kefir
AmericanEtymology
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”
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The most effective was a synbiotic, defined as a mix of naturally fermented kefir and a broad prebiotic fiber blend.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
I take one thing at the farmers market very seriously, which is the kefir yogurt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
State regulators placed the farm under quarantine, suspending any new distribution of its raw milk, cream, kefir, butter and cheese products produced on or after November 27.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2024
Shann soon had a herd of goats and a vast surplus of milk, so in 2012 founded Chuckling Goat with her husband to sell the kefir produced from the goat's milk.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
Among beverages sour milk, buttermilk, kefir No. I and II, yoghurt, various new wines, fruit juices, different mineral waters, such as Apollinaris, Karlsbad waters, Hunyady; coarse bread, such as Graham, avoiding fine white bread.
From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Louis Dechmann
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