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The Sourdough School

DIVERSITY BREAD® || PERSONALISED BREAD || BAKING AS LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

Bake With The Hands Of An Artisan And The Mind Of A Clinician

Set within the walled gardens of Dr Vanessa Kimbell’s beautiful Victorian home in rural Northamptonshire, The Sourdough School is home to the Proven Bread Programme, teaching the art and science of nutrition, the gut microbiome and fermentation in bread. We train bakers to produce Diversity Bread® and healthcare professionals to personalise bread through Baking as Lifestyle Medicine. Arrange a conversation today.

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    • Book a Call
    • 2 Day Workshops
    • 3 days Personalised Bread Workshops
    • Tuscan Retreat
    • 12 Week Post Course Support
    • Request a Callback
  • About
    • About The Sourdough School
    • Priority Access: Join the Waiting List
    • Contact Us & FAQ
    • Reviews
    • General FAQ’s about The School
    • Diversity Bread™
    • Where to stay & more
    • Training Bakers & Healthcare Professionals
    • Educational Awards Programme
    • The Team
    • A Social Enterprise
    • Contributors & Guest Tutors
    • What Our Students Say
  • Learn
    • The Diploma – January 2027
    • Request a callback
    • Graduation Recipe Collection
  • What is Proven?
    • Baking as Lifestyle Medicine (BALM)
    • Bread as Preventative Health
    • BALM & Bread in The Blue Zone
    • Proven Bread Documentary
    • Prove it – The Case Studies
    • Proven: Bread Podcast
    • Proven
    • Login
  • Personalised Bread
    • Personalising Bread Using Nutrigenetics
    • Personalisation
    • Personalising Bread

Minerals

Wheat

Nutritional and end-use perspectives of sprouted grains: A comprehensive review

Impact of Fermentation on the Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Whole Cereal Grains: A Mini Review

Moderate decrease of pH by sourdough fermentation is sufficient to reduce phytate content of whole wheat flour through endogenous phytase activity

Moderate decrease of pH by sourdough fermentation is sufficient to reduce phytate content of whole wheat flour through endogenous phytase activity

Black Kidney Beans_Botanical Blends

White and dark kidney beans reduce colonic mucosal damage and inflammation in response to dextran sodium sulfate

Peas_Botanical Blends

Review of the health benefits of peas (Pisum sativum L.)

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Essential and toxic metals in animal bone broths

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The proximate composition and some minor constituents of poppy seeds

EINKORN

Nutritional properties of einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L.)

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

Organic flour and sourdough

How organic farming of wheat may affect the sourdough and the nutritional and technological features of leavened goods

Sourdough wheat germ

Use of sourdough fermentation and non-wheat flours for enhancing nutritional and healthy properties of wheat-based foods

Sourdough and mineral bioavalability in wheat

Making bread with sourdough improves mineral bioavailability from reconstituted whole wheat flour in rats

Yeast increases mineral bioavailability in sourdough

Isolation and identification of Phytase-active yeasts from sourdoughs

Sourdough and mineral bioavailability

Phytase-active lactic acid bacteria from sourdoughs: Isolation and identification

sourdough fermentation on stabilisation, and chemical and nutritional characteristics of wheat germ

Effect of sourdough fermentation on stabilisation, and chemical and nutritional characteristics of wheat germ

sourdough and health

Sourdough and cereal fermentation in a nutritional perspective

Functional aspects of sourdough

How the sourdough may affect the functional features of leavened baked goods

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