

Chris Reed, of Reed's, similarly shrugs at carbonating his booch: "What's the difference, whether a bug ate the sugar and farted out the CO2 or you added it yourself?" And the nationally distributed Kombucha Wonder Drink touts being pasteurized-though the industry consensus is that pasteurization kills all the beneficial probiotics. The founders, a young couple, seem no less passionate about their product and its benefits than GT is about his, but they have no qualms showing me how they force carbonate their drink after it ferments-a practice GT shuns. When I visit Kosmic's headquarters, their product is fermenting in 50-gallon blue plastic barrels, not the small vessels that GT insists on. GTs Synergy Organic Raw Kombucha Tropical Pack, 6 pack, 16 fl oz bottles. Complicating matters is that GT's new competitors don't necessarily hew to the same rules he does, and the easier ways to make kombucha are fast becoming the norm. Sacred Life Synergy Kombucha - 6 Pack 20 Shop Now To celebrate its 25 anniversary, GT's Living Foods released Sacred Life that combines its signature organic, raw kombucha with coconut water and spirulina, giving it the vibrant blue hue. Shop for GTs Kombucha & Probiotic Drinks - in Juices at Walmart. For instance, Kosmic Kombucha, a four-year-old startup in Austin, recently got a financial boost from Whole Foods' Local Producer Loan program, and is using those funds to expand. He has helped spawn a lot of competitors." In its quest to feature regional brands in its stores, Whole Foods is literally funding GT's competition. "GT still has the best-selling brand in the category, but his growth has tailed off. Synergy Flavors Completes Construction of New School and Clean Water. Synergy Flavors Acquires Innova Flavors from Griffith Foods Worldwide. Synergy Flavors Listed on Great Place to Work’s 2021 Best. Synergy Flavors is Now a Member of the Sustainable Vanilla. "We're seeing a surge of local production," says Errol Schweizer, the global grocery coordinator at Whole Foods. Synergy Flavors Expands R&D Labs and Tasting Spaces.
