Statistics About The Oldest Sourdough Starters • Gitnux (2024)

"The world's oldest sourdough starter is supposedly over 5,000 years old."

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"Alaska claims one of the oldest commercial sourdough starter dating back to the Gold Rush era over 120 years ago."

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"A family in Belgium has a sourdough starter that's 125 years old."

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"The Boudin Bakery of San Francisco says their sourdough starter is from 1849."

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"The "Yukon Gold Rush" sourdough starter has been continuously cared for since 1896."

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"Friends of Carl's Sourdough Starter claims their strain began in 1847."

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"The sfbi.com says that The oldest sourdough in existence belongs to the Schnupfhut family, which dates back to around 1780."

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"Some sourdough starters in American history can be traced back to the California Gold Rush era around 1848."

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"The world holds a sourdough starter library where unique starters are kept under perfect storage conditions and there are currently 125 different samples, with various poets."

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"Karl De Smedt's sourdough library in Belgium holds 125 sourdough starters from 21 countries, each with a unique yeast and bacteria microflora."

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"It is believed the origin of a sourdough starter can remain intact for hundreds of years despite changes in feeding flours and conditions."

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"The oldest sourdough starter that is still being used daily belongs to a bakery in Chorzów, Poland, dating back to 1842."

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"Boudin’s Bakery in San Francisco holds the title of oldest continuously operating business in the city and has been using the same sourdough starter since 1849."

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"Sourdough starters can be kept alive for generations, like the one in Giza, Egypt that is around 1,500 years old."

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"The Alaska sourdough starters from the Klondike Gold Rush period between 1896 and 1899 are known to have survived and are still being used."

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"Italy's oldest known sourdough starter is kept in Genzano di Roma and dates back to 1837."

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"The 122-year old sourdough starter from the Gold Rush era in Alaska is known as the Sarahan Yeast."

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"Sourdough starter known as the Herman the German Friendship Cake, has been shared around the globe for over 100 years."

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