please consider my beer analogy again  It would be quite easy to find reliable sources saying that beer is made from malt hops yeast and water  Many people think this is the only way true beer should be made  Nevertheless some people do make beer out of other ingredients  Now it might be correct to say that traditional ale is made only of these ingredients and it is certainly true that beer made according to the Bavarian Purity Law should be made from only these ingredients    Is there no way you can temper your claim and also make it strictly more accurate and informative by saying something like traditional Korean kimchi is always fermented     To Look I would do it if it were true to my knowledge andor there existed some reliable sources to confirm that The saveurcom article the only source against my claim that I consider at least semireliable says It can also be eaten before it is allowed to ferment Do you think this confirms the existence of unfermented kimchi against all sources I gathered Someone might like to have a bite of Sauerkraut before it is fermented  I dont want to argue with you or something but I have heard that beer is made from only malt hops and water in Germany as it should be Unfortunately at least in Korea Japan and the US most beer includes rice potato corn starch and many other ingredients I think unnecessary At least they have ingredient lists on the bottles and there are a lot of official documents on those additional ingredients But kimchi is a different story Like I said I have never seen any packagedjarred kimchi labeled unfermented maybe except for Japanses kimuchi which is more like pickled vegetables And both traditional and contemporary kimchi is fermented they are not much different anyway Nevertheless I am willing to temper my claim if editors can find even a couple of reliable sources that say some kimchi is unfermented