FRESHLY FERMENTED LTD Reviews 4,647

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Cannot recommend Freshly Fermented highly enough. The products are really well packaged and presented, their delivery times are fantastic and, for or a first time user, their guides ar... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Can highly recommend Freshly Fermented for both the quality of their products and speed of delivery . Beautiful packaged and very clear instructions to how to get your ferment going and to look afte... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Got some bottles of kefir to drink while my own kefir is brewing. (I’ve had the kefir grains before which are excellent and easy to grow.) This cows milk kefir is soooo alive!! It fizzes out of the b... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Re freshlyfermented.co.uk, Organic Water Kefir Grains - 60g (makes 1.5 Litres). These grains are good quality. They arrived fairly quickly. The instructions that were sent with them are compre... See more

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  1. Health food shop
  2. Fitness and nutrition

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Freshly Fermented offer organic & vegan friendly fermented food cultures we lovingly care for. All cultures are UKAS Lab tested for safety. We offer free shipping on any order. Purchase from our fully secure website. We accept Credit or Debit card via WorldPay, Paypal and direct UK Banks Transfers. We ship to the UK for free. We also offer European shipping with full tracking.


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4.6

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Makes very tasty kefir milk

Tasty, quality, best kefir grains and quality packaging.

I have been making kefir for the last 10 years. I have bought from many places like eBay but what I found that kefir was not as tasty as this and the packaging was cheap and not hygienic. I would always buy from Freshly fermented.

After I had received the grains I had washed them 5 times then followed their instructions. It's now 3 weeks and they have grown from just 5g to 100g that I have to give them to friends. I also put lemon peel in the second ferment this makes the kefir even more tastier. My second ferment is done when I see 1 cm of whey (liquid) at the bottom between 6-10 hours depending how hot is the weather.

4 June 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service

Awful customer service. I paid for some greek yoghurt starter along with other products at the begining of this month. when my package arrived it was missing and they had sent an incorrect item. I informed them and they requested I send the incorrect item back.
I have been informed they are withholding the product I have paid for and have a receipt for until I find the time to post back the incorrect item they sent me, worth approximately £3 when what I ordered is approximately £9.50.
So according to them I am to miss out and do not have the right to what I paid for until I correct their issue.
Do not waste your time ordering, they will mess up and you will suffer.

26 May 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Damaged scoby from delivery person and can’t get a replacement

I ordered a 1 litre SCOBY from the freshly fermented Amazon shop yesterday (because for some reason the actual website was not letting me go on) it arrived today and all the liquid is leaking out of the bag because the delivery man damaged it by shoving it through the letterbox even though someone was in. It clearly wasn’t in appropriate packaging. I have tried to register a replacement via Amazon a few times but keep getting a message saying this item isn’t eligible. How is a damaged item (damaged by Amazon) not eligible for replacement?! If someone can contact me and resolve this I will happily remove this review however I have felt I have to resort to this because I don’t know what else to do. I feel I paid a decent amount for this product and the delivery and now it is unusable!

5 February 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super happy with my milk kefir grains

Super happy with my milk kefir grains. They arrived speedily and securely packed.
I was rather nervous about the start of the fermentation process, but Dave from Customer Services was always quick to respond to my queries, and my milk kefir is now happily settled and producing lots of yummy kefir.

15 August 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased

I found the information provided prior to buying grains and how to work with them really useful and they arrived promptly and are working really well.

2 April 2023
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Dead starter.

I ordered the Alaskan sourdough starter. Followed the feed and care instructions for over a month. It never activated, I was unable to use it. I'm giving it two stars instead of one because I haven't tried the yogurt cultures yet and want to give it the benefit of the doubt.

21 March 2023
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Repeat order...

Repeat order of the best Kombucha out there. Wonderful stuff and would have given 5 stars. However I ordered on 26 April 2023 and it didn't arrive until 11th May! 15 days is not really acceptable and we had ran out of Kombucha the week before. Must do better.

25 April 2023
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Reply from FRESHLY FERMENTED LTD

Hi, sorry to hear you were not happy with the delivery times of your order. We are a small business and have recently had a spurt of Covid in the team meaning we have had low levels of staff, and what staff we did have have been working many extra hours to catch up. I understand this isn't acceptable as a business but it is not our usual turnaround of orders. I hope you accept our apologies.
Regards
Kirsty
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My first ‘boocha’

This was the first time I’d made my own Kombucha. The ‘Freshly Fermented’ kit had clear easy to follow instruction with a link to a very good video. Minimum ingredients are required and an absolute beginner can can make their own tasty ‘boocha’ in 10 days.

6 March 2023
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Problem with contacting the seller

I loved your products. However, the last sourdough I bought was not ok. I couldn't grow it. Tried many things but it just went stale after a few days of trying. I know that these things happen but the problem is I tried to contact you but didn't have any response from you. :(

23 February 2023

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