Vinicius and Leonardo Mazurek founded Pod Kombucha in 2019. The brothers, who already led healthy lifestyles, decided to delve deeper and soon realized the drink’s potential to make an impact and transform people’s lives. Pod Kombucha is located in Itajaí,...
Carol Coutinho founded Gula Fit in 2017. They are located in the north-eastern coastal city of Salvador in the state of Bahia, approximately 2,000 km north of São Paulo where they also have a warehouse for distribution to that region....
I first interviewed Lucas in 2021, when he shared his opinion on why kombucha has become so popular in Brazil and the rapid growth of the industry from 2019 to 2021. He is the founder of Fermenta Com Ciência (Fermenting...
Thiago Cunha founded LABKOM in 2020, together with Ruan Gregório, after a technical support initiative during the COVID period helped regional beverage producers navigate process and regulatory challenges. Cunha is a chemical engineer, holds a master’s degree in biotechnology and...
Brazil has the second-greatest number of kombucha brands in the world after the USA. The Booch News Worldwide Directory lists 423 companies (some might have closed but still maintain an online presence) compared to 657 in the United States. The...
Lucas Montanari is a biologist specializing in Natural Fermentation with a postgraduate degree in Nutrigenomics and Functional Foods, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach by IIN (NY / USA) and a professor at the FAMESP Graduate Program in Functional Gastronomy. He is...
