Kvass & beets

Beet Kvass & Beets

Tangy, earthy, gingery, and deeply savory. Made with certified organic beets from Chicory Creek Farm in Mount Vision, NY, along with its sister, Ginger Beets.

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a note from the kitchen

Good things take time.

Small batches mean some jars disappear fast. If your favorite's gone, it's probably just fermenting, check back in a week or two!

Small batch, big opinions

What makes a Food & Ferments jar different

Every jar we make is fermented in small batches, by hand, in Cortland, New York: raw, unpasteurized, and alive. Where most supermarket kraut is quick-pickled with vinegar in a matter of days, ours ferments slowly, the old way, for weeks or months. No heat-treating, no vinegar, no preservatives, no rushing. Just real vegetables, real salt, real time, and the wild cultures that show up when you let good ingredients do their thing.

Raw & unpasteurized

Nothing is cooked or heat-treated, so the live cultures and their probiotics stay alive all the way to your fork.

Slow, never rushed

We don't rush good food. Our sauerkrauts wild-ferment a patient 4 to 6 months, building the deep, complex tang you cannot fake with vinegar.

Grown down the road

Cabbage from a multi-generational family farm in Central New York, organic beets from Chicory Creek Farm, napa cabbage and cucumbers from Plowbreak and Stick & Stone. Farmers we know by name.

Our first love

The ferment that started it

Beet kvass was one of the first ferments we fell in love with. We had never tasted anything like it: tangy, earthy, gingery, and delicious. We had to get our hands on more, so we started making it ourselves, then revised and retasted the recipe over years until it struck the balance we were after, rich root-vegetable depth with a bright, lacto-fermented tang.

Our certified organic beets come from Chicory Creek Farm, a small family-owned farm in Mount Vision, New York, halfway between Cooperstown and Oneonta. Ginger Beets are the kvass's delicious sister, amazing on sandwiches and in salads.

We make it year round. Grab the 3-pack or the half gallon, and try it in a martini sometime.

Living foods

Why the wait matters

We don't rush good food. While mass-produced kraut is quick-pickled with vinegar or hurried out in days, ours undergoes a slow, traditional 4 to 6 month wild fermentation. That patient aging lets waves of beneficial lactic acid bacteria flourish, fully breaking down the cabbage for better bioavailability and developing a rich, complex, tangy flavor.

The long ferment also generates postbiotics: beneficial compounds and organic acids made by the probiotic microbes, associated with gut lining integrity and immune health. Raw, alive, and honest. That is the whole point.

Naturally gluten-free · no added sugar, vinegar, or preservatives · nothing you can't pronounce.

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Are your products organic?
Many of our core vegetables are organic or from local organic farms. Certified Organic beets in the Beet Kvass and Ginger Beets, local organic napa cabbage and cucumbers, and Central New York family-farm cabbage for our krauts. Secondary aromatics and spices come from trusted conventional partners.
Are they vegan and gluten-free?
Everything is 100% gluten-free, with no added sugar, vinegar, or preservatives. Almost the whole line is vegan too, the one exception is our Traditional Kimchi, which uses real anchovy sauce.
Do you offer free shipping?
Free on every order over $100. Under that, it's calculated at checkout by weight and zip code. We ship Monday through Thursday across the continental US.
What if a jar arrives warm?
No worries, live ferments are kept safe by their own natural acidity, so a warm trip won't spoil them. Refrigerate on arrival and they'll firm right back up.