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Welcome to the first instalment of The Cultured Collective's new blog series Eat & Greet where we're talking all things food, health and wellness with some of our favourite people and sharing delicious recipes to inspire you to get experimenting with kimchi and sauerkraut. Hello Eva! Please introduce yourself to our readers... Hey, I'm Eva Humphries, a BANT registered nutritionist with a realistic view of healthy eating. Somewhere along the way, we managed to make nutrition super complicated so I do my best to debunk those diet myths and encourage individuals to eat more "whole", unprocessed, foods. I'm a firm...

Our Founder Nikki sold The Cultured Collective's first jar of kimchi at London's Primrose Hill Farmers Market in 2016. Fast forward a few years and our fine ferments are gracing the shelves of some of the country's leading retailers. We sat down with Nikki to chat about how and why she did it... "The Cultured Collective’s roots are in Western Australia, where I lived for most of my 20s. I was a new graduate and had recently started working as a Geologist in the mining industry. Like most people, I was struggling to balance a demanding new career and social...

Did you know that a good place to start in improving your overall well-being is to address your gut health… A healthy gut promotes good digestive health of course, but it also affects our immune system, skin, skeletal system and even brain function. Our digestive systems are inhabited by trillions of microorganisms - the gut microbiome. So what exactly does the gut microbiome do? Your beneficial ‘good bacteria’ compete with harmful, pathogenic bacteria. The stronger the microbiota is, the lower the risk of gut infections. Gut bacteria help to make a selection of important nutrients, including vitamins K2, B12, folate,...

What is fermentation? The process of fermentation has been utilised by man for thousands of years and was originally a means of preserving food prior to the advent of refrigerators. During fermentation, carbohydrates in food are broken down into acids by various kinds of probiotic bacteria and yeast. Why should I be eating fermented foods? Eating unpasteurised ferments such as Kimchi and Sauerkraut is a natural way of getting probiotics into your diet. Probiotics are the 'good bacteria' that help to keep our guts healthy. Studies have shown that our gut flora (the bacteria that live in our digestive system)...