Sourdough Starter
$14.99
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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Rob –
We have not forgotten you, with just the 2 of us we only make one batch a week & we find that the amount of starters we purchase lasts us for many months, probably be another month before we need to re order to top up our requirements.
Regards,
Rob
Bridget L. –
Hi Ivo
I tried out the starter, it was very good, bread rose well and it was yummy. I am experimenting with using it to boost my own home grown starter, which is also yummy but can be heavy and doesn’t always rise well. Haven’t run out yet.
Thank you
Bridget L
Viki –
Just been tucking into my sourdough loaf that was started from your starter. It was super effective!
Viki
Paul –
Hi Ivo
Yes everything is fine. The Bulgaricus sourdough is working great. I have 2 starters in the fridge. The old-fashioned standard sourdough has been in the fridge for about 5 years.
Every 3 days, I feed the Bulgaricus sourdough starter and the old standard sourdough starter, with about 25 gr each of flour and water. I make 16 breakfast bread rolls with the 2 starters. I freeze the bread rolls and then defrost when required.
I notice that the Bulgaricus starter produces bigger bubbles than the old regular starter. So far, I can’t detect any difference in taste.
Rob –
Hi Ivo,
Very happy with your starter, found it works better than other starters I have purchased or made from scratch.
I found it to make an excellent mother
Very little work required to reactivate it on a weekly basis, (make & bake sourdough once a week on average) found 50grams of flour & 50 grams of water quite sufficient to reactivate a 250gm mother prior to baking (use 150 gm starter for a medium size loaf then adding 75gm each of flour & water to the remainder& leaving for a couple of hours before refrigerating ).
A good fast rise was achieved on all occasions Good flavour development with little on no difference whether baked the
day of making or refrigerating for up to 48 hours for slow development.
Have used it to good effect on hard & soft white flours (commercial) & on Whole grain wheat & whole grain Rye (have an “Hawos billy 100” electric mill & mill my own grain as required)
My baking to date has included the above mentioned flours plus semolina & multi grain additives using plain mixes or combinations of the mentioned.
I have found it makes a slightly softer dough but has an incredible oven spring giving a good sized loaf on all occasions
Regards
Rob.
Ed –
Hello Ivo,
I am into “backslopping”, so starters go a long way for me. Everything is fine; I promise I will buy no yogurt starter from anyone else. I have tried regular, Rose, and Greek yogurt and I like them all very much. I am looking forward to trying your new varieties when they become available.
And the sourdough starter is doing fine. I use it every other time I bake… I even use it in making fermented pancakes. Good stuff!!
Best wishes for a successful and Covid-free 2021!
Jean B. –
Hi
The sourdough bread was fantastic! I loved the starter and I will feed it every week to keep it alive.
Tracy –
Hi!
It has been great. One thing though, the flavor was much better when fed for about a week after re-hydrating. It did make loaves sooner than that. No recipe change but those extra feedings brought out a good sourdough bread that the kids even eat with no complaint.
Thank you for offering this.
Tracy
Malcolm –
Hi Ivo
I have tried several times to make a sourdough starter but each time I have ended up with a black, toxic sludge !
I have just tried your sourdough starter. It was brilliantly easy and the result was outstanding – a little room for improvement, no doubt, but a good result for my first attempt.
I am now feeding the starter – it’s a bit like having a Tamagotchi.
I have just given some excess starter to a vegan friend who tried my bread and was ecstatic.
I have just placed a new yoghurt and order and I have ordered some for him too.
Hopefully, he will soon become a customer.
Best wishes et meilleurs voeux pour Noel et la nouvelle annee.
Malcolm
Peter –
we were discussing pizza via my other email, then I bought your sourdough, can’t wait. THX