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... and just like everyone figured, it's a totally vegan starter. This is what they said:

"Our 'White Starter' is basically a mix of flour, water and wild yeast. When our bakery was founded 16 years ago these wild yeasts were harvested from fermented grapes. Since then this yeast has been maintained by regular feeding with flour and water. This mixture of flour, water and yeast we call 'Starter'."

Of course, I wrote them a couple days ago, so by this time I already have half the loaf gone and haven't had any problems, so I figured it was fine.

PS - The bread is HEAVENLY. If you can find the La Brea Bakery breads near you, definitely try them... expensive, but worth it! Oh, I love this bread!! They have it at a few of the stores I shop at....

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