Terms and Conditions

1. Agreement to Terms

By accessing or using SourdoughLab ("the Website", "our Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site.

2. Permitted Use & Service Nature

SourdoughLab provides free digital artisan calculation utilities, baker's percentage formulas, fermentation timelines, and educational guides. You are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to:

• Use the calculator for personal baking, hobbyist experimentation, and professional culinary recipe scaling.
• Save and export recipe cards and formulas for personal or bakery kitchen reference.
• Share unmodified recipe outputs with fellow bakers and community circles.

3. Recipe Outcomes & Fermentation Disclaimer

Sourdough baking is subject to substantial natural variability. Factors including ambient room temperature, flour protein quality and milling age, starter microbiome vitality, water mineral composition, and home oven thermal dynamics differ across every kitchen.

While our calculator computes mathematically precise baker's percentages, SourdoughLab cannot guarantee specific fermentation rates, open crumb textures, or visual baking outcomes. Bakers are encouraged to practice sensory evaluation (visual volume expansion, dough extensibility, and poke tests) alongside calculator recommendations.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

All original visual assets, brand graphics, illustrations, custom user interface components, and computational algorithms on SourdoughLab are the intellectual property of SourdoughLab. You may not scrape, replicate, re-brand, or redistribute our application software for commercial resale without prior express written consent.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability

The materials and utilities on SourdoughLab are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. SourdoughLab makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the continuous uninterrupted operation of the tool or the complete accuracy of third-party nutritional guidelines.

In no event shall SourdoughLab or its developers be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use of or inability to use the service.

6. External Links & Tools

Our guides may link to external websites, baker's reference papers, or baking equipment manufacturers. SourdoughLab has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its web pages and is not responsible for the contents or business practices of any such linked site.

7. Revisions and Modifications

We reserve the right to revise or update these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior individual notice. By continuing to use the website after changes are posted, you agree to be bound by the updated version.

8. Inquiries & Feedback

If you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact our team directly via our Contact Page.