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Fermentation Atlas

The Americas

195 ferments from the Americas.

34 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
Boj (Q'eqchi' cane-maize drink)Alcoholic drinks8 days3.3
Cassava bread (casabe) - boundary entryRoots and tubers
Cider (apple)Alcoholic drinksat least 42 days3.3–4
Cocoa bean fermentationCocoa, coffee and spice7–14 daysup to 65 °C6.5 → 4.5
Coffee fermentation and processingCocoa, coffee and spice8.9 days24–42 °C
Curtido (Salvadoran fermented cabbage relish)Vegetables4–14 daysup to 4.6
Early Mesoamerican cacao-pulp beverageAlcoholic drinks
Fermented sugarcane-juice wines (malamba, betsa, guarapo)Alcoholic drinks2–28 days20 °C
Ginger beer (brewed, ginger-beer plant or ginger bug)Alcoholic drinks4 days2.9
Greek strained yoghurt (strangisto)Fermented milk6–10 h42–46 °C
Leche agria (Nicaraguan sour milk)Fermented milk16–24 h28 °C
Palm wine (base flow)Alcoholic drinks28–35 days4.4 → 3.5
Quesillo (Honduras, Nicaragua)Cheese24 h5.7
Queso amasado (Carchi)Cheese8 h5 °Cup to 6.8
Queso chancoCheese21–42 days12 °C
Queso ColoniaCheese10–12 days8–11 °C
Queso de cabra (Chilean goat)Cheese28 days12 °C1.9–2.6 %
Queso de manoCheese16–20 h3.7 %4.5
Queso duro blandito / queso secoCheese18–24 h2.8–3.5 %6.6–7
Queso PalmitoCheese6 h
Queso telitaCheese24 h – 2 days1.5–3.5 %6.6 → 5.1
Queso TurrialbaCheese8–24 h1.5–2 %5.6–7
Sidra de PunucapaAlcoholic drinks3 months3–4
Atol shuco (Salvadoran sour maize atole)Soft drinks
BorugaFermented milk
Carato de acupe (Venezuelan lightly fermented maize drink)Soft drinks
KiviaqMeat3 months
Natilla and crema (Central American fermented cream)Fermented milk
Queso chaqueñoCheese24 h
Queso crinejaCheese
Queso de freírCheese
Queso llaneroCheese
Queso palmizuliaCheese
Vinagre criollo (Ecuadorian banana vinegar)Vinegar4–5 days

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