What the jar says.
Any batch in the app can become a batch record: dates, salt, temperatures, the honest notes. This is a sample of what can go with a gifted jar.
Koji garum · batch K-112
startedOct 14, 2026
basechicken thighs + koji rice
salt12% of the protein, the base chosen for this batch (warm-held, 60 °C)
held at60 °C, stirred daily
first pressNov 2, 2026 · 96 mL
keeper’s notesalt weighed against the protein at setup; final salinity worked out from the batch’s grams
Made in a home kitchen. Not a commercial food facility — for the table it was made for.
The label’s QR holds the short version as plain text, readable by any phone camera with no app.
This is a sample. The Cultured Bench app prints a QR code on each jar label. The code holds the batch’s key lines as plain text (batch number, name, start date, the main figures and the next check), so any phone camera can read them with no app and no account. The full sheet, built from the batch’s own log, is the app’s batch record PDF (a Pro tool, with 3 free uses), which you can print or share to go with the jar.