[ketivnilloc]

Is sourdough bread vegan safe? On the ingrediant list it listed "sour culture" on it. So...what is sour culture and is it vegan safe?

 

[Amy SF]

Here's the Wikipedia article on sourdough. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourdough</a><br><br><br><br>
According to the article, sourdough is not vegan, but it appears to be vegetarian-safe.

 

[Tesseract]

I didn't see anything in that article suggesting that sourdough bread in general is not vegan. It mentioned Amish Friendship bread, which is started with milk, but it appears to state that sourdough is generally started simply with flour and water, and sometimes rye or grapes. What's not vegan about that?

 

[codemonkey]

Yup, sourdough starter is made from flour and water and airborne yeast.

 

[Amy SF]

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I didn't see anything in that article suggesting that sourdough bread in general is not vegan. It mentioned Amish Friendship bread, which is started with milk, but it appears to state that sourdough is generally started simply with flour and water, and sometimes rye or grapes. What's not vegan about that?</div>
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probably the lactobacilli confused me. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/dunce.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":dunce:">

 

[*Sunflower*]

Yep, sourdough starter is made of flour, water and yeast. You can make it yourself and it's ready in 48 hours.

 

[ketivnilloc]

thanks everyone, especially the wiki article.