Monday Morning ‘MUG’ing: The benefits of fermentation
This week’s Monday Morning ‘MUG’ing takes a look at Narrow Gate Foods, a local fermented beverage and food company.
Feb 22, 2021 8:11 AM By: Ayano Hodouchi-Dempsey
Founder and owner of Narrow Gate Foods, Nadia Kukkee started her business in 2018.Ayano Hodouchi-Dempsey
THUNDER BAY Founder and owner of Narrow Gate Foods, Nadia Kukkee embraced fermentation into her lifestyle many years ago.
“When I was 19, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. And I started researching anti-inflammatory diets, then my daughter got diagnosed as well. Arthritis is an inflammation. That’s when I came across fermentation and I started learning so much more about it,” she explains.
Posted: Jan 30, 2021 8:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 30
Kimchi is one of Narrow Gate s most popular items.(Supplied by Lorena Laurencelle) comments
Roughly three years ago, self-described
serial entrepreneur Nadia Kukkee turned an interest and passion for wild fermented foods into a business she calls a passion project. Fermented foods is a way of storing foods, she explained. If you think back to when we never had a refrigerator, this is how food was stored.
Kukkee also owns other businesses in the region including Signature Financial Services and Granite Town Cars.(Supplied by Lorena Laurencelle) Technological advances have caused us to sort of lose the probiotics, the good bacteria in our food supply. So fermenting is a way to sort of bring those back into our gut flora.