The foundation of
good health is in the gut. The key to a healthy gut is the quality of
the microbial community that lives there. Probiotics influence gut
health in powerful ways. While they
can be sourced from capsules, regularly consuming living probiotic food provides the best impact for long-term gut health.
Maintaining a community of healthy microbes is one of the most
important aspects of healthy living. These beneficial microbes help us
in many ways, including the suppression of harmful microbes that can
make us sick.
If dormant,
freeze-dried microbes in capsules have beneficial influence over our gut
health, imagine what living, thriving food-based probiotic bacteria can
do.
Trillions in every heaping forkful!
While the optimal technique of fermenting is easy, the microbial process is not at all simple. The internet is teeming with less than accurate information, and some of it is downright dangerous.
The tutorials on our site will teach you the bare basics, and if you would like more in-depth education, the Foundation for Functional Fermented Food offers an excellent Seminar (live and online). With this Seminar you dive in and build a solid foundation of the why's, the how-to's, and the do-not's of optimal functional fermenting. This will enable you to avoid the plethera of sub-optimal information on the internet.
Traditional Fermenting At Its Best
Many sites on the internet would have you believe
that open crock and mason jar fermenting are traditional, but that is
not so. For hundreds of years, quite sophisticated stoneware has been
used with a moat to provide a perfect, oxygen-free environment. Prior to
that, unglazed clay pots with lids were sealed with beeswax or beef
tallow. Those vessels allowed gasses to escape through the unglazed
walls of the pot while keeping oxygen out at the seal.
It's All About The Seal
Just
a few short years ago, a small group of fermenting teachers saw the
need for a fermenting vessel that was easy to use which also provided a
perfect seal.
The key to fermenting for health is an anaerobic
environment (not just keeping veggies under liquid), and allowing for
gasses to escape. It is vital to ensure that not one molecule of oxygen
can enter the vessel to feed mold, aerobic yeasts, or pathogens.
Moreover, any vessel that leaks allows for mold and other spoilage
microorganisms to enter during the fermenting process, which is not
ideal.
We accomplish this by cutting a perfectly sized hole in an
all-glass lid, and then inserting a food-grade grommet. Even if the
Airlock isn't placed perfectly, it will seal
every time. This is what makes The Probiotic Jar unique.
Each
Probiotic Jar is precisely manufactured to exacting specifications and
hand polished to ensure the long life of the grommet.
You can find fermenting vessels that look like a Probiotic Jar, but you won't find one manufactured with the care, precision, and performance of The Probiotic Jar.