kefir

[ kuh-feer ]

Middle Eastern Cooking.

1. a tart-tasting drink originally of the Caucasus, made from cow's or sometimes goat's milk to which the bacteria Streptococcus and Lactobacillus have been added.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kefir¹

First recorded in 1880–85; from Russian kefír, apparently from a Caucasian language; compare Ossetic kʾæpy, kʾæpu “kefir,” Mingrelian kipuri “milk curdled in an animal skin”

Example Sentences

Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, kefir and miso help replenish beneficial bacteria and restore gut balance.

From Salon

Examples include yoghurt, cheese, kefir, kombucha, wine, beer, sauerkraut and kimchi.

From Salon

Ceredigion-based Chuckling Goat has gone from selling its goat milk-based Kefir to launching a microbiome test kit with the University of Cambridge.

From BBC

Fermented foods, such as Kefir, contain a variety of "good" bacteria which, if they can survive the journey to our gut, can be beneficial for our health.

From BBC

Shann soon had a herd of goats and a vast surplus of milk, so in 2012 founded Chuckling Goat with her husband to sell the kefir produced from the goat's milk.

From BBC