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kefir
[ kuh-feer ]
- 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
Example Sentences
Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, kefir and miso help replenish beneficial bacteria and restore gut balance.
Examples include yoghurt, cheese, kefir, kombucha, wine, beer, sauerkraut and kimchi.
Ceredigion-based Chuckling Goat has gone from selling its goat milk-based Kefir to launching a microbiome test kit with the University of Cambridge.
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.
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.
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