What do other health departments have to say about Kombucha Tea?
The “German FDA” states, “Kombucha is a vitalizing and completely harmless beverage. Especially in health shops, the Asian tea mushroom “Kombucha” is praised as a universal panacea. But are there some hidden negative side effects involved as well? Prof. Dr. F. Staib (Robert-Koch-Institute of the German Public Health Department*) answers this question of a worried doctor: “Kombucha” consists of a jelly-like substance which develops from a sort of a symbiosis of fermenting yeasts and acetic acid bacteria in sugared black tea. The resulting products are alcohol, carbonic acid and variousorganic acids, which can be enjoyed as a vitalizing beverage known in known in Russia as ‘tea-kwass’. No harmful effects on health have been discovered so far. And what is more, such effects are highly unlikely due to natural preservation substances which also develop during the short fermentation process.”; *). The German Health Department is the corresponding organization to the American FDA. Translated
