Now, when it comes to How GTs brews the tea that goes into their kombucha, well, they’re doing it fairly similar to everyone else. In other words, what we’re saying.thanks for being transparent Dave! Sadly, many even hide behind statements like “Ours is a proprietary kombucha fermentation process”. While some of their competitors do a similar brew period, such as Remedy, others simply DO NOT DISCLOSE their fermentation period. Just as interestingly, GTs Synergy kombucha range undergoes a fermentation period of 30 days, which is important as it gives the SCOBY more than enough time to work its magic. Given GTs is selling well over 1 million bottles a year - and thus making north of 125,000 gallons every single year - that means GTs is brewing over 25,000 INDIVIDUAL batches of kombucha per year! Extraordinary!Īnd also quite refreshing to see a big company sticking to its craft brewing roots. Unsurprisingly, given Dave’s passion for all things fermented, GTs kombucha is made with great care.įor starters, while most of the industry has moved to brewing kombucha in HUGE vats, often around the 50 gallon mark, GTs still brews their kombucha in SMALL 5 gallon jars. In this analysis when we’re comparing brands on things like flavoring agents used, sugar content etc, we’ll be referencing GTs Synergy Gingerade, which I have here. So in other words, we’re going to compare ginger with ginger. And after a bit of research we found that all major brands have 1 flavor in common with GTs, which is GINGER.

Naturally, to make this comparison FAIR we need to make sure that we’re comparing apples with apples. Of course, to make this analysis even more useful for you, we’ll also look at how GTs compares to OTHER kombucha brands. Now it’s time for us to take the gloves off and shine a spotlight on what’s actually inside GTs kombucha, so we can answer 4 questions… Just before we start looking at whether GTs kombucha passes the Essential Stacks test, it is worth noting that GTs now offers a range of other fermented products such as water kefir, mushroom infused teas and even coconut yogurt. In fact it is LESS than light beer, which comes in around 4% alcohol. But in doing so, it can contain ABOVE 0.5% alcohol and as such is now sold as a 21-and-over drink.įinally, GTs offers Hard Kombucha products, which sit around 3% alcohol by volume - which is not bad. GTs second category of kombucha is called Classic Kombucha and actually utilizes GT Dave’s ORIGINAL recipe for kombucha. And this is what we’ll be focusing on in this article.

This is their NON-ALCOHOL kombucha - meaning it is under 0.5% alcohol content and able to be enjoyed by everyone. So most interesting to us is their first category of kombucha called Synergy Raw Kombucha. And since it can be a bit CONFUSING working out what’s best for you, here’s a quick breakdown of the 3. GTs has expanded their kombucha product range over the years and now has 3 distinct categories. And in a world where MOST of the top selling kombucha brands are part or wholly owned by the big beverage players or private equity funds, the fact that GTs remains 100% family owned and independent is extraordinary.Īs you can imagine, this is a really important point and we’ll see what this means for the quality of their products, when we analyze them in a minute. Now, the other fascinating detail that got our attention here, is that Dave remains the sole owner. Meaning Dave literally single handedly built the kombucha market.Īnd to further put this time in context - GTs main competitors only got started in the last decade or so, with Humm in 2008, Kevita in 2009 and HealthAde in 2012, to name a few. So for starters, 1995…we’re talking about a time when commercial kombucha simply DID NOT EXIST in the USA. There’s a bit to unpack here and I think you’ll quickly see why so many people like GTs kombucha. And remarkably, 25 years on, Dave remains the sole owner of GTs. So GTs was founded by George Thomas Dave - or GT Dave as he’s most commonly known. Because this can usually tell us a lot about the potential quality of their products. Summary of our key findings on GT'sĪlthough we’ll dive into the nitty gritty of GTs specific products in a minute, I think the first thing you’ll find interesting is WHO is behind the company. So with that out of the way, let’s get into our findings. So before we get into it, I just want to say that like all product reviews here at Essential Stacks we receive zero compensation or incentive from the company we are reviewing, which means we are completely unbiased.Īnd as you’ll see in this review, we don’t hold anything back when analyzing companies in the digestive health space.Īnd that’s because our missing here at Essential Stacks is to help you discover what truly works and what doesn’t for good gut health.

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