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Fermentation Atlas

Africa

230 ferments from Africa.

43 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
BiltongMeat8 days22.2–25 °C1.7–2.7 %
BouhezzaCheese2.3 months4.7 → 3.99
Camel-milk soft cheeseCheese15–45 days12–14 °C1.5–1.8 %6.2–6.8
Coconut toddy of the Pacific atolls (karewe, kaleve, demangi, segero)Alcoholic drinks12 h – 3 days
Coffee fermentation and processingCocoa, coffee and spice8.9 days24–42 °C
Cultured (lactic) butterFermented milk12–15 h6–21 °C
Djege and djadanFish and seafood3–7 days
Dry-salted lime pickle (nimbu ka achar, salt-only)Fruit7–28 days25 %
Fermented capers and caper berriesVegetables5–7 days23–43 °C0 %7.5 → 3.55
Ginger beer (brewed, ginger-beer plant or ginger bug)Alcoholic drinks4 days2.9
GuedjFish and seafood3–7 days6.8–7.5
Ikigage (Rwandan sorghum beer)Alcoholic drinksat least 2 days29 °C3.9
IkivugutoFermented milkat least 24 h4.6
JbenCheese24 h – 10 days4–4.2
KlilaCheese24 h – 3 days
Lben / leben (Maghreb)Fermented milk24 h – 3 days4.1–4.4
MabisiFermented milk24 h – 3 days10–30 °C
MadilaFermented milk24 h – 2 days30 °C
Maziwa mgandoFermented milk7 days3.8–4.2
Mead (base flow)Alcoholic drinksat least 12 months15 °C
Murri (medieval barley "rotted" condiment)Sauces and condiments40 days33 %
OmashikwaFermented milk2–3 days27–36 °C3.3
Palm / toddy vinegar (incl. Myanmar htan-ye vinegar)Vinegar6 months3.9 → 3.09
Palm wine (base flow)Alcoholic drinks28–35 days4.4 → 3.5
Preserved lemonsFruit14 days
Raïb / rayeb (Chad sour milk) with gibde butter and rouaba buttermilkFermented milk24 h5.6–5.9
SalangaFish and seafood3–7 days0 %
TambadiangFish and seafood3–5 days
TchoukouCheese24 h
Thobwa (Malawian sweet maize drink)Soft drinks17 h
Ting and bogobe (Botswana sorghum)Cereals and bread24 h – 3 days3.5–4
TogwaSoft drinks24 h5.2–5.5 → 3.1
Ulanzi (bamboo sap wine)Alcoholic drinks6 days4 → 3.63
Umqombothi (Xhosa/Zulu maize-sorghum beer)Alcoholic drinks24 h25–30 °C3.5
Vanilla curingCocoa, coffee and spiceat least 2 months
YeetFish and seafood2–4 days
Zitoun meslalla (Moroccan cracked green olives)Fruitat least 6 %up to 4.3
Chambiko (Malawian sour milk)Fermented milk7 days
GaroorFermented milk3 h
Masse (Mozambican partly drained sour milk)Fermented milk7 days
Mbege (Chagga banana–finger millet beer)Alcoholic drinks6 h
Non maí / yami (Niger sour buttermilk)Fermented milk24 h
TakammartCheese2–3 days

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