Parrhesia Fermentery — Living foods
Formulated in our kitchenValidated in our lab
Since 2019 we've researched and created plant-based living foods and drinks for local retail, fairs, clubs and our own Parrhesia café. From now on our most versatile staple is also available directly for you.
Living Fermented Ginger
Both a food and a starter for your own ferments.
Available on pre-order reservation
A guaranteed living food with about 5 billion lactobacilli per teaspoon, up to 10 jars per order. The ferment is never pasteurised and never sits on a shelf losing potency: when enough jars are reserved, we ferment, fill straight from the vat and ship within a day.
Batch G-348-B is open
Parrhesian Living Fermented Ginger
Peruvian ginger, fermented with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Sour, hot and bright, with a tingle.
At one generous teaspoon a day, one jar lasts about a month.
How it works
Reserve your jars
At 275 jars the 50-litre batch runs. You pay nothing until then.
We ferment
Fermentation starts and you get a progress update.
We measure
After around 48 hours of fermentation, we share the batch numbers, like pH level and living cell count.
It ships
We fill your order straight from the vat and ship it within a day.
What we measure
- CultureLactiplantibacillus plantarum
- Living countAbout 10⁹ cells per ml, at filling
- Guaranteed4 weeks from filling, refrigerated. Tested through 8 weeks.
- AcidityAround pH 3
- MeasuredAfter about 48 hours of fermentation, every batch
- BatchOne 50-litre vessel, 275 jars
- IngredientsPeruvian ginger, water, *glucose
*Only a kickstarter for the microbes, after the glucose warm-up they start the real work...
We run every batch ourselves at De Biotoop. Each batch is carefully documented and handled according to food safety regulations.
Drinks, spreads and dips will follow, each release funding the next.
Development
Curious about working together?
On foods, on ingredients, on materials. From imagination to rough first experiments, from measured results to processes that work in practice.
