Sauerkraut vs. avian flu

It hasn’t even hit our shores yet, but the avian flu is proving to be good news for one U.S. company. The Freemont Co., which makes Frank’s sauerkraut, says sales of Frank’s were up 850 percent last week alone, following a report from Seoul National University that eating kimchi, a Korean cabbage dish, can help prevent avian flu. “People are stocking up on sauerkraut like bottled water before a hurricane hits,” Chris Smith, vp of marketing for Frank’s, says in the press release, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically.