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Posted 6/19/2013 9:45 AM (GMT 0)
Hello, is their any danger in using bought sheeps yogurt and using this as a starter to add to cows milk?

Why do they not recommend to use a batch of SCD as starter for your next batch of SCD yogurt, yet they say you can use commercial yogurt as a starter. How is this any different?

Posted 6/19/2013 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Jessica,

What are the live strains in the sheeps yogurt? SCD is pretty strict about the allowed strains. Its the two main yogurt strains thermophilus and bulgaricus plus acidophilus as an additional optional. Also allows casei as additional optional.

THe idea behind not reusing previous batches as starter is that other bacteria might get into the yogurt and eventually change the nature of the bugs in your fermentation. By always using a known starting point that problem is eliminated.

Hope that helps.
Posted 6/19/2013 10:52 AM (GMT 0)
Hey, yea it has thermophilus and bulgaricus.

Is there any risk of growing hazardous strains of bacteria at home compared to buying commercially?

I found a bacteria culture with thermophilus and bulgaricus from a company that states it has the following in it:

Heavy metal spec
PB(lead) <1 ppm
Hg (mercury) <0.03 ppm
Cd (cadmium <0.1 ppm

Microbiolgoical spec
Bacillus cerus <100 CFU/g
Coagulase postive staphylococci* <10 CFU/g
Enterobacteriaceae <10 CFU/g
Escherichia coli <1 CFU/g
Listeria monocytogenes* Not detected in 25g
Moulds & yeats <10 CFU/g
Salmonella spp* Not detected in 25g


 

Seems worrying. Is this normal? Would it be possible to grow harmful strains as above? Does commercial yogurt contain the following?

Post Edited (Jessicaaa) : 6/19/2013 4:59:33 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/19/2013 11:08 AM (GMT 0)

Jessicaaa said...

Why do they not recommend to use a batch of SCD as starter for your next batch of SCD yogurt, yet they say you can use commercial yogurt as a starter. How is this any different?


I'm not sure about your first question. But another reason why you don't re-use a previous batch is because the bacteria simply die.
Posted 6/19/2013 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
I think some SCDers use sheep yogurt as yogurt starter. But i guess it's gotta be a specific brand that's allowed, only in the UK?

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/detail/yoghurt-what-kind-of-yoghurt-starter-to-use/

Organic Sheeps Milk Live Yoghurt 450g . Made by Woodlands and contains the 3 required cultures without Bifidus Available in Sainsburies, Waitrose some Tesco's and many small shops. They have a very useful website at www.woodlands-park.co.uk
Posted 6/23/2013 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
Where did you get sheep milk?!?!?!?!?? I would love some for my SCD yogi
Posted 6/23/2013 11:37 AM (GMT 0)
I got sheep milk yoghurt from a shop here in New Zealand. Brand is "meredith dairy" available in australia as well and they also sell sheep milk powder "blue river sheep milk powder"

Post Edited (Jessicaaa) : 6/23/2013 5:50:50 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/24/2013 4:17 AM (GMT 0)
Ahhhh New Zedland, of course. I misd Aussie, ill be sure to get some when im back in 2015.
Cheers :D stick w SCD, it works
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