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White Cabbage
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White cabbage in European markets means very pale, dense, smooth heads prized for sauerkraut and long storage—often greener types would be called white once outer leaves are stripped. Texture is firm and fine-shredding; flavour is clean and less “garden green” than loose summer cabbage. Dutch and German processing relies on this class. Shred for kraut, soup, and raw salads. Excellent keeping quality if uncut and cold. Overlap with “green cabbage” in US English; here white signals the pale storage/processing ideal.
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Dutch and North Sea growers refined pale dense white cabbage for trade and storage.
German sauerkraut industry depended on white cabbage heads.
Hybrid white cabbage locked industrial uniformity for processing.
European retail still labels pale dense heads as white cabbage (Weißkohl).