Sourdough Starter
$10.99
A no-fuss sourdough starter that is easy to activate, ferments quickly and is no trouble to maintain.
Bacillus Bulgaricus Sourdough Starter makes an amazing sourdough bread of exceptional quality with great sourdough flavor, texture and taste.
You should get this sourdough starter if you are looking for starter, which is super easy to activate, ferments quickly and is no trouble to maintain. Our starter helps your sourdough rise fast and is always consistent and very reliable.
You should get this sourdough starter if you would like your sourdough starter to have colonies and colonies of beneficial probiotic lactic acid cultures and wild yeasts. Our starter contains strains isolated from natural sources in ecologically preserved areas in Bulgaria (including the famous Lactobacillus Bulgaricus), which your own locally grown sourdough starter won’t naturally have, simply because those strains don’t freely grow where you are (unless of course you are in Bulgaria). So by using our starter alone, or adding it to yours, it will enrich the healthy gut microbe fauna and contribute to the health benefits and the nutrition of your own starter. It will help your sourdough activate and ferment quickly and must importantly provide you with a boost of gut-friendly bacteria.
You should get this sourdough starter if you need a starter that gives you a reliable fast, strong and steady rise during proofing and produces an excellent oven spring, yielding a superb sourdough bread with lots of air pockets, great open crumb, nice crust, just the perfect texture, and heavenly taste.
The starter activates very quickly – because of the live active cultures and yeasts in it, it is ready to bake in as little as 1-2 hours after you feed it for the first time. You can of course feed it and let it ferment for as long as you need (to develop more strength and flavor) before using it, as you would do with your regular sourdough starter.
Once activated you can keep your sourdough starter going for as long as you’d like. You can also pause maintaining it at any time by storing the active sourdough starter in the fridge. See below for activating, feeding, and keep going instructions.
The starter is very sturdy and forgiving which makes it a great no-fuss, reliable and stable go-to sourdough starter for everyday use that is easy to keep going for as long as you need it.
Make sure you always keep some packs in the fridge and use them when you feel the spontaneous need to bake.
The starter is organic and fully natural with no preservatives, additives, artificial colors or flavors. It contains no GMO ingredients and it is gluten free.
It is universal, which means if can be used with any flour – AP, bread, whole, rye, spelt, even specialty flours. So there is no limit of the type of sourdough bread you can make with it.
Produced and packed in Bulgaria.
Ingredients
Live active lactic acid cultures incl. Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and yeasts incl. Saccharomyces Boulardii.
Storage
Store the starter packs in REFRIGERATOR.
Do not freeze!
Use by the date indicated on the label.
The starter packs have 2 years of shelf live. Use by the date indicated on the label.
See more storage instructions on the Sourdough Starter product information page.
Product Information
Additional product information is available below and on the Sourdough Starter product information page.
| Ingredients | Lactobacillus Brevis, Lactobacillus Casei, Natural wild yeasts, Saccharomyces Boulardii, Live active lactic acid cultures, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus |
|---|---|
| Starter Strength | > 30 billion CFU/g, 100% potency guaranteed |
| Starter Type | Universal., Use with all types of flour. |
| Details | 100% natural, No additives, No preservatives, Gluten free, Soy free, GMO free, Halal, Kosher |
| Pack Size | Universal – 6g |
| Origin | Made in Bulgaria |
| Shelf Life | 2 years in the refrigerator |
| Storage | Store in REFRIGERATOR |
Ingredients
Live active lactic acid cultures incl. Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus), yeasts (incl. Saccharomyces Boulardii.The starter is fully natural and organic with no preservatives, additives, artificial colors or flavors. It contains no GMO ingredients. It is soy, nuts, and gluten free.
Activity and Strength
1 gram of starter contains at least 30 billion colony-forming unit (3.0 x 1010 CFU/g) of lactic acid probiotic bacteria strains.
100% potency guaranteed. 100% viability guaranteed.
Contents
This is an heirloom starter with freeze-dried live active bacteria.
Each sachet contains loose powder mix, in perfect proportions, of the strains required to make excellent live active sourdough starter (levain).
The Sourdough starter comes in 6 gram packs.
More information about various pack sizes and their contents can be found here.
Sourdough Making Instructions
It is super easy to make sourdough bread using our sourdough starter!
All you need is a pack of our starter, some flour and water.
Bacillus Bulgaricus sourdough starter is an universal starter, which means you can use it with any type of flour — all-purpose, bread, white, whole wheat and rye, it always works!
How to make Sourdough instructions.
Why get the Bacillus Bulgaricus Sourdough Starter
You should buy this sourdough starter if you are looking for a no-fuss sourdough starter which is easy to use, performs consistently and reliably and makes absolutely delicious sourdough products.
When you make your own sourdough bread and other products you are in control of all the ingredients so you know what you are putting in your body. Sourdough bread made with Bacillus Bulgaricus starters is full of gut-healthy probiotics that are great for your health. Our sourdough starter is heirloom which means that you can make endless batches of sourdough bread saving a ton of money while eating healthy – an absolute win-win!
Read this long list of reasons why our starters are good for you.
Usage
The packs are packaged and labeled with the grams they contain and the volume those grams make when used entirely in one go.
The packs are intended for single use, or their contents could be split for multiple use (with the exception of the Sourdough starter which should always be used in one go).
When you split the pack, take out as much as you need to make your yogurt, then reseal and refreeze the remaining starter for later. Make sure you store the sachets in a way that prevents moisture from getting in, i.e. well closed in a Ziploc bag or wrapped around and fastened with a rubber band.
When you split the contents of the pack and use less starter amount to make smaller volumes, keep in mind that you are also reducing the total amount of yogurt that you can make from the pack (read more on that here). Refer to this page to see the gram to Liters (gallons) chart and to find out how much starter to use for different volumes of milk.
Help
Bacillus Bulgaricus starters are easy to use and are strong enough to make sure that the fermentation process completes naturally and smoothly, under the right conditions.
If you ever need help with using our products or troubleshooting your fermentation method, simply contact us with any questions and we’ll be happy to help.
You can also fill out this help form and we’ll get back to you in no time.
FAQs
If you’d rather read than write us an email, then check out this list of frequently asked questions and answers and Help and How-To articles for some more helpful information.
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The Loeffel is a long-handle spoon that helps you easily measure the right amount of starter and scoop it effortlessly out of the pack. Scoop end shaped like a regular spoon.
Jean B. –
It is the best yogurt ever!
I refer my friends and when I talked to a friend I referred he told me about your sourdough starter so I had to try that.
Geneieve –
Tried your starter; as you can see, it worked very well!
I used unbleached white flour. I will add some rye Next time.
Genevieve –
Tried your starter; as you can see, it worked very well !
I used unbleached white flour. I will add some rye next time.
Regards.
Genevieve
Anne B. –
It certainly rises well!
Noam –
Hi Ivo
I purchased the sourdough. After making 3 breads I can say the following: The starter is active, more than the one I grew myself
Kathy –
I love yogurt. Besides being good and good for you, it was a daily routine for my mother and me to have yogurt for breakfast together after I retired and went back home. It reminds me of
her and our short time together (she was only 94 when she passed).
Margaret –
Ivo,
While cruising the Bacillus Bulgaricus website looking for your sourdough starter instructions and bread recipe, I saw this “sign up” section and didn’t recall if I had signed up previously so, thinking that I want to be sure that I do not miss any of the valuable information there, I signed up – possibly redundant and if so, my apology for any hassel.
I vastly appreciate Bacillus Bulgaricus availability because I have not been able to find the strain since I first began using it in 1972 in pharmaceutical liquid form in Cali, Colombia where I was working as a international travelling governess. The Bacillus Bulgaricus had a major positive effect on the health of the children in my care as well as that of myself.
In all the many years that passed between 1972 and 2019 when I was so completely delighted and surprised to find Bacillus Bulgaricus available to the general public, I had felt myself lacking my very best balanced health due to no Bacillus Bulgaricus included in my diet. From time to time over the many years, I checked for potential resources of Bacillus Bulgaricus thru various means and am absolutely totally happy about finally finding Bacillus Bulgaricus.
Many blessings on you Ivo for your good endeavors!
Sincerely,
Margaret
Meredith G. –
I love making my own yogurt
Sharon –
Hi Ivo
I have been a long time yogurt consumer. The number one reason I purchase your product is to avoid creating the plastic waste that comes with purchasing sachets of readymade mix for
our yogurt maker. Instead I purchase whole milk powder from Bin Inn (in NZ it’s a chain of bulk bin supplies), taking in my own reusable container every time. Then I mix it with water
plus your culture and make it in the normal Easiyo way.
Of course I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t like your yogurt. It’s yummy 🙂
Ed –
Ivo,
I used your culture to create a very nice sourdough starter, and with it have made pizza dough and bread. I am quite pleased with the result for both. It has a lovely smell, and gives an excellent rise to the dough with a strong oven spring. And the taste is everything one might expect from sourdough.
The result of my first two efforts is equal to that of the starter I have used for years, so I am eager to discover how it will develop as it matures. This is an excellent result for a starter that is less than two weeks old.
Best,
Ed