18/09/2026
CLOUDY BRINE IN FERMENTED VEGETABLES – IS IT NORMAL?
Have you ever looked at your ferment and wondered: “Is this still okay?
During vegetable and fruit fermentation, clear brine can become cloudy, bubbly and develop sediment at the bottom. This is a completely normal part of fermentation.
So what’s actually in cloudy brine?
- Microorganisms, including lactic acid bacteria multiplying during fermentation
-Tiny particles from vegetables, fruits and spices
-Sediment made up of microbial biomass and plant particles
- Bubbles produced as fermentation becomes active
Cloudiness, bubbles and sediment alone are not signs of spoilage.
Keep your vegetables submerged under the brine.
Has cloudy brine ever made you think your fermented vegetables had gone bad?
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MOTNA SLANICA PRI FERMENTIRANI ZELENJAVI
Ste že kdaj pogledali svoj ferment in pomislili: »Je to še v redu?«
Med fermentacijo zelenjave in sadja lahko sprva bistra slanica postane motna, polna mehurčkov, na dnu pa se pojavi usedlina. V večini primerov je to povsem normalen del fermentacije.
Kaj je pravzaprav v motni slanici?
Mikroorganizmi, vključno z mlečnokislinskimi bakterijami, ki se med fermentacijo razmnožujejo
-Drobni delci zelenjave, sadja in začimb
- Usedlina iz mikrobne biomase in rastlinskih delcev
- Mehurčki
Ko mlečnokislinske bakterije naravno prisotne sladkorje pretvarjajo v mlečno kislino, se ferment spreminja – in ni vedno videti popolno. Motnost, mehurčki in usedlina sami po sebi niso znaki kvarjenja.
Zelenjava naj ostane potopljena pod slanico, pozorni pa bodite predvsem na opozorilne znake, kot sta kosmata ali obarvana plesen ter izrazito gniloben vonj.
🌿 Ste zaradi motne slanice že kdaj pomislili, da se je vaša fermentirana zelenjava pokvarila?
