Bread Drink (German: Brottrunk) is a fermented grain beverage similar to Kvass, made in Germany from bread. The bread is baked from biodynamically grown grains. This bread is then fermented in a proprietary month long process. Then, without further processing, the liquid is bottled. Developed over the course of 20 years and finally marketed in 1981 by master baker Wilhelm Kanne, this non-alcoholic probiotic beverage is widely distributed as Kanne Brottrunk in Germany and in several European countries.
The drink contains live cultures (Lactobacillus reuteri), grain lactic acid, trace elements, minerals and vitamins (though not in noteworthy amounts). Thousands of consumers have provided anecdotal evidence of the health benefits of the bread drink.
Several books have been published with reports on the benefits that patients have experienced, such as the strengthening of the immune systems to a degree diseases could be fought off, subsided allergies, and improvements of many other conditions.
Taken internally and also applied topically, the bread drink has brought relief for eczema and psoriasis sufferers. A number of limited clinical studies have been conducted in Germany that have also indicated the positive effect of the Bread Drink on the immune system, the skin, the digestive system and other health related issues No negative side effects have ever been reported.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:3.
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