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Fermento Ferments Cultures

Cultures

Maintain sourdough starters and SCOBYs, then reuse them in recipes. Fermento keeps each batch on schedule and logs feeds, health and lineage.

Salt Percentage 2.50% Salt percentage relative to vegetable weight
  • 2-3% for most vegetables
  • 3-5% for kimchi
  • 1.5-2% for delicate greens
Fermento saves the number with your batch. Download Fermento on the App Store

Calculators for cultures

Feeding ratioOn this page
Hydration %On this page
Target temperatureIn the app
A sourdough starter called Bubbles: fed today, next feed tomorrow morning, with its family and taste notes

Every batch

A timeline, reminders and a log

Set custom milestones and get reminders for feeds, flips, checks and cures. pH, salt %, weight, photos and observations are timestamped in one place.

A sourdough family tree: a mother starter with its descendants, from a kitchen starter to rye and multigrain loaves

Other ferments

Vegetable fermentsPickles, kimchi, sauerkraut, lacto-fermented vegetables Bread and sourdoughSourdough, rye, enriched Kombucha and sour drinksKombucha, kvass, water kefir, jun
Cheese makingFresh and aged cheeses Cultured dairyKefir, yogurt, cultured butter, fermented eggs CharcuterieSalami, prosciutto, bresaola, coppa

All ferments

Keep every ferment on schedule

Fermento is on the App Store, for iPhone and iPad.

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