kefir

American  

[kuh-feer] / kəˈfɪər /

Middle Eastern Cooking.

1. a tart-tasting drink originally of the Caucasus, made from cow's or sometimes goat's milk to which the bacteria Streptococcus and Lactobacillus have been added.

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Etymology

Origin of kefir

First recorded in 1880–85; from Russian kefír, apparently from a Caucasian language; compare Ossetic kʾæpy, kʾæpu “kefir,” Mingrelian kipuri “milk curdled in an animal skin”

Example Sentences

It appears in milk and other dairy products when lactose breaks down under heat or enzymatic activity, including during the production of yogurt, cheese, and kefir.

From Science Daily

For the first few days of the week she suggests I make a breakfast bowl of flax seeds, chia seeds, kefir, blueberries, kiwi or pomegranate.

From BBC

The researchers found no association between dementia and consumption of low-fat cheese, low-fat cream, high- or low-fat milk, butter or fermented milk, which includes yogurt, kefir and buttermilk.

From Science Daily

When researchers at Stanford put people on a diet high in a range of fermented foods like yogurt, kefir and kimchi, their microbiomes became more diverse and the levels of certain inflammation markers decreased, according to a small study published in 2021 in the journal Cell.

From The Wall Street Journal

I take one thing at the farmers market very seriously, which is the kefir yogurt.

From Los Angeles Times