Opening of the Puratos Sourdough Library

On 15 October 2013, the inauguration of the Sourdough Library took place at the Puratos Center for Bread Flavour in Saint-Vith (Belgium). The sourdough library is the first of its kind in the world and aims to preserve sourdough biodiversity and sourdough baking knowledge, as well as to maintain the sourdough heritage.

It is home to a unique collection of sourdoughs from bakers across the globe. Eric Kayser, master artisan baker and Chairman of the Board of Maison Kayser in Paris, joined the inauguration to place his sourdough in the Puratos Sourdough Library, amongst some 80 other sourdoughs coming from Italy, USA, Australia and Greece. Other collection programmes are running in France, China and Spain.