KneadAce Sourdough Starter Culture – Fast-Activating Natural Wild Yeast for Homemade Bread – Dehydrated Sourdough Starter for Baking Artisan Loaves, Easy to Use & Perfect for Beginners

I gotta give it to them, their customer service is great. But it’s been over 12 days since i started the process and still dont have an active starter. I really have followed all the recommendations to the tea but still no luck. Im upset i paid so much money for nothing. Definitely not fast activating as they say.

This worked well. It produced a strong and active starter in just a few of days. I followed the instructions with a little twist - I used 1/2 bread flour and 1/2 rye flour to ensure it had a bit more energy (the US takes away a lot of the nutrients from wheat flour for some reason). To get the starter established, I used the ratios suggested in the instructions, and within 3 days I had a strong active starter. I did a daily maintenance for two additional days just to be sure that it was established before using. For maintenance/feeding, I shifted away from the 1:1:1 ratio suggested in the instructions to a 1:2:2 ratio using 25 g starter, 50g water, 50g of flour mix (25g wheat flour+25g rye flour) for the weekly feeding and after use recovery and it is thriving. The resulting bread was well-formed with a good crumb, nice crust and a mild sourdough flavor.

Honestly very impressed I did not expect it to rise day 3 I thought it would take a couple more days but not only rose but it doubled! I tried the breadtopia one as I used that before to make a 'quick' starter but this time around it failed. Even with the breadtopia one it did not rise or smell correctly for a couple days. Will try to not forget about the starter in the fridge this time but if I do I know which one I am trying first! Also note I used warm water idk if I call it hot or Luke warm to dissolve stuff since people said it is hard to dissolve. And I just kept it by my rice cooker as it was keeping left over rice warm at a constant 25-26 which probably helped. Did do the same thing for the other brand as well but did not take off and buttery bacteria took over UPDATE: it still is good but the smell like a young starter like acetone so can't use right away. But it doubles very quickly so probably still need a couple days before baking

Love this and it worked so well.

Very easy to use, and very fresh as well! Especially if you don't want to go through the mess of creating your own from scratch or have failed each time making one from scratch like I have. The size was as advertised. As long as you follow the directions your starter will turn out the way it's meant to. I fed mine King Arthur's whole wheat flour for the first couple of days and I am now switching to King Arthur's Unbleached Bread Flour to maintain it and to help get rid of the acetone smell that developed as it was fermenting and eating through the whole wheat flour too fast. You want a texture that is more stiff and hard rather then runny or pancake like, similar to a dairy queen blizzard where it can't fall out of the your jar or container. I can't wait to beging baking with my starter and taste the flavors of sourdough bread. I do keep my starter in the microwave as it's the only place that stays warm in my apartment. Here's a picture of my starter having risen quite a bit being fed only Whole wheat flour.

Great way to start a starter! Easy instructions to follow with QR code to follow video instructions. Worked the first time and my starter is going strong!