SeitenbacherNatural Ready Sourdough, 2.65 Ounce (Pack of 10)

I really like this Sourdough addition for making bread! Sime Quick and easy. Just add it to the bread you would normally make and... Wall La.....Sourdough.Highly Recommended.

Works well, smells great, tastes great, but the packaging was not sealed well. The sourdough liquid was leaking out of the seams on more than half of the packages I received. You could smell the sourdough as soon as you opened the Amazon box.

The order was for ten packets, I received forty!I used one packet to make sourdough bread. It did not work, bread was hard, did not raise.

I find it makes my loaf very brown and gives it a flavor like molasses or pumpernickel. Nothing at all what would make one think sourdough bread. I've tried with four different loaves and will probably throw the remaining six packets in the trash. I am not a fan.

I had previously left the review below, but need to revise. Not sure what went wrong the first go, but have had great success using this subsequently for whole wheat sourdough. Just ordered again, after using the last foil wrapped pouch three years after original purchase (only have to use when I neglect my daughter starters.So ignore prior review:is basically flavoring, maybe some lactobacilli to add to your own yeast. This isn't really sourdough starter. (I WAS WRONG THIS WORKS)If it was then you could add flour and water and end up with a poofable loaf, as it is, it just sits until you add your own yeast (Correction it works). As per other reviews, I notice no difference in flavor vs same bread recipe. Would have returned but until you open and try this you don't realize its not what it is advertised as. Stay away and buy real sourdough starter elsewhere if sourdough is your goal. Have had GREAT success with other sough dough starter brands listed here on amazon, thought I would give this a try as a whole wheat alternative, very disappointed in results. (ACTUAL HAS GOOD FLAVOR WITH WHOLE WHEAT ....GIVE IT A TRY)

I have used Seitenbacher Sourdough starter that friends brought from Germany for my German Farmers Bread recipe. The product I received looked and smelled very different. It was very dark and smelled of vinegar. My bread did not rise as it did when using the starter my friends brought. The bread turned out heavy and dense. Maybe the starter from Amazon was not stored properly?

This is a delicious FLAVORING for rye bread. It is not a sourdough starter, as some reviewers seemed to think. You must use yeast with this. This is perfect in rye bread, which is what I bought it for. With white bread, you may want something else because it will leave a bit of a gray color. Highly recommend!

i am a true german and love our breads and i have used this to make my own bread and now it is by far better than the breads i used to buy at wholefoods and they were very good breads, if you love the german style bread this is the solution to your problems along with a very simple recipe. i had tried so many different ways and nothing worked like this stuff!would never bake another bread without it anymore.