KeVita™ Facts & Questions
KeVita’s™ refreshingly delicious flavor and our certified organic kefir-derived culture. With more probiotics than kombucha, KeVita™ is truly divine. Dairy, gluten and soy-free, KeVita™ comes in 8 delightful flavors.
Certified Organic KeVita™ culture is combined with either purified water, tea or coconut water. Also added are the finest organic cold pressed plant extracts, organic fruit puree or concentrates and organic flavors for an unparalleled taste sensation.
No, though the cultures are similar in structure, KeVita™ culture is water-based (rather than milk-based). Our live KeVita™ culture comes from kefir-derived cultures, a process that we have been evolving for over a period of many years. KeVita™ is made with fresh, rather than powdered, kefir culture.
KeVita™ is made with our proprietary, certified organic, kefir-derived culture. Our KeVita™ culture is a nutrient-rich blend of probiotics and prebiotics, organic acids, polysaccharides, and trace elements. This culture is different (and is created by a different methodology) than the culture used in kombucha. Traditionally kombucha is made using a black tea base while KeVita™ uses either water, tea or coconut water as the base. Both KeVita™ and kombucha are made with SCOBY's: Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast, but the SCOBY's differ vastly. The base of KeVita™ culture is pure water while the kombucha culture is grown in a sweetened tea. KeVita™ is richer in probiotics than kombucha.
KeVita™ is made from a kefir derived culture, it has a refreshingly delicious delicate flavor and is less vinegary than kombucha
Frankly, we don’t know. There is no science backing up the many health claims made about kombucha, so much of what we have read or heard is hearsay or folklore. We know that KeVita™ has active probiotic cultures that are known to enhance beneficial digestive flora as well as antioxidant Vitamin C. Fans think it’s great!
Yes, it's gluten free.
Two flavors, Green Tea and Living Greens™ each contain 50 grams of caffeine per 8oz serving. (Coffee contains 100 mg of caffeine per 8oz serving.) The notable lift from drinking Living Greens™ comes from our green phytoalgae superfood blend and green tea. Lemon Ginger™ and all three of our new KeVita™ Coconut flavors are caffeine-free.
Yes, KeVita™ is dairy-free.
Yes, it is a vegan product, which means it is free from all dairy, animal products and animal testing.
Yes it's soy-free, contains no tree nuts and is made in facility that processes only KeVita™.
Yes, it's vegan, dairy and casein free.
Yes, KeVita™ is lightly infused with co2, (carbon dioxide). Carbonating involves pressing carbon dioxide into liquid under pressure. When the pressure is reduced, the carbon dioxide is released as small bubbles, which cause the solution to "fizz." We take the greatest care to gently carbonate KeVita™ with less than ¼ of the carbonation of soda.
Our first three flavors are certified organic and the coconut flavors are certified as “made with organic ingredients” which means they are made with at least 70% organic ingredients.
Chlorella is a green single-celled algae cultivated in fresh water ponds. It has the highest chlorophyll concentration of any plant in the world and has existed on the planet for billions of years. (Fossils of Chlorella have been found dating back 3 billion years!) Chlorella is one of the best super foods in existence. It is often called the "perfect food.” It is a wonderful aid for digestion.
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) is a fresh water, edible species of blue-green algae which many call the most nutritious food on the planet. It is the most ancient food on earth!
BrainON® is an extract which offers naturally occurring phenylethylamine (PEA) as found in AFA blue-green algae. In chocolate, PEA is known as the "love molecule" and BrainON® contains more bio-available PEA than chocolate.
Marine Phytoplankton are single-celled aquatic organisms and touted to be one of the most nutrient dense foods on earth.
Stevia Rebaudiana is an herb in the Chrysanthemum family which grows wild as a small shrub in parts of Paraguay and Brazil. The glycosides in its leaves, including up to 10% Stevioside, account for its incredible sweetness, making it unique among the nearly 300 species of Stevia plants.
We have three coconut flavors Original Coconut, Mango Coconut and Strawberry Acai Coconut. They contain 60-70% coconut water depending on the flavor.
We know at the time of bottling what amount of probiotics goes into each bottle because we add an exact quantity.
No, we are not able to assess potassium levels in KeVita™
We use triple micro filtered purified water.
Gently shake Living Greens™ until the powdered Phytoalgaes™ are well blended as well as the Coconut KeVita™ flavors. It’s best not to shake Lemon Ginger or Green Tea. It is normal for some sediment to remain on the bottom of all the flavors.
We cannot predict, which is why we clearly label all KeVita™ drinks to be kept refrigerated (our distributors use refrigerated trucks.) If left out for a day or two it seems to be fine. We do know that KeVita's™ delicate flavors taste best when kept refrigerated at all times. Also, the live probiotic content is maintained by continual refrigeration.
There are so many variables on how people handle their opened bottles that we find it hard to say for sure. If you close the lid tightly after opening, keep it cold and pour out a portion (rather than sip directly from the bottle) and drink within a few days of opening it should retain it's value. It is hard for us to say exactly how long it will take for the probiotics to no longer be viable as people treat open bottles differently.
Yes, KeVita™ can be enjoyed with meals. All KeVita™ flavors are light and easy to drink (unlike other fermented beverages which may not go well with food due to their strong flavors.) Though drinking while eating can reduce digestive capacity (since liquids require different digestive enzymes than solid foods) many enjoy people find drinking KeVita™ with meals supports their digestion.
That’s your choice. We don’t offer a recommended serving of KeVita™ since it’s not a nutritional supplement.
Anytime, anywhere and always chilled!
Yes, KeVita™ is an excellent replacement!
With your doctors or health care providers approval, or by consumers own choice. We cannot recommend KeVita™ for any specific condition.
Please seek your doctor's advice.
Please seek the advise of your doctor
Absolutely! We have many kids and grandparents in the extended KeVita™ team family who drink KeVita™. Bill’s 5 year-old loves it. Chakra’s 19 year-old (and all of his friends) want it by the case and one of our biggest fans is a local 90 year-old Ojai elder who believes that KeVita™ is her new fountain of youth!
KeVita™ is enjoyed by those young and old, our kids and grandparents love it!
Yes! Our raw food friends love KeVita™ because it is live!
No, KeVita™ is not made with any known allergens and does not contain dairy, eggs, soy, wheat, peanuts or tree-nuts, corn, legumes or animal products. KeVita™ is made in a facility free from any of the above allergens.
KeVita™ is not a nutritional supplement, its a refreshing probiotic drink. Every bottle has 100% of the recommended Daily Value of vitamin C and probiotics that support beneficial digestive flora.
Yes, indeed. Our consumers are constantly amazed that something which tastes this good is so good for you. We think KeVita™ tastes like health should.
It’s different for each of us. Listen to your taste buds and your body. Some customers experience a benefit to their digestion drinking a bottle or more a day, while others take a bottle home and sip it slowly through the week.
Yes, all of our flavors are hydrating and thirst-quenching, especially the Coconut KeVita™ flavors.
Yes, KeVita™ enhances beneficial digestive flora.
Because KeVita™ is delicious! Simply, drink it if you like it and it makes you feel good. Our additional strains of probiotics may enhance your digestive flora.
The KeVita™ culture itself is made up of a nutrient-rich blend of probiotics and prebiotics, organic acids, polysaccharides, and trace elements. The life-giving, beneficial microbes in our KeVita™ culture enhance beneficial digestion.
We do not know the answer to this question as we have not run lab work to prove or disprove this.
KeVita is made in our own certified organic production facility in beautiful Ventura, California.
We use the same ingredients and active cultures in every batch though our KeVita™ culture constantly grows and changes slightly over time. Just like anything that is alive it is constantly evolving.
We perform in house testing and have 3rd party lab testing on a weekly basis.
Yes, though it will be different from KeVita™. The hand-crafted love and attention along with our special consortium of beneficial bacteria, healthy yeasts and certified organic KeVita™ culture is what makes KeVita™ so delicious!
We answer all consumer inquiries through email at: customerservice@KeVita.com or through www.kevita.com.
