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Kombucha

How Healthy Is Kombucha, Really?

Meredith Melnick | Posted 04.29.2012 | Healthy Living
Meredith Melnick

When friends ask me if kombucha is really good for you, I say with great confidence: I have no idea.

Watch: Cultured Pickles and the Coca-Cola of Fermented Foods

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home
Kirsten Dirksen

For Alex Hozven, food is either living or dead. At her Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley, California, she tends 20,000 pounds of vegetables that "breathe" carbon dioxide. She's simply pickling vegetables, but to most of us used to "dead food," it's a foreign concept.

Whole Foods Pulls Kombucha Drinks From Stores

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods is removing a fermented, sweetened tea called kombucha from its shelves because of concerns over slightly elevated a...

Fermented Tea Kombucha Vanishes On Alcohol Worries

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

NEW YORK — It's a fermented, pungent tea, but it's the alcohol that can lurk inside of kombucha that's causing a stink. Regulators and retailer...

Kombucha, Alcohol Laws: Fermented Drink May Be Subject To Alcohol Regulations

Kim Severson at the New York Times' Diner's Journal | KIM SEVERSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Fans of kombucha know it packs a little kick, but perhaps too much of one? Earlier this week, Whole Foods Market pulled unpasteurized versions of the ...

Kombucha Tea Attracts A Following And Doubters

nytimes.com | Malia Wollan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Looks and aroma notwithstanding, kombucha is gaining popularity among those who favor organic beverages, and it is showing signs of turning into a gol...