Since the importance of the intestinal microbiota has become widely known to the public, they have evolved. Fermented drinks such as fruit kefir, milk kefir or even kombucha have flourished even on the shelves of large supermarkets, which were previously only available in organic stores.
If the UFC Que Choisir does not look at the excitement of these drinks, it is nevertheless criticized. no mention, on their labels, of the presence of alcohol.
Because that’s the rub, if we can say: “as in the case of beer or wine production, the The fermentation of sugar by yeast systematically results in the production of ethanol”, recalled UFC Que Choisir. And the consumer association continued: “Besides that, unlike the wine or beer lover, the consumer of kefirs and kombuchas does not necessarily know…“
Sifting through the many references, UFC Que Choisir found that half of the references found in stores did not mean anything about alcohol, and the other half only mentioned it in very small print. the Germline brand includes a pictogram for pregnant women on its kombucha bottles, while another brand, Labo Dumoulin, goes in the opposite direction to the point of writing that its fruit kefirs “everyday allies for everyone, young and old“.
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