Wise Goat Organics — Green Garden Gut Tonic - Raw & Organic

Drinkable probiotics: the living brine from Green Garden Kraut, with kale, chard, spinach and collards fermented in. A shot a day.

A gut tonic is the liquid that forms when vegetables wild ferment in salt brine. It is where the Lactobacillus cultures live, and Wise Goat bottles it on its own for people who want the probiotics without eating the cabbage. This one comes from their Green Garden Kraut, so it carries the minerals of the leafy greens along with the cultures, lactic acid and enzymes of fermentation. It is raw and unpasteurized. The taste is tangy, salty and vegetal, more like a savory shot than a juice, and it also supplies sodium and potassium the way a natural electrolyte drink does.

Who this is for

• You want a daily probiotic but not a capsule and not a bowl of kraut
• You are easing your gut back after antibiotics or travel
• You sweat a lot at work or in training and want a natural electrolyte shot
• You make your own dressings and want an acid with live cultures

How to use

Start with one ounce a day, first thing or with a meal, and work up to a shot glass. Drink it straight, over ice, or cut with sparkling water. Also good as the acid in a vinaigrette or splashed into soup after cooking. Shake gently before pouring.

Ingredients: organic cabbage, organic kale, organic spinach, organic chard, organic collard greens, organic carrots, organic caraway seeds, sea salt. 14 oz. Keep refrigerated. Live and fermenting, so open slowly over a sink.

Made by Wise Goat Organics in Hollister, California: a small, woman-owned, USDA Organic certified fermentery run by Mary Risavi, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, in small batches in glass and stainless steel with produce grown within 20 miles of the kitchen. Two-time Good Food Awards winner.