Day: July 20, 2022

Kombucha Acid Profile Study Collaboration with Cultured Analysis

Cultured Analysis LLC is a company that focuses on analysis, consulting, and research and development in the kombucha industry. They consist of a team of three chemists who have developed a keen interest in kombucha and how it is brewed. They approached KBI to collaborate on an acidity study. The purpose of this collaborative study […]

Wednesday, 20th July 2022

Cultured Analysis LLC is a company that focuses on analysis, consulting, and research and development in the kombucha industry. They consist of a team of three chemists who have developed a keen interest in kombucha and how it is brewed. They approached KBI to collaborate on an acidity study.

The purpose of this collaborative study with KBI is to collect and analyze a wide variety of primary ferments from a range of different kombucha brewers to further validate our new technology. Our hope is that this technology will ultimately be used by brewers as a useful means of providing quality control and consistency for their product.

Cultured Analysis, LLC are currently developing a method to determine the major acid components in a primary ferment. This information can be related to the final flavor of a finished kombucha product. Furthermore, the method can be potentially accomplished in-house as an alternative to more sophisticated and expensive instrumental techniques.

We would like to invite interested kombucha brewers to submit a sample collected at the end of the primary fermentation for us to analyze. Cultured Analysis will send each brewer a complementary sample collection kit. The only cost accrued by you would be shipment of the sample back to us at Cultured Analysis via normal ground shipping for around $15. They will also provide a report indicating the identity and concentrations of the major acid components present.

The data will then be analyzed and shared in a report on the KBI site. Plus we will hold a webinar for all participants to understand the results of the study.



STUDY IS ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS NOW THROUGH AUGUST 31st – RESULTS PROVIDED IN SEPTEMBER

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L’association « Kombucha France » est née !

Vive le Kombucha France! KBI has been working since 2018 to establish a “Traditional Specialties Guaranty” (TSG) for Kombucha in Europe. We acknowledge and are grateful to Soul K (ESP), The Good Guys (FIN), Probio Drinks aka Casa de la Kombucha (ESP), Tea of Life (ESP) and Karma (FRA) as brands who did a lot […]

Wednesday, 20th July 2022

Vive le Kombucha France!

KBI has been working since 2018 to establish a “Traditional Specialties Guaranty” (TSG) for Kombucha in Europe. We acknowledge and are grateful to Soul K (ESP), The Good Guys (FIN), Probio Drinks aka Casa de la Kombucha (ESP), Tea of Life (ESP) and Karma (FRA) as brands who did a lot of leg work to better understand the application process. They laid the foundation and provided insight and historical evidence that has paved a way forward.

The mantle has now been picked up by Lokki and several other French Kombucha producers and as a first step to accomplishing this goal, they have banded together with several other countryman to establish “Kombucha France” as an association. It is through this organization that KBI and Kombucha France will collaborate to establish a TSG to protect traditionally brewed Kombucha as a specialty process with protected status.

Qui est «Kombucha France»?

Un groupe de brasseurs français s’est fédéré autour de la création d’un label officiel « Spécialité traditionnelle garantie » à apposer sur le kombucha. Ce label, reconnu par Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité (l’INAO), correspond à un produit dont les qualités spécifiques sont liées à une composition, des méthodes de fabrication ou de transformation fondées sur une tradition. L’objectif est de donner la possibilité aux acheteurs et consommateurs de faire la différence entre un kombucha brassé traditionnellement et d’autres boissons produites différemment ou dérivées.

Il reste encore du chemin avant de voir apparaître les premières bouteilles labellisées, mais Kombucha France avance déjà à grands pas avec la création d’un cahier des charges inspiré du Kombucha Code of Practice rédigé par KBI. Un plan de contrôle est en cours de mise en place, pour déterminer les points qui seront à contrôler par les auditeurs externes. La suite ? Il reste à démontrer la viabilité technique et commerciale du projet à l’INAO et choisir l’organisme certificateur qui deviendra notre partenaire.

English Translation

A group of French brewers has united around the creation of an official label “Traditional Specialty Guaranteed” to be affixed to kombucha. This label, recognized by the National Institute of Origin and Quality (INAO), corresponds to a product whose specific qualities are linked to a composition, manufacturing or processing methods based on tradition. The objective is to give buyers and consumers the possibility of making the difference between a traditionally brewed kombucha and other drinks produced differently or derived from it.

There is still a long way to go before the first labeled bottles appear, but Kombucha France is already making great strides with the creation of specifications inspired by the Kombucha Code of Practice written by KBI. A control plan is being put in place to determine the points that will be checked by the external auditors. What’s the next steps? To demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of the project to the INAO and to choose the certification body that will become our partner.

Want to learn more about Kombucha France or to participate in the TSG process? Contact KBI’s International Board Member – Kendra Sepulveda.

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