A deep dive on our quality standards, ingredients, and brewing process behind every bottle of Health-Ade kombucha.

OUR PROCESS

Our kombucha is made from three main ingredients: organic tea, our unique culture, and organic cane sugar. We never use artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, or preservatives.

At Health-Ade, we brew organic green and black teas in stainless steel tanks using water from our local Los Angeles water supply which is filtered using our reverse osmosis system.

Did you know? According to the EPA, reverse osmosis separation is one of the most effective ways to remove over 90% of certain PFAS from water.*

The magic happens when we add the sugar and cultures to spark the fermentation process, making kombucha the same way it’s been made for thousands of years. 

We then add refreshing organic fruit juices to create fun, delicious flavors and achieve that perfect balance of tangy and sweet.

SOURCING

We require all of our ingredient and packaging suppliers to follow Health-Ade’s quality standards which includes strict guidelines for production and sourcing. We also operate with full traceability for all sourcing and suppliers. 

Suppliers must also maintain proper certifications, follow federal & state regulations, receive third-party auditing, and certify that they comply with all laws concerning substances such as PFAS or those under Prop 65 regulation. 

In addition, ingredient suppliers must follow the regulations and practices for organic certification. 

All ingredients arrive at our facility with a certificate of analysis and are then reviewed by the Health-Ade team for compliance and quality before being used.

MATERIALS MATTER

Beyond our sourcing standards, we make sure packaging materials like bottles are cleaned using our reverse osmosis filtered water before being filled with our tasty kombucha.

Our brown bottle is iconic for a reason! These amber bottles not only help protect the living probiotics from UV light, they are also fully recyclable.

Did you know? Every bottle of Health-Ade has 1 Billion CFU at the time of bottling.

CERTIFICATIONS

Health-Ade is the #1 certified organic kombucha. We follow a strict list of requirements for how we can make our kombucha, the ingredients we use, traceability, and inspection. 

Our ingredient suppliers also have to follow an additional list of practices and standards as certified organic sources, this includes certifying they will not use restricted substances in farming such as synthetic pesticides and GMOs.

In addition to our organic certification, Health-Ade kombucha is also certified vegan, non-GMO, kosher and gluten-free.

QUALITY CONTROL

Health-Ade is proud to be GFSI & SQF certified, meaning we adhere to high standards for food safety regulation in our production. 

After production, every batch of bottled kombucha is tested for: taste, quality, pH, alcohol, microbiological levels, and package integrity. 

The ingredients on the label are what we put in the bottle! We have a rigorous quality control process that ensures the highest quality and best tasting kombucha possible.

Did you know? We received an impressive perfect score on our last SQF audit in 2025, putting us among the top 1% of food manufacturers in the world! (go production team!!)

PFAS TESTING

We know our kombucha is best in class, but real results matter. That's why we recently completed independent third-party PFAS testing across seven of our best-selling Health-Ade kombucha flavors. The testing results: 0 out of 40 PFAS compounds detected in all seven flavors tested. 

Protection starts with process. At Health-Ade, we work to protect against PFAS from farm to shelf, across our suppliers, packaging, and production. Here's how:

• Our kombucha and all ingredients used are certified organic and follow all required practices
  

• Our kombucha is brewed in stainless steel (not plastic) and bottled in glass bottles

• All water used in brewing and production is tested according to EPA standards via our LA water supply and additionally filtered using a reverse osmosis filtration system

• All ingredient and packaging suppliers have signed a declaration certifying they do not use PFAS in their processes

OUR PROMISE

Health-Ade is committed to making the best quality and best-tasting kombucha. That means: 

• Maintaining our organic certification for our kombucha and ingredients
• Using the highest quality available of ingredients and packaging, and certify our suppliers follow all Health-Ade standards and practices
• Testing our kombucha to ensure quality, taste, microbiological levels, packaging integrity and more!
• Meeting or exceeding all federal and state regulations
• Continuously improving our process, ingredients, and kombucha!

We hope you can rest a little bit easier knowing that our commitment to safety and quality is unwavering and best-in-class.

*SOURCE: EPA Multi-Industry Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Study – 2021 Preliminary Report