I delivered the closing presentation at CONACOM (Conferência Nacional de Produtores de Kombucha) on Friday, October 16. Titled ‘An overview of the global kombucha industry,’ I shared data from the Booch News Worldwide Directory that tracked the growth of the...
Ao final da CONAKOM, perguntei aos participantes sobre os desafios que seus negócios enfrentam, o futuro da kombucha no Brasil e o que acharam da conferência. O podcast está em português; uma tradução para o inglês encontra-se logo abaixo. >>>...
No início da 5ª edição anual da CONAKOM (Conferência Nacional de Produtores de Kombucha), circulei entre o público e perguntei o que esperavam obter com o evento. Ouça o podcast abaixo para saber quais são as expectativas deles. O podcast...
The day before CONAKOM, I visited the fermented food and beverage bar in Sao Paulo, which is the showroom for the products produced by Companhia dos Fermentados in their factory located in Barueri, in the northwestern part of the Metropolitan...
The day before CONAKOM, I visited Raphael Hennies, founder of Puro Verde Kombucha, at his factory in one of São Paulo’s last industrial areas. Raphael founded the company in 2013, after experimenting with cold-pressed juices. He now manages multiple product...
CONAKOM (National Kombucha Producers Conference), the largest gathering of kombucha producers in Latin America, takes place on October 15th and 16th at the Frei Caneca Convention Center, São Paulo. This will be the fifth edition of the event. I’m packing...
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...
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