You Knead Sourdough
Dry Sourdough Starter
Dry Sourdough Starter
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Our most important ingredient - the dried sourdough starter flakes! This is what makes sourdough, sourdough! The sourdough starter contains the wild yeast that produces bread with distinct sourdough flavours. Simply follow the instructions in the recipe (provided with the Complete Sourdough Starter Kit) or on the recipe section of the site to begin your very own sourdough starter.
No need to wait multiple weeks for a strong starter to develop, using these dried sourdough starter flakes will have your starter strong and ready to make your first loaf of artisan sourdough bread in as little as 2 days!
*Note* - jar not included, this is the dried flakes packet only. We have a jar that can be purchased separately here.
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Our #1 priority at You Knead Sourdough is your happiness. As a small business, we 100% stand by our product. If you have a problem, we will solve it! Send you out a new starter, troubleshoot with you over the phone, send you extra resources, refund it - whatever it takes! Just send us a message and we will do anything we can to help.
We charge a flat rate shipping fee of $5 Australia wide for orders of only the starter. The starter is sent in a tracked envelope. Shipping will be calculated for any other items in kit.
Please ensure you double check your shipping address at the time of placing your order. Unfortunately, once a package has been shipped to the address specified by the customer we can no longer accept responsibility for an incorrect address. However, if the recipient sends it back we can certainly issue you a refund or re-post. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Unfortunately we do not currently offer shipping to addresses outside of Australia.
We are here to help! We are very active on Facebook, Instagram, email and our store chat - if you have any questions, issues getting your starter active or baking your sourdough get in touch and we’ll help out any way we can. We also have a very active group on Facebook where people ask questions and post their sourdough creations to share with others. Come and join!
We also have comprehensive guides and FAQ’s right here on our website, so if you have a question you can be sure that it has been answered.







Took a lot longer than advertised to activate despite following instructions to the tee. Baking 1st loaf after 10 days looking okay but not super active.
Having said this response time and the offer of support after this review was excellent. Will continue to support this brand
The mason jar with the temperature sticker is very handy (10/10), however I have had some trouble with getting the sourdough starter going (despite the helpful instructions on the website!)
I sent a few questions through online to customer services and received a super prompt response from Liz, with some really helpful tips - especially around consistent temperature.
So my starter now has signs of life, thanks to a hot water bottle, a couple of tea towels and an insulated Woolies bag as a stop gap ... but not yet growing much, so I think I'm going to need the Electric Fermenting Heat Box as Liz suggested, too .....
Very grateful for the help, thank you!
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for our Dry Sourdough Starter. We're glad to hear that you found the mason jar and temperature sticker to be helpful. We apologize for the trouble you had with getting the starter going, but we're happy that Liz was able to provide you with some helpful tips. We understand that consistent temperature is key for a successful starter, and we're glad to hear that you've found a solution with the hot water bottle and tea towels. We highly recommend the Electric Fermenting Heat Box as suggested, as it will definitely help with the growth of your starter. We're happy to hear that you're grateful for the help, and we're always here to assist with any further questions you may have. Happy baking!
Liz -YKS.
I followed the instructions and within 3 days mould appeared.
Hi Ryan, so sorry to hear that your starter did not activate and had developed mould. As part of our active start guarantee let's make sure that you are set for success with a new dried starter and some further one on one help. I'll reach out and send you an email.
Looking forward to creating a great starter and sourdough.
I loved the quick and easy ordering and delivery of the YKS products. I had a slight issue with the starter not doubling in size but one email and within a couple of hours I had received the answer to it. I just hope the rest of the sourdough baking journey goes as easily. At least I know help is just and email away.
Really happy with the starter, my homemade starter died last year while I was moving house, it’s great to be able to buy some and get back into baking yummy sourdough again!