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Fantastic Ferments with Kindred Cultures
From kombucha to kefir, fermented beverages have continued growing in popularity over the last decade. One local company Kindred Cultures, is brewing up colourful and delicious water kefir!
But what is water kefir? Pronounced kuh-feer, it is a naturally fermented probiotic beverage using a SCOBY culture (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast). The waters are infused with organic fruit and herbs, giving them a lemonade-like feel, and making for a totally crushable probiotic refresher.
Read on to find out more about this rad local brand and come try them out for yourself by stopping at our Dining Hall pop-up with Kindred Cultures on March 3rd from 11:30am - 3:00pm, while supplies last.
Tell us about your journey starting Kindred Cultures?
Kindred Cultures started in my home kitchen to help my youngest child manage food intolerances and eczema. After seeing remarkable results in his health, we started making our water kefir commercially to share with as many people as possible! Since launching in 2018, we have grown into a team of 5 sharing our products in over 100 stores in BC!
Kindred Cultures makes a natural rainbow of delicious probiotic water kefir blended with organic fruits and botanicals! Our water kefir are light and refreshing with all of the probiotic power of kefir! Our rainbow of flavours include: Strawberry Rosehip, Mango Ginger, Power Green, Cranberry Turmeric and our dark horse favourite Activated Charcoal!
What advice do you have for aspiring foodpreneurs?
The food industry (from manufacturing to food service) is a wild and wonderful world full of amazing people who love sharing with others through food. To truly succeed in this field, you must LOVE your product and what it does for people. It is incredibly rewarding and can be a difficult uphill climb, so bring all of your passion to your business and be ready to work hard!
What advice do you have for SFU students who aspire to have their own business one day?
Entrepreneurship is exciting and sometimes lonely. Whatever business you choose to pursue, make sure it’s something that you’re so passionate about you can’t help but think about it all the time. Running your own business means relentless hours, working in every role in the business at some point, and always being curious and willing to learn and adapt.
Where can people find your products?
You can find KindredCultures at 100 stores across BC including Whole Foods,Urban Fare, NaturesFare, Body Energy Club, Choices and home delivery with SPUD.ca (just to name a few!)
We have just launched our products nationally across Canada! We are so excited to reach new consumers across Canada.
