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Dehydrated Rye Sourdough Starter
Dehydrated Rye Sourdough Starter
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Earthy, robust, and packed with flavour, our Dehydrated Rye Sourdough Starter is your ticket to deeply satisfying loaves with a rustic twist. Cultured from our 100+ year old heritage strain and lovingly dehydrated for freshness and convenience, this wholegrain rye starter is strong, reliable, and ready to bring character to every bake.
Made with 100% Australian, certified organic wholegrain rye flour, this starter develops a tangy complexity and a beautifully hearty crumb that only rye can deliver. Perfect for bakers looking to branch out from wheat, rye sourdough is naturally rich in fibre, minerals, and prebiotics making it as good for your gut as it is for your taste buds.
Distinct, nutty rye flavour with a wholesome depth
Naturally higher in fibre for improved digestion
Crafted with 100% Australian organic wholegrain rye
Guaranteed to rise – or we’ll replace it
Whether you’re baking dense German-style rye loaves, light rye blends, or experimenting with new recipes, this starter brings a touch of old-world tradition into your kitchen. Just add flour and water, and let the magic begin.
Net weight: 50 g – enough to get you started on your rye sourdough journey (and then some).
Ingredients: Wholegrain rye flour, Spring water
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📦 Where do you ship from?
We ship all orders from our home base in Port Macquarie to the rest of Australia.
🚚 How long does shipping take?
Standard delivery within Australia usually takes 2–8 business days. Rural areas may take a little longer, up to 15 days. You’ll receive tracking info once your order is dispatched.
🚚 How well do the live starters travel?
We routinely post our live starters from NSW to remote WA and the NT and have not encountered any issues with activity upon feeding after arriving at their new home.
🌍 Do you ship internationally?
We only ship within Australia.
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Shipping is calculated at checkout based on your location and order size. We offer free shipping on orders over $129 AUD weighing 9 kg or less. Orders over 9 kg are excluded from free shipping.
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Full detilas can be viewed in our Shipping Policy.
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We’re here to help your sourdough journey rise smoothly. Whether you have questions about your order, need help activating your starter, enquire about ordering bulk flour or just want to chat all things crust and crumb, we’d love to hear from you.
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General enquiries, support & order issues:
ohcrumb@doughmygod.com.au
📞 Phone
Custom requests and wholesale enquiries:
0448 892 929
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Port Macquarie, New South Wales
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I found the dehydrated starter very easy to activate with the simple directions and videos on the website. I'm now on day 2 of maintaining my starter. I might even try storing it in the fridge for easier maintenance like the website says. As a beginner I'm yet to bake a loaf, because I want to understand all the different ratios for feeding/maintaining first.
The sourdough starter is very strong. I had little success with the dehydrated flakes I bought elsewhere at the beginning of my bread making but this live starter has meant success every loaf. Couldn't be happier.
I’m very new to making sourdough my first loaf turns out was under fermented however my second and third loaves turned out perfectly I feel I’m still learning my house is cold due to winter so I’m still learning bulk fermentation but I am looking at investing in a fermentation box the one I purchased had a faulty mat my own fault for buying off Temu. I can’t recommend this starter enough to any new baker to the sourdough journey I’ve made 4 successful foccacias as well
I have purchased this starter several times and it has always been great quality. The bread has always turned out amazing!
My first time attempting sourdough and dough my god your starter and instructions made the perfect loaf!
Received my starter and watched the videos which were v helpful. It’s cold here so my starter took a while so I went to bed a bit deflated. Woke in the morning to doubled starter which got better as the day went on. By afternoon I decided to start making my first loaf and refrigerate overnight. Baked in the morning and it was beautiful! My very first sourdough and I was so proud of it. Next one will be bigger and better. Thank you 🙏
I’m so happy I put my pride aside and bought this starter. You can tell it’s strong and smells lovely. I baked 5 loaves in the first week with it. Would highly recommend. If you’re dreaming of baking sourdough do yourself a favour and skip the highs and lows of building one yourself, this is ready to go and so easy to maintain. It’s doubling within 4-5 hours.
The sourdough starter flakes I bought have activated into a great, strong starter. It was super easy to activate, and has made some fantastic bread so far.
My starter's name is Baby Jane Dough, and has been fantastically easy to deal with and responsive to feeds.
What I really appreciate is the information for activation, feeding, and baking I found on the website... it's made baking fun.
I also have a pack of rye sourdough starter flakes, but haven't yet activated it... I'm expecting it to be as easy as the first one.
Definitely recommend!
Good quality starter. It surely makes the difference with the success of making sourdough. I have frozen some and dried some to ensure I never loose this!
Fantastic. Rose triple it's height within about 6hours. Living the start of my sourdough journey and so glad I found you guys.
The starter arrived quite quickly and in excellent condition. After feeding it, I baked the first sourdough rye/spelt bread the next day and it came up wonderfully. I can highly recommend the live rye starter.