Your sauerkraut lists starter as an ingredient? Or did you read that it included somewhere else? This is what mine looks like http://i.imgur.com/PUStLt1l.jpg

I'd love to do homemade, but I don't have anywhere in my apartment where the temperature is consistent enough for me to feel good about fermenting in house. Whole Foods in my area have a couple of other good looking fermented veggie brands so I'll probably try and and switch it up regularly.

Do you know if your buddy noticed any decrease in AS symptoms or has it been limited to digestive/gut improvement?