Product Review: Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears

I was shopping at Costco when I saw two big jars of asparagus wrapped together in plastic. I love asparagus, so I grabbed the two jars and put them in my cart. When I got home I discovered they were pickled asparagus. I had never eaten pickled asparagus before, but I decided I would give them a try instead of returning them.

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: Ingredients

The ingredients in Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears are asparagus, vinegar, water, salt, sugar, spices, garlic. It also states it may contain wheat. (I don't know if this is because it is processed with equipment which is also used to process wheat or if there is a possibility of wheat getting mixed in during harvesting.)

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: Taste

I had no idea what pickled asparagus would taste like, but when I opened the jar they smelled somewhat like dill pickles. And I found they do taste much like what I would imagine asparagus would taste like if it were soaked in dill pickle brine with a touch more vinegar.

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: Quality

The asparagus spears are about five inches long and all appear to be of high quality. They do not droop and they crunch like a dill pickle when eaten. There are no chopped up or odd colored pieces. There are some little green flecks floating in the brine but the jar states these are rutin which is drawn out of the asparagus by the vinegar.

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: Nutritional Facts

The suggested serving size is three spears. They contain ten calories, none from fat. There is zero fat, zero cholesterol and 777 milligrams or twenty percent of the daily recommended amount of sodium. Total carbohydrate is one gram. Dietary fiber and sugars are zero grams. Protein is one gram. Vitamin A is two percent and Vitamin C is four percent. Calcium and iron are zero percent.

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: Price

Asparagus is normally pretty pricey. Two, two-pound jars of Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears at Costco was $7.99 or about two dollars a pound. The jar states they can be kept in the refrigerator up to six months after opening so you don't have to "pig out" to get them eaten before they go bad.

Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears: My Conclusion

I like Foster's All Natural Pickled Asparagus Spears and eat them as a snack. I found they taste great on Ritz crackers with cheese. Just cut the spears in about one inch pieces and put them on Ritz crackers with the cheese of your choice. They can be added to salads or to garnish a dish or used in a Bloody Mary (I don't drink--this is according to the jar). Since I haven't eaten pickled asparagus before my judgment of the taste may not be the best, but I like the taste. I also like the fact they are packed in Pasco, Washington since Washington is my home state. According to a news article, Pickled Asparagus Prime Product for Franklin Couple, the asparagus is grown on their family farm in Franklin County, Washington in the Columbian Basin not far from Walla Walla where the Walla Walla sweet onions are grown.