Remedy is the real deal: small-batch brewed the old school way, using a live culture that is natural to our drinks. But what are these live cultures? We know they’re good for us, but why should we care? Here’s the live culture lowdown.
What are live cultures?
Live cultures are a form of “good” bacteria, that comes in the form of microbes associated with foods and drinks, often acting as fermentation agents.
What’s so good about live cultures?
Live cultures can potentially support gut health by:
Increasing the diversity of your gut flora, aka the good bugs that live in your gut to get things working as they should.
Preventing the growth of bad bugs that can make you sick.
Supplying billions of microorganisms that are full of vitamins, minerals and fibre, which the healthy bacteria in your gut use as a food source to produce important metabolites for good health.
Remedy live cultures are made right!
Remedy’s live cultures occur naturally and plentifully in our drinks because we brew our kombucha the old school way, from scratch using a live culture that is a descendant of the very first batch our founders Sarah and Emmet made on their kitchen counter.
While some foods and drinks labelled as live cultured or probiotic get that way thanks to dosed or added ingredients, we pride ourselves on the fact that there’s no need for that ‘round here! It’s pretty simple. If you use the right ingredients, brew for the right amount of time (don’t try to speed up the process) then you’ll make something damn right and tasty. Kombucha has been around for thousands of years – we keep our recipe and fermentation process traditional, and our kombucha raw and unpasteurized, so you get that authentic and quality live culture goodness inya. Quality over quantity peeps.
What is the live culture count in Remedy Kombucha?
Our live culture count sits at a mighty minimum of 250 million per 250mls of Remedy Kombucha!
How do we know? Well, I’m glad you asked. We test every batch during production to ensure the live cultures stay healthy and strong in every one of our drinks. We also conduct regular shelf-life testing to ensure those live cultures are still going strong right through to the end of shelf life. Yep, our team of Remedy have their work reallllllly cut out for them.
What are the specific live cultures/ strains of bacteria in Remedy Kombucha?
Yeast of the Saccharomyces genus and bacteria from Acetobacter and Gluconobacter species are just some of the major contributors behind the magic of fermenting Remedy from sweet tea into liquid gold! Both have been found to have a range of proven health and wellbeing benefits.
How can you tell your kombucha is alive and kickin’?
It’s super simple to test whether your kombucha is alive! Pour it into a glass and let it sit in a warm place for a few days. If you use Remedy Kombucha, a SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast aka. ‘the mother’) will form. Yeah huh. Pretty amazing stuff.
