{"product_id":"organic-mature-sourdough-starter-culture","title":"Organic Mature Sourdough Starter Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Alba' is our original Organic and Mature (9 years) Sourdough Starter Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients are simply the Organic white flour and filtered water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original 'must' was created from organic flour No 4 from 'Shipton Mill', filtered water and home grown organic black grapes, no chemicals have ever been part of the process, just 9 years of activating and therefore increasing the energy of this lovely culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourdough bread helps our bodies microbiome because of the complex natural cultures within. Some people who have gluten intolerance but not celiac disease find that sourdough bread is something that they can tolerate and enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany supermarket sourdough breads are just flavoured with sourdough and these do not have the same positive impact on the microbiome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe started making sourdough bread because at the time of our 'lost health' years we could not buy a genuine organic sourdough loaf anywhere locally and so embarked upon this wonderful and delicious learning and healing journey...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe started from scratch because of the want of a wholly organic starter culture using our own organic grape must... ...but baking with a fresh culture can be limiting as the culture is new and young and doesn't have the strength to create a good bake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe persevered though and finally the starter was good enough to make great bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI persevered because my health really needed me too, and I'm so grateful that I did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Alba' has been sent all around the world and has been adopted by many successful home bakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a lot of time and technique needed to create the perfect loaf, the starter is literally the start of the journey. I'm so glad I started...I've been making wonderful real bread for family and friends for years now and it gives me so much joy to do so, and that's why we are making this beautiful culture available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe can't offer it to everyone, there is only so much that we can activate each week. If you would like to buy some of this organic culture we need a few days to activate it and to also let it 'calm down' before we send it out to you, realistically we need about a weeks notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe include a recipe and detailed instructions for baking bread and for maintaining your culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"fanatical botanical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55795565363542,"sku":"MTR-SRD-STR","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6256\/1622\/files\/18_Sourdough_Starter.jpg?v=1792153569","url":"https:\/\/www.fanaticalbotanical.co.uk\/products\/organic-mature-sourdough-starter-culture","provider":"fanatical botanical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}