Black garlic

What can the fermented wonder bulb really do?

A real treasure trove: Organic white garlic from our own cultivation is carefully aged after harvesting.(Bild: Goldentis/zVg)

Dark-fermented garlic is considered the miracle bulb par excellence. It is valued as a culinary delicacy as well as a natural medicine. What is behind this trend, which Simon and David Goldenits from Burgenland have made socially acceptable in our country? 

Garlic is not everyone's cup of tea. If it also looks black and rotten, as if grandmother had forgotten it in the coal cellar, then it can only become a hype.

Indeed it is. For some years now, more and more people have been switching to the dark side, swearing by black garlic, the superfood with healing powers. What's the story behind this popular nutritional trend?