Organic Heirloom Starter Unlimited Usage Dehydrated Water Kefir Grains- Grown in Organic Specialty Sugars and Natural Spring Water - Organic, Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Caffeine-Free

Once hydrated they were active and fun to use.

I am very disappointed with this product, I followed the directions to the T wanted to make my own water kefir and it didn't work. I tried several times in case I was doing something wrong ,but over an over was coming out with the same product. I don't know if the cultures are old or dead but it is not working the way it is supposed to work. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. Besides it is non refundable.

Super easy to start! Almost too easy. Idk what to do with all this kefir now. Has a bit of a cheese smell, that im hoping to make into vegan cheese.

No what is is described as dose not say heirloom anywhere on package will update: 12 hours later in a room that is kept at 70 degrees in the closet it’s showing lots of activity works like a charm

These are not good kefir grains. They smell, well they smell exactly like something I’d rather not mention on here. Let’s just say they smell fishy and funky. They are also sad looking grains (maybe that explains the smell) they are very small and looked like they were melting away. After several days I haven’t seen any growth and they still stink. Do yourself a favor and order from Florida sun!

The package advertised 1/4 cup but there was only a teaspoon of kefir grains in the package and less than a quarter cup of fluid. Far less than advertised.

These grains definitely are alive and grew well for me, i followed the manufacturer's instructions closely. They took a little longer than expected but they definitely came to life, the first ferment stage was not super obvious to me when it happened - i could see where someone may think the culture wasn't doing anything. The second ferment stage i added the solution to canned Pineapple with juice and by the next day it had produced a perfect fizzy drink. Keep in mind that in order to get the fizzy carbonated effect, you have to have the vessel pressurized (i used a quart canning jar).

I really really really want to give these grains a 5 but I cannot get them to thrive or multiply - I’ve kept kefir water in the past without issue but stopped growing them about 1 year ago and wanted to restart. After weeks of trying with the HeaIthy Gut grains purchased some grains from the Florida Sun company and I have gotten excellent results with about 1/2 to sometimes doubling of grains every couple days with the exact same treatment and conditions. The Healthy Gut Grains cost about 3x as much as the Florida Sun ones, too. Now the website and video instructions from Healthy Gut are wonderful but no good if the grains don’t thrive. I hate to give 1 star but I just cannot recommendation buying these especially given how much more expensive they are - much higher gamble if other batches do thrive.