Ask Carla | What Is the Magic of Flora Culture?

We often get asked what makes The Beauty Chef different – and one of the reasons is undoubtedly our exclusive Flora Culture™ bio-fermentation process.


Flora Culture™ is The Beauty Chef’s unique bio-fermentation process, which involves introducing a mother culture made up of a variety of Lactobacillus species and beneficial yeasts into the ingredients to ferment for a period of 6–8 weeks. These beautiful bacteria essentially break down the ingredients, making the nutrients more bioavailable – and the bio-fermentation process also helps to neutralise any anti-nutrients like phytic acid, found in grains and legumes.


What’s amazing about this process too is that as a result, a natural, broad-spectrum probiotic is created. Unlike your standard probiotic supplement that you might find at the supermarket however – which may only carry a couple of species or strains – The Beauty Chef products carry multiple, natural species and strains as a result of this bio-fermentation process. These lacto-fermented ingredients also act as prebiotics – which feed the good bacteria in your gut.

 

Discover more about Flora Culture™ here.

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Carla Oates
Carla Oates Carla Oates is the founder and CEO of The Beauty Chef, and a pioneer in the ingestibles and gut health space. A former beauty editor turned wellness innovator, Carla created The Beauty Chef's first product Glow® in 2009—a groundbreaking fermented supernutrient powder with pre, pro & postbiotics. Today, she works alongside a team of naturopaths, nutritionists and microbiologists to develop The Beauty Chef's range of probiotic formulas, fermented for potency at their state-of-the-art Probiotic Lab in Sydney. Carla is also the author of three books, a longtime natural beauty columnist, and a sought-after speaker who has been featured at VOGUE Codes, WWD Beauty Summit and various international events and media.


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