Cucumbers, water, vinegar, apple, garlic, sugar, salt, carrots, green onions, gochugaru, red pepper, ginger.
Pickerfresh Pickled Veggie Slaw
Pickerfresh Pickled Veggie Slaw is a mixed pickle-veggie side dish or sandwich topper.
Non-GMO Project Verified.
Pasteurized.
Ingredients—Gherkin, water, vinegar, carrot, red pepper, onion, sugar, celery, vinegar, salt.
Wickles Wicked Hula Pickles
Packed in Original Wickles Brine, this combination of pickles, sliced jalapeños and pineapples creates a fun Hawaiian flavor—perfect for pizza, sandwiches or charcuterie trays.
Ingredients—Cucumbers, dried pineapple (pineapple, sugar, citric acid, sulfur dioxide), fresh jalapeño peppers.
Millsie Dill Pickle & Truffle Creamy Cashew Dip
Millsie Fine Foods’ cashew dips (also sold as Spread’Em) may conjure up childhood memories of dipping ruffled chips into a delicious dip. But these creamy cashew dips are crafted with whole-food, minimally processed ingredients, without fillers, starches, seed oil or gums. This zippy and tangy sour-cream style cashew dip, with sophisticated flavors of dill pickle and truffle, will tempt everyone who loves chips and dip, vegan or not.
Ingredients—Cashews, purified water, vinegar, dill, sea salt, truffle olive oil, pink peppercorn, bacterial cultures.
This product was finalist for the 2024 NEXTY Award for Best New Dips and Spread.
Grillo’s Pickles Dill Thickles
Grillo's Thickles have the crunch of a spear and snackability of a chip. It's three times thicker than the brand’s classic dill pickle chip.
Ingredients—Cucumbers, brine (water, distilled white vinegar, salt), garlic, dill, grape leaves.
Good Food Dill Pickle Chip Dip
This creamy Dill Pickle Dip is packed full of flavor made with positively good ingredients like cauliflower, dill pickle relish and pumpkin seeds. This dip is 100% plant based and free of the nine major allergens recognized by the FDA, making it safe for everybody to consume. Pair with crackers or veggies or elevate a favorite meal by using it as a condiment on fried chicken sandwiches, a dressing on salads or a base for slaws.
Allergen free, gluten free.
Vegan.
No added sugar.
Ingredients—Cauliflower, water, vegetable oil (sunflower and/or canola), dill pickle relish (cucumber, distilled vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, dill emulsion), pumpkin seed kernels, cucumber, distilled vinegar.
This product was finalist for the 2024 NEXTY Award for Best New Dips and Spread.
Randy’s Artisanal Pickles—Sideburns
Sideburns are pickle halves grilled to perfection and then brined in a blend of garlic, red bell pepper, and secret spices. The result is a one-of-a-kind, smooth blend of smoky and savory flavors.
Non-GMO Project Verified.
Ingredients—Cucumbers, vinegar, water, salt, bell pepper.
Learn more about this product on New Hope Network's Beacon Discovery platform.
Pure Indian Foods Indian Raw Mango Pickle
Of all Indian pickles, the Indian mango pickle is the most popular. Each pickle can be made with an assortment of fruits, vegetables, nuts, dairy products, herbs and spices, reflecting the six tastes as described by Ayurveda.
USDA Organic. Whole 30 Approved.
Medium-hot.
Ingredients—Raw mangoes, extra virgin olive oil, fenugreek seed, vinegar, turmeric powder, Kashmiri chili, fennel seed, cayenne pepper, ginger powder (all USDA Organic).
Coming soon: USDA Organic Indian Garlic Pickle.
Terrapin Ridge Farms Dill Pickle Mustard
With mouthwatering dill pickles and smooth Dijon, this mustard will level up burgers, brats and dogs. Add some zing to potato salad and deviled eggs.
Gold Medal winner, National Mustard Museum's Worldwide Mustard Competition, 2019
Gluten free, low carb, low sugar, vegan, keto friendly, dairy free.
Ingredients—Mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid, spices), dill pickle relish (cucumbers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, natural flavor), cane sugar, dill weed, natural flavors.
Daily Crunch Sprouted Almonds and Pepitas Dill Pickle
These savory almonds are the perfect combination of crunch and tang, featuring the classic tang of Cleveland Kitchen Dilly Garlic Pickles.
Non-GMO Project Verified. Certified Women Owned. Certified Upcycled.
Vegan, gluten-free, keto friendly.
No added sugar or oil.
Ingredients—Sprouted almonds, pepitas, pickles (cucumbers, vinegar, salt, garlic, dill, mustard seed, peppercorn, allspice, coriander, bay leaf, turmeric, natural mineral salt), tapioca starch, apple cider vinegar powder, onion powder.
This product won an Editor's Choice NEXTY Award at Natural Products Expo West.
Wickles Wicked Okra
These pickled okras can punch up a Bloody Mary, add a spicy bite to a bowl of gumbo or dress up a plate of shrimp and grits.
Ingredients—Fresh okra, sugar, water, distilled vinegar, apple cider vinegar, salt, dried garlic and red chili peppers.
Patak's Hot Mango Pickle
Patak’s Hot Mango Pickle is a spicy, delicious blend of mangoes with aromatic spices. Delicious with a naan or pappadum, and wonderful in a sandwich, salad or with cold meats.
No artificial flavors.
Gluten free, vegetarian friendly.
Non-GMO Project Verified.
Ingredients—Mango chunks, canola oil, salt, spices (including paprika, ground red pepper, mustard and turmeric) acetic acid, mustard seeds.
Learn more about this product on New Hope Network's Beacon Discovery platform.
Goya Foods Hot Pickled Peppers Aji Picante
Classic hot pickled peppers in vinegar, available in red or green.
Ingredients—Red tabasco pepper, vinegar (acetic acid and water), salt.
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Summer Fresh Dill Pickle Hummus
Mouthwatering dill pickle flavor, mixed with chickpeas and tahini.
Certified Vegan. Gluten Free.
Ingredients—Cooked chickpeas, filtered water, tahini, non-GMO canola oil, dill pickle seasoning (sugars, salt, yeast extract, spices, natural flavor, citric acid, sodium acetate, acetic acid, malic acid), lemon juice, sea salt, garlic, citric acid.
Learn more about this product on New Hope Network's Beacon Discovery platform.
Just released: Summer Fresh Dill Pickles Potato Salad.
Summer Fresh Dill Pickle Hummus
Mouthwatering dill pickle flavor, mixed with chickpeas and tahini.
Certified Vegan. Gluten Free.
Ingredients—Cooked chickpeas, filtered water, tahini, non-GMO canola oil, dill pickle seasoning (sugars, salt, yeast extract, spices, natural flavor, citric acid, sodium acetate, acetic acid, malic acid), lemon juice, sea salt, garlic, citric acid.
Learn more about this product on New Hope Network's Beacon Discovery platform.
Just released: Summer Fresh Dill Pickles Potato Salad.
It’s not your imagination: Pickled vegetables—cucumbers, jalapeños, onions and more—are everywhere. GrubHub saw pickle orders increase to more than 6.9 million in 2023, nearly twice the quantity purchased in 2022, Business Insider reported in December.
Pickle flavors, particularly dill, are also showing up in other snack items such as peanuts, nuts, chips—a Google search showed even obscure brands using the flavor—and dips.
Sales of spicy foods is also rising, Newsweek reported in October, citing Nestle USA's 2024 Food Trend Report. The uptick can be seen on restaurant menus, grocery shelves and even the frozen-food cases.
These trends are colliding, as spicy pickled vegetables are easily found online or on shelves. While pickled peppers often used in Latin cuisine, such as jalapeños, have long been popular in some areas of the country, it seems Indian pickles are moving into the space as well.
This shouldn’t be a surprise, as the American population become more diverse. After all, cucumbers are native to India; they hitched a ride to the American continents with Christopher Columbus in the 15th century—long after people began preserving them.
Health benefits vary
Most of the pickles on American grocery shelves aren’t fermented, so they don’t carry the probiotics needed to boost gut health. But those vinegar-infused vegetables often support other health issues.
Of course, the most popular pickles in the United States are pickled cucumbers. They garnish plates at most delis, sit atop many hamburgers and chicken sandwiches, and add some tang to potato salads and slaws. But any vegetable can be pickled; onions and jalapeños are easily found in grocery stores.
Pickled cucumbers provide beta-carotene, the anti-oxidant that becomes vitamin A, then supports a strong immune system and prevents cell damage, according to “6 health benefits of pickles,” published at SingleCare.com in May 2023. Pickled cucumbers also provide vitamins K, C and E, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium and calcium, that same article reports.
Of course, all pickled products are high in sodium, which people with high blood pressure or cardiovascular disease are generally advised to avoid. However, that high amount of sodium means pickles are high in electrolytes, which could benefit people who are dehydrated, have a fever or are vomiting, Medical News Today reports in the 2019 story, “What are the benefits of pickles?”
A 2010 study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests that ingesting pickle juice could reduce the duration of muscle cramps when compared with consuming water.
It’s also possible that eating pickles can help with weight loss, mostly because can be a good source of fiber, which helps people feel full without eating a lot of calories, the SingleCare.com story says.
A very small study, published in 2015 in the Journal of Diabetes Research, tested the blood-glucose levels of men with type 2 diabetes after eating a meal. Among the participants who consumed water after the meal, blood-glucose levels rose higher than the blood-glucose level of those who drank vinegar after the meal.
Click through the gallery to find a variety of pickled and dill-flavored products to consider stocking in your stores.
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