Five of the best fermented foods

TASMANIA’S climate is perfectly fitting for producing fine fermented foods and our abundant quality, fresh organic produce makes for excellent ingredients.

Some of the Southern Wild Fermented food products. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

TASMANIA’S climate is perfectly fitting for producing fine fermented foods and our abundant quality, fresh organic produce makes for excellent ingredients. As well as being bold flavoured, fermented foods foster living probiotic cultures or “good bacteria”, which are great for stomach and digestive conditions.

Southern Wild

Southern Wild makes and sells vegan, unpasteurised products, alive with probiotic cultures. Their kimchi varies season to season, using locally grown, organic produce. Fresh unpasteurised tempeh is another of their offerings. They also sell a monthly “Ferment Box” direct to subscribing customers, with a seasonally changing selection of Sauerkraut, Pickles, Miso, Shio Koji, and Kimchi. Find their stall at Hobart’s Farm Gate Market. www.southernwild.com.au

Southern Wild founder Ronald Aveling with his businesses sauerkraut. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

Love Your Guts Co

Love Your Guts in the flourishing Forth Valley sells a range of sauerkrauts, kimchi and water kefir products. Water kefir is an ancient fermented drink similar to kombucha but with a softer flavour and gentler on the digestive system. Flavours include Raspberry, Mint, Elderflower Passionfruit and Strawberry and Basil. Only high quality ingredients are used including pure spring water and cold pressed juices. https://loveyourguts.co/

Riverless Cottage

Riverless Cottage makes a classic kombucha from raw sugar and a fermented honey version. The ingredients are locally and organically produced. The kombucha is flavoured with quality syrups including Ashbolt’s elderberry and elderflower from the Derwent Valley. Ginger and beetroot flavours are also available. Find them at Hobart’s Farm Gate Market, Richmond IGA, Little Missy Patisserie, City Organics and Czegs’ Cafe. riverless-cottage.com/

Three Fermented Queens

Everything made by this artisan fermenter is raw, vegan and handmade in the Tamar Valley, including Classic, Ginger Beet and Royal Curry sauerkrauts. Their Kimchi has a local twist with Tasmanian pepper berries and seaweed. Green Tea Detox is the signature kombucha, and like the sauerkrauts, can be found at markets and in Hill Street Grocer stores. New to the line-up is a make-your-own kombucha starter kit. threefermentedqueens.com.au

Faith, Leanne and Sonya of Three Fermented Queens. Picture: SUPPLIED

Avocado Moon Kombucha

Avocado Moon is a smallbatch, wildly fermented kombucha brewer. Each bottle is filled with probiotic cultures beneficial for a range of digestive conditions. Flavours and prices vary but examples are Lemon Myrtle infused with lemon and ginger, and Blackberry with ginger and lemon. Find them in Launceston at the Harvest Market, Earthy Eats, Shots on Wax and Sweet Brews Espresso, and in Hobart at Art of Tea Tasmania.

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