Yogurt and milk kefir are both cultured dairy products. This isn’t the case at all. Yogurt and milk kefir differ in various ways. It includes the bacteria they contain, and their flavor and consistency.
Kefir vs Yogurt
Milk kefir can be grown with a reusable or single-use culture, just like yogurt. While a small portion of the previous batch of yoghurt. The “grains” are actually a gelatinous material containing a wide range of bacteria.
Kefir in powder form starter, similar to a direct-set yoghurt culture, can make milk kefir. Powdered kefir starter culture can be re-cultured a few times using kefir from a previous batch, but a new powdered starter will eventually be needed.
Yoghurt
Reusable and single-use yoghurt starters are available. Once activated, reusable yoghurt starters are re-cultured by combining a portion of a previous yoghurt batch with fresh milk. When a fresh batch is finished, it serves as the starter for the following batch, and so on. At least once a week, these yoghurt cultures should be re-culturing.
BACTERIA TYPES FOUND IN KEFIR VS. YOGURT
Kefir Bacteria
Milk kefir bacteria have the ability to colonise the intestines. Kefir, in addition to yeasts, contains a far bigger variety of bacteria. This article summarizes the findings of two researchers on the bacteria and yeast strains found in milk kefir grains.
Yogurt
It contains beneficial bacteria that help keep the digestive tract clean and offer food for the good bacteria that live in a healthy gut. Transient bacteria are bacteria that travel through the digestive tract.
KEFIR VERSUS YOGURT IN TERMS OF FLAVOR AND CONSISTENCY
Kefir made from milk
Milk Kefir is also tart, but because of the helpful yeasts present in the culture. It can have a hint of yeast. The flavor of milk kefir is sounder than that of yogurt, and it’s been described as a cross between cultured buttermilk and yogurt. Flavor can also be manipulated by adjusting the fermenting time. Milk kefir is typically taken as a cultured dairy drink, rather than yogurt, which is virtually generally eaten with a spoon.
Yogurt
It comes in a variety of thicknesses, ranging from a thin, pourable yogurt-like Prima. Creamy yogurt-like Bulgarian. However, most yogurt variants are thicker than kefir.
In our post on choosing a yogurt starter, you may evaluate the flavor and consistency made by each of our yogurt starters.
