Buying Guide

The Sourdough Mumma system has three core components: a starter, a Feed My Starter mix and a bread or focaccia mix. Complete bread-making kits bring the relevant components together. Before choosing a product, first decide whether you need the Traditional or Gluten Free pathway, then consider how much of the system you already have.

If you are starting from scratch

A complete kit is the simplest place to begin. Sourdough Mumma kits are built around the relevant starter, matching Feed My Starter mix and bread mixes, giving you the core products needed for one pathway without having to identify each component separately.

Choose a Traditional kit if you want to make the brand’s conventional sourdough varieties. Choose a Gluten Free kit if you need the separate Gluten Free system. Check the selected kit’s listed contents so you know which mixes are included, along with any additional ingredients and equipment you will need at home. A kit provides the coordinated products, but you will still need to follow the activation, feeding and baking directions in order.

If you already have part of the system

You can buy the component you are missing rather than another full kit. It helps to understand that the three product types have different jobs:

• Starter: this supplies the culture used to begin your sourdough system. It must be activated and cared for according to its directions. Do not treat a starter product as though it were already an immediately active wet starter.
• Feed My Starter mix: this is used to feed and maintain the matching starter. It is not a bread mix and is not intended to replace one.
• Bread or focaccia mix: this provides the dry baking mix for the finished loaf or focaccia. It is not a starter, so you will generally need the compatible active starter as well as any additions specified on the packet.

If you already have an established Sourdough Mumma starter, look for the matching feed and baking mix within the same pathway. If you have a bread mix but no starter, add the appropriate starter and feeding mix before planning your bake.

Traditional sourdough

The Traditional pathway includes its own starter and Feed My Starter mix, together with Spelt Wholemeal and Khorasan sourdough bread mixes where stocked. Both Spelt Wholemeal and Khorasan belong to the Traditional range; neither should be treated as gluten free.

This pathway suits shoppers who want to choose between the two Traditional bread mix varieties or buy a coordinated Traditional kit. Keep using the Traditional feeding product with the Traditional starter rather than switching between pathways.

Gluten Free sourdough

Sourdough Mumma Gluten Free products form a separate system. The range includes a Gluten Free starter, Gluten Free Feed My Starter mix, Gluten Free bread mix and Gluten Free focaccia mix where currently available. Select all three functional components from this pathway: the Gluten Free starter, its matching feed mix, and the Gluten Free bread or focaccia mix you want to bake.

Do not combine a Traditional starter or Traditional feed mix with a Gluten Free baking mix. Traditional sourdough does not become gluten free through fermentation. If gluten cross-contact matters in your household, also review each product’s current ingredient and allergen information and use separately managed equipment and storage.

Before adding a product to your basket

Confirm whether the item is a starter, feed mix, baking mix or complete kit. Then review the pack contents, preparation sequence, required additions, equipment and storage directions. These details may differ between products, and they determine whether you have everything required before you begin. Shop Naturally orders this range on demand to help ensure stock is fresh when it arrives.