• Yogurt or yoghurt, is a fermented or cultured dairy product and is an extremely healthy food. The milk sugar, called lactose is mixed with healthy bacteria such as, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Streptococcus thermophilus, which causes the milk to ferment and produce lactic acid. The lactic acid gives the milk a tangy flavor and thickens the protein giving it a creamy texture.

• Fast Facts

  1. Produced by bacterial fermentation of milk
  2. Evidence of yogurt as food for 4,500 years
  3. Etymology: Turkish: from verb meaning "to knead"
  4. Made from cow, sheep, goat, or buffalo milk
  5. Gained popularity as health food in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s

• Types of Yogurt

  1. Greek yogurt - Greece
  2. Labneh - Lebanon
  3. Jameed - Palestine or Jordan
  4. Rahmjoghurt - Germany
  5. Dadiah - Sumatra

• Yogurt Drinks

  1. Lassi - India
  2. Kefir - Caucasia
  3. Ayran - Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kazakhstan

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