Kefir vs. yogurt - probiotic power

http://www.probiotic.org/Kefir.htm

There have been several posts regarding the making of both kefir and yogurt.

The link above details the probiotic benefits of both kefir and yogurt. From all that I have read, kefir far outweighs yogurt in probiotic power.

Kefir is also known to colonize in the gut, where yogurt is not, as far as I have read, able to colonize.

Kefir is also extremely easy to make since there is no milk heating involved.

Yes, it may take a few batches to get it down right, but those can be batches made with a small amount of milk so there is very little waste during the short time of learning how to make the delicious probiotic drink.

If you google kefir vs. yogurt you will find several sites and articles that detail the differences between these two probiotic foods.

J

Earlier I posted that temps over 100* would harm the kefir grains, but I'm coming back to edit this because I'm betting some of the lactic acid bacteria would survive. While it would ruin the grains you could probably end up a yogurt starter that contains a few of the original strains.

Let me know if you try this and how it turns out. It would probably be all the same to use a tablespoon of kefir rather than the grains to inoculate the milk.

Post Edited (Buren23) : 4/14/2012 6:23:06 PM (GMT-6)