GT continues, “With the new Sacred Life Kombucha, we're displaying it in a limited-edition Sacred Geometry-inspired embossed glass bottle that showcases the ‘Flower of Life.’ The ‘Flower of Life’ is an extension of our Lotus Flower (seen on all our packaging) which has been a symbol of our brand for over two decades.” I look forward to amplifying this message with even more people around the world for years to come.” “I feel blessed and humbled that in many ways Kombucha chose me as its steward which has allowed me to share a global message that living foods and all forms of life are sacred. “I began bottling traditionally handcrafted Kombucha 25 years ago with a mission to bring authentic fermented food to the Western World,” said GT. What started out of his home kitchen is now the largest producer of Kombucha in the world, leading what is expected to become a multi-billion-dollar category by 2025. The journey began when GT and his family were gifted a Kombucha SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast) and experienced first-hand the positive impact Kombucha had on his mother’s battle with breast cancer at the time. In honor of the brand’s history and the ancient tradition of Kombucha that dates back to 221 B.C., GT’s Living Foods will introduce Sacred Life, a special limited-edition Kombucha that will only be available during GT’s Living Foods 25 th anniversary year.įounder and CEO, GT Dave pioneered the Kombucha category in 1995 bringing the traditional Eastern drink to the U.S. Juice is then added to the tea to offset its naturally less-appealing flavor.LOS ANGELES-( BUSINESS WIRE)- GT's Living Foods, the most loved and #1 selling Kombucha brand in the U.S., enters the new year in celebration of its 25 th anniversary and its continued mission to share the gift of Kombucha with the world. Kombucha is produced by way of fermentation, and as ABC News explains, a " fungus of yeast and bacteria" is given several weeks to ferment in sugary tea, which yields a slightly alcoholic result that has a distinctly vinegary taste.
Given that kombucha had always been marketed as a non-alcoholic drink, buyers and sellers everywhere were a bit taken aback when they discovered that they could've gotten a better buzz off their tea than their beer. For reference, a bottle of Beck's Lite contains just 3.8 percent alcohol, and Miller Genuine Draft 64 contains even less at 2.8 percent alcohol. In 2010, Whole Foods and other previous carriers of kombucha pulled the product from their shelves following revelations that certain strains of the product exceed the 0.5 percent limit nearly six times over, with some kinds of kombucha containing up to three percent alcohol. But as Chilstrom points out, kombucha is not so much a "cure" as it is a replacement: Some varieties of the fermented black tea actually contain more than 0.5 percent alcohol, the legal line in the sand imposed by the Food and Drug Administration separating the booze from the non-booze.
On Thursday, Kirsten Chilstrom of VICE wrote a fascinating article about the alcoholic properties of kombucha, that miracle tea drink that some claim (hi, Lindsay Lohan) contains a myriad of health benefits - including perhaps, a cure to alcoholism.
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