How fermentLab works

The logbook collects all your fermentations, each with its own page.

• Choose the type (lacto-fermented vegetables, kombucha, jun, kefir, water kefir, yogurt, wild sodas…): the form adapts and works out the salt, the amounts per liter and the percentages for you.
• Each fermentation has a status (planned, in progress, completed, failed, archived) and can have a photo.
• In the list you can search by title or ingredient and filter by status.

Every fermentation has a timeline: you note what happens, when it happens.

• pH and temperature measurements, notes, tastings with stars.
• Ingredient additions (for example the fruit of the second fermentation or the ginger bug feedings): they join the recipe with the stage and day you added them.
• Stage changes and completion, with a date and time you can adjust.

So you don't forget the key steps of a fermentation.

• On each fermentation you'll be able to set a reminder with a day and time, for example "bottle it" or "move to the second fermentation".
• Reminders will be able to repeat (every day, every few hours…), handy for ginger bug feedings or burping bottles.
• You'll get them in the site's bell and by email; when a fermentation is completed, its reminders are paused.

• As you type a name, suggestions from the catalog appear, in Italian and English. If an ingredient isn't there, just type it: it stays as a free-text ingredient.
• Amounts can be in grams, sachets, teaspoons or pieces, fractions too ("1/2").
• In your profile you choose the units: grams, milliliters and °C, or ounces and °F.

• For each fermentation you can print a label for the jar, with the dates, the main ingredients and a QR code that leads back to its page.
• A completed fermentation can also be printed as a recipe, with ingredients and a day-by-day procedure.

• A completed fermentation can be shared as a recipe: a copy is published, with your notes and photo only if you choose to include them.
• You decide who sees it: only the community (members) or everyone.
• You can search recipes by text, type and ingredients, save them to favorites and use them as a starting point: they become a "planned" fermentation of yours, with the procedure as a guide.

• To use the logbook you need a free account, with a confirmed email.
• In your profile you change name, photo, password and units; language and light/dark theme are chosen from the header.
• You can delete your account at any time from your profile.

• Android (Chrome): when the "Install fermentLab" prompt appears tap Install, or choose "Install app" from the ⋮ menu.
• iPhone (Safari): tap Share and then "Add to Home Screen".
• Once installed, fermentLab opens full screen from the icon on your phone.

• Your fermentations are private: only you can see them, unless you share a recipe.
• Site statistics turn on only if you accept them in the cookie banner; you can change your mind from "Cookie preferences".
• For questions or reports there is the Contact page.