Making Kefir Grains from Scratch Making Kefir Without Grains How to Get Kefir Grains & Cultures THE BASICS OF MILK KEFIR GRAINS: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? Milk kefir grains are a mother culture whose main physical structure is made up of polysaccharides, the primary of whi...
2) The kefir grains or cultures are quite acidic, meaning that kitchen implements made from aluminum, iron, brass or copper are likely to release toxic metals into your kefir or on to the grains. Stainless steel is much less reactive however, and is a good alternative if you don’t have ...
Kefir cannot be produced from scratch, as kefir grains can only grow from preexisting grains, but grains grow during fermentation and additional grains are produced. Kefir grain production is based on continuous cultivation in milk, and this results in an increase in biomass of 5%–7% per day....