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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Healthy Living / GT Kombucha Pulled from Store Shelves, What to Do?

GT Kombucha Pulled from Store Shelves, What to Do?

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

GT Kombucha bottleI have had numerous emails of late asking about the voluntary recall of kombucha from healthfood store shelves around the country.  It was supposed to be back on the shelves as of this week, but so far, no G.Ts to be found at least in my neck of the woods. What’s more, it’s supposed to be pasteurized when it is restocked.  No longer raw?  What’s the point of even drinking it then?

In the meantime, folks who have never made kombucha themselves and got quite used to the convenience of buying it at the store are going through major withdrawal from this healthy, enzyme rich, probiotic filled beverage.

My advice to folks has been to roll up their sleeves and make the stuff!   It is so easy to do and compared with the price of a pint of G.T.’s Kombucha ($2.99 in my healthfood store), making it yourself is dirt cheap.

On top of that, homemade tastes infinitely better and there is no risk of too much alcohol like bottles sitting on store shelves for who knows how long as you control the brew time!   My kids much prefer mine to store bought any day of the week.

I make about 5 gallons of kombucha every 8 days or so this time of year as it is so hot and we go through it so very fast to keep hydrated. It is so hydrating, you won’t believe it – much more hydrating that plain water.

I make the 5 gallons for about $1.60 per gallon. That translates to 20 cents per pint as compared to $2.99 per pint for a bottle of G.T. Kombucha!

Give it a go!   It is so easy to do.

If you want to make multiple gallons, check out the post plus videos on Kombucha Advanced Techniques

Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (14)

  1. Marcy

    Aug 11, 2010 at 3:11 am

    Thank you so much! I cant wait to try that when this batch finishes brewing! Thank you Thank you Thank you!

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  2. Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist

    Aug 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    Hi Marcy, add fresh fruit juice, flavored seltzer water or herbal teas in the proportion that suits your tastebuds to the final kombucha brew. Never add it before it is brewed or while brewing. The flavoring always comes after the final brew is complete.

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  3. Marcy

    Aug 6, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Does anyone have any tips or ideas on how to flavor the kombucha? I just started my 2nd batch and am still getting used to the whole process.

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  4. Lorelei aka Hawaiigirl

    Aug 1, 2010 at 7:14 am

    Ha, I feed the scobys to my worms. We fed one to the dogs once, but I didn't know how safe that was…

    GTs is $5.99 here, so I started making my own a while ago. The only bad thing with it being gone – if you forget to save some of your old batch *before* flavoring it, to start your new batch, you can't run to the store to get some plain Kombucha. Can you tell I've done that :).

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