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About Sourdough Starter
This freeze-dried sourdough starter is made from the same starter we have been using at Sunrise Flour Mill for the past six years. Now, using freeze-dried technology, we are able to mail samples of this starter nationwide to help people start baking their own delicious and nutritious sourdough bread!
Like the well-known San Francisco Sourdough, every sourdough starter has a story, lore, or mythology about its origin. This sourdough strain originally came from Italy. It was brought to us by a friend who came across it while traveling in Bolivia. Her Italian friend in Bolivia told her the starter had been maintained for over 100 years and had some very unique characteristics.
Our friend shared some with us and insisted this was a special starter. We quickly discovered it was indeed special, and the rest is history!
What is Heritage wheat?
Heritage Wheat-The Way Wheat Used to Be:
Heritage wheat was the predominant wheat grown in America up until the 1950’s. Many people find it more digestible than modern wheat. Its long deep root system allowed it to survive the Dust Bowl, and gave the Midwest its famous nickname “The Bread Basket”. Heritage wheat was a staple in every household. The history of it can be tracked to biblical times and has been responsible for nourishing generations. It was grown before the introduction of intensive scientific plant breeding.This wheat is experiencing a resurgence.
Heritage wheat was the predominant wheat grown in America up until the 1950’s. Many people find it more digestible than modern wheat. Its long deep root system allowed it to survive the Dust Bowl, and gave the Midwest its famous nickname “The Bread Basket”. Heritage wheat was a staple in every household. The history of it can be tracked to biblical times and has been responsible for nourishing generations. It was grown before the introduction of intensive scientific plant breeding.This wheat is experiencing a resurgence.
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Sunrise Flour Mill provides an easy subscription service to order our products. Your subscription will automatically renew on a recurring basis at which time your credit card will be charged automatically for the subscription products until you cancel your subscription. Taxes and shipping fees may apply. You may cancel your subscription at any time, before your order ships, from the Subscriptions section of your account.
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Simply find the products you want to order on subscription and select "Subscribe and save", then choose the frequency for delivery 30 days, 60 days, 90 days or 120 days. Finally add the product to your cart and proceed to checkout. You can add as many products as you like to your subscription.
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Shipping
We ship our product using UPS. We offer UPS at checkout to give you the best value.
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- Some orders that are under $60 will be delivered by UPS Surepost. This method will be determined by the size of the order, and the final destination during the shipping process. UPS will suggest to us the best method of delivery for the area.
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(Flat Rate Shipping only available in the lower 48 states and not in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S. territories.)
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BB
05/01/2025
Brenda B.
United States
Products
Flour has a delightful sweet flavor, great products and company is very customer oriented and easy to work with.
NA
05/01/2025
Nora A.
United States
Excellent Products
The Sourdough it’s fantastic and the quality of the flour it’s excellent.
C
04/02/2025
Chandler 
United States
I like that it id heritage wheat
T
03/30/2025
Taylor
United States
Easy starter and delicious bread
L
02/26/2025
Linda
United States
Love my sourdough starter!
RH
02/15/2025
Rasha H.
United States
Success!
I followed instructions (pretty much) and got an amazing, bubbly starter. I’ve been baking away (so far bread and crackers) with very good results. I’m excited to keep experimenting.
SP
02/12/2025
Sharon P.
United States
The best sourdough starter
This starter is excellent!! Came with very clear instructions to rehydrate and bake bread with excellent results. I was able to use this starter within days as it is very active.
LR
02/10/2025
Laura R.
United States
sourdough starter is the BOMB!
the starter was easy to prep and made booth sourdough sandwich and artisan bread. The rise was great and they were both delicious!!
J
02/10/2025
James
United States
My partner's starter is alive and well. The instructions are clear and easy.
A
02/06/2025
Abby
United States
I recommend this product
Excellent!
I am so pleased with this starter! I am not new to sourdough and was prepared for it to take some time to be active enough to bake with. I followed the directions exactly, and as was promised on the label, it was indeed ready to use by day 5! The first loaf turned out excellent, and I couldn't be happier! My only complaint is that it did take a while to ship, but it was worth the wait!
J
02/04/2025
Jan
United States
Awesome starter!
DO
02/04/2025
Daniel O.
United States
Starter
Excellant starter, the bread was easily digested too. Thanks Sunrise Flour Mill!
L
01/26/2025
Linda
United States
Delicious, clean flour with no glyphosate in it! Love this company!
B
01/09/2025
Belinda
United States
Worked great just follow the directions clear and easy directions. I’ve already made two more orders.
CL
01/05/2025
Chia-Chen L.
United States
Very easy to use
I follow the inston the package and my starter was ready to use in 6 days. I've use it for pancakes and bread and both came out very well.
DC
12/25/2024
Drew C.
United States
I recommend this product
Doughlene is amazing
I was nervous because I ordered around Christmas and the shipping took longer than expected but she lives!! I woke up on Christmas morning day 5 to her doubling in size! Best Christmas gift! I’ve been trying to make a from scratch starter and it’s no where close to this! Soo good!
DL
12/24/2024
Daniel L.
United States
Great for starters
I’m new at making sour dough and this was very easy to follow!
LG
12/16/2024
L G.
United States
I recommend this product
Mellow goodness
Very easy to activate. the instructions in the new booklet are. clear and easy to follow. Achieved hardy bubbles within a few days.
WS
11/13/2024
William S.
United States
Great Starter
Made my first sourdough bread this week with this starter. The starter was very easy to make and use. Going to feed it again this morning to make more bread.
HS
11/12/2024
Holly S.
United States
exciting project!!
it was a lot of fun experimenting with the sourdough started, I had never made my own started before and it was fun to work on it for a few minutes a day and watch its progress... I could not bake the bread on "bake day" so I added to the starter and put it in the refrigerator, set it out the next day & followed all the instructions for letting the starter sit overnight & baking the next day, I was so trilled my bread rose so nicely, was nervous I messed the starter up by putting in in the refrigerator instead of baking it on day #5... the bread turned out delicious and the butter & olive oil tip was excellent, the taste was still pretty mild, but I expected that, especially since I had to postpone bake day...looking forward to experimenting with other types of flour & mix-ins... Great product and highly recommend!