The Sourdough School

BALM – Proven as one of the healthiest approaches to bread in the world.

Based in the walled gardens of Dr. Vanessa Kimbell's beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, UK, we tutor individuals and train bakers and healthcare professionals in Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM). Personalising bread to your lifestyle, gut microbiome, and unique genetics for optimal health—tailoring fermentation, fibre, and diversity so that your daily bread becomes the foundation of your health.

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Effects of Leuconostoc mesenteroides starter cultures on microbial communities and metabolites during kimchi fermentation

Effects of Leuconostoc mesenteroides starter cultures on microbial communities and metabolites during kimchi fermentation

Proteolysis in sourdough fermentations: mechanisms and potential for improved bread quality

Proteolysis in sourdough fermentations: mechanisms and potential for improved bread quality

Postbiotic

Postbiotic L. plantarum RG14 improves ruminal epithelium growth, immune status and upregulates the intestinal barrier function in post-weaning lambs

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Antimould activity of sourdough lactic acid bacteria: identification of a mixture of organic acids produced by Lactobacillus sanfrancisco CB1

sourdough and flavour-2

Generation of aroma compounds during sourdough fermentation: applied and fundamental aspects

rye sourdough flavours

Analysis of volatile compounds produced by different species of lactobacilli in rye sourdough using multiple headspace extraction

sourdough lactic acid bacteria diversity and species

Drivers for the establishment and composition of the sourdough lactic acid bacteria biota

Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis

Modeling of Growth of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis and Candida milleri in Response to Process Parameters of Sourdough Fermentation

fructophilic lactic acid bacteria

Isolation and characterization of fructophilic lactic acid bacteria from fructose-rich niches

sourdough wheat germ

Use of sourdough fermented wheat germ for enhancing the nutritional, texture and sensory characteristics of the white bread

Sourdough and mineral bioavailability

Expression of bifidobacterial phytases in Lactobacillus casei and their application in a food model of whole-grain sourdough bread

Sourdough lactobacilli and gluten degradation

Highly efficient gluten degradation by lactobacilli and fungal proteases during food processing: New perspective for coeliac disease

sourdough fermentation

Sourdough Bread

sourdough and Lb. sanfrancisco

Lactobacillus sanfrancisco a key sourdough lactic acid bacterium: a review

sourdough lactic acid bacteria

Biochemistry and physiology of sourdough lactic acid bacteria

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