Lactobacillus Bacterium: 1 billion organisms Vitamin B12 20% -I had to highlight this becuase it is almost unheard of to get B12 outside of the animal food kingdom

Although I normally do NOT read Nutrition Facts- and here is why-В for this particular item, the Nutrition Facts are more helpful because GTвЂќs Synergy brand hasВ provided more information than what isВ actually required by adding the additional nutrients, probiotics, etc. I was instantly impressed with the fact that kombucha was loaded with probiotics, antioxidants and a broad spectrum of B-vitamins (including vitamin B-12, which is pretty much impossible to get from non-animal sources.)ДЇor my first bottle I just so happened to choose GTвЂ™s Synergy Brand Organic Raw Kombucha Gingerade flavor (I later learned this is actually one of the best of the commercial brands). My husband wandered off (IвЂ™ve noticed this is what most other doctors do too when they hear about a health claim that is being linked to food.) ItвЂ™s not that AndyВ doesnвЂ™t have an open mindвЂ¦itвЂ™s just that I tend to keep an even вЂњopenerвЂќ mind when it comes to health foods andВ everything else вЂњalternative.вЂќВ I immediately snatched the Kombucha ( GTвЂ™s Synergy brand) bottle from the shelf and read the label and the list of ingredients. Ding, ding, dingвЂ¦these claims were peaking my interest. When I asked, the customer insisted it was an energizing and detoxifying beverage that was used for medicinal purposes in China, Japan and Russia. I had no idea what in the world kombucha was and neither did Andy. As I lingered a bit longer looking at the brightly colored Kombucha bottlesВ another customerВ asked which Kombucha flavor I liked best.

I was standing withВ Andy in a Whole Foods Market store in San DiegoВ trying to figure out which chilled beverage I should buy when I noticed Kombucha. What is kombucha? This was my questionВ back in 2011 when we were on a family vacation inВ California.

Synergy raw kombucha