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Fermentation Atlas

Fermented milk

Yogurts, kefirs, soured creams and other milks that bacteria or yeasts thicken and sour.

150 entries listed here, page 1 of 2.

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FermentRegionMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
Acidophilin (atsidofilin)Armenia6–8 h31–35 °C
Acidophilus milk (US therapeutic sour milk, 1920s)United States36 h – 2 days35 °C
AiragMongolia, Inner Mongolia24 h – 2 days20–30 °Cup to 4
Amabere amaruranuKisii, southwest Kenya4 days10–32 °C5.8 → 3.64
Amacunda (sour buttermilk)Rwanda and Burundi2–3 days4.5
Amasi / maasSouth Africa, Zimbabwe and Lesotho3–7 days6.6 → 3.99
Amavuta (Kivu scented milk-fat cream)Northern Kivu3 days
Ant yoghurtBulgaria26 h5
AyranTurkey, Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Central Asia3 h42 °C0.5 %4
Bog butterIreland and Scotland0 min – 200 years0 %
Bogurar doi (curd of Bogra)Bangladesh4–6 h3.9–4.2
BongoUganda24 h25–28 °C4.1
BorhaniBangladesh5 h42 °C0.8 %4–4.3
Chaas / mattha / moru / majjige (traditional South Asian buttermilk)India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal
Chal (Turkmen fermented camel milk)Turkmenistan3–4 days
Chegen (cheghen)Altai Republic8–10 h
Chilika curdChilika lake, Odisha, India6.6 → 3.87
CoalhadaBrazil12 h
Crème fraîcheFranceup to 2 days6.6–6.9
Cultured (lactic) butterFrance12–15 h6–21 °C
Cultured buttermilkUSA, Canadaup to 12 h23–29 °C0.3 %
Cultured sour creamNorth Americaat least 24 h6 °C
Dadiah / dadihWest Sumatra, Indonesia2–3 days18–28 °C4.3
Dahi (curd)India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar8–12 h37–45 °C
Desi ghee from fermented cream (makkhan route)India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh10–20 min110–120 °C
Dickmilch (Setzmilch, Stockmilch)Germany, Austria12–20 h20–45 °C
DooghIran1 min14–85 °C0.7 %4.4 → 4.07
Ergo / irgoEthiopia24 h – 3 days16–18 °C3.5
FiurìItaly, Lombardia
Furmagg de ségiaItaly, Lombardia40 days – 4 months10–14 °C5.2
GarissSudanat least 5 h4.4
GiodduSardinia, Italy12 h30–40 °C3.8–4.2
Greek strained yoghurt (strangisto)Greece6–10 h42–46 °C
Gwell (Breton gros-lait)Brittany, France3.5–6 h30 °C
HuslyankaUkrainian Carpathians10–24 h
IkivugutoRwandaat least 24 h4.6
JocoqueMexico11 h – 3.3 days20–30 °C6.7 → 4.6
Juju dhau (king curd)Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal3–4 h
Kajmak (Balkan clotted cream, fresh and ripened)Serbiaup to 30 days4–18 °C0.5–0.6 %4.9 → 4.53
Kashk / qurut / kurut / aaruul / jameed / chortanIran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Turkey, Caucasus, Mongolia, Jordan10–12 h2 %4.6–4.7
Kefir (traditional grain kefir)Caucasus region, popular in the North Caucasus12–24 h23–25 °C4.4
KhoormogGobi24 h – 2 days20–25 °C3.4–5
Kibe / qibe (Ethiopian sour-milk butter)Ethiopia2–7 days
Kiselo mlyako (Bulgarian yoghurt)Bulgaria2 h2–20 °C4.2–4.4
Koumiss / qymyzKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia24 h – 3 days20–30 °C3.3–5
Kule naotoKenyaat least 5 daysup to 4.5
Kumis (Colombian)Colombia2–3 days28 °C
Kurdish roghan (ripened doogh-butter oil)North-western Iran2–6 months16–20 °C10 %4.6–4.7
KurungaBuryatia8–10 h
KwerionikSlopes of Mount Elgon, eastern Uganda3 days – 5.9 months4 → 3.49
Laban rayebEgypt18 h23–27 °C6.7 → 4.45
LabnehNear East2–3 h42–45 °C1.5 %
Lao (酪) after the Qimin Yaoshu (c. 530–550 CE)Northern China3.8
Lao (酪), Northern Wei soured milkNorthern China
Lao, su and tihu (酪, 酥, 醍醐), historical Chinese milk productsChina10 days6.6 → 3.8
LassiPunjab18–24 h23–24 °C4–5
Lben / leben (Maghreb)Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia24 h – 3 days4.1–4.4
Leche agria (Nicaraguan sour milk)Nicaragua, mainly the Pacific area16–24 h28 °C
MabisiZambia24 h – 3 days10–30 °C
MadilaBotswana24 h – 2 days30 °C
Mala (Kenyan cultured milk)Kenya15–20 h15–30 °C
Mascarpone artigianaleItaly, Lombardy18 h5.7–6.6
Mascherpa d'AlpeItaly, Lombardyat least 30 days
MashitaWestern Uganda and the cattle corridorat least 7 days
Mast (Persian yoghurt)Iran, Afghanistan12 h
Matsoni / matsun / matzoonGeorgia, Armenia12–20 h4–6 °C
Maziwa mgandoTanzania7 days3.8–4.2
Meekiri (Sri Lankan buffalo curd)Sri Lanka24 h – 2 days4–6 °C
Mishti doiEastern India12–15 h40–45 °C
MursikRift Valley and western Kenyaat least 3 days3.5
MutandabotaZimbabwe and rural southern Africa24 h3.5
NarineArmenia24 h – 2 days37–38 °C
Nunu (West African soured milk)Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and other parts of West Africa24 h – 2 days6.5 → 3.72
OmashikwaNorth and Central Namibia2–3 days27–36 °C3.3
Oxygala (Roman soured milk)Roman Empire5 days
Pendidam and kindirmou (Cameroon)Northern Cameroon24 h – 3 days28–35 °C3.4–3.7
Plant-based cultured "yoghurts" (family)Worldwide12 h4 °C4.6
Probiotic and therapeutic fermented milks (family)Worldwide24 h
Raïb / rayeb (Chad sour milk) with gibde butter and rouaba buttermilkChad24 h5.6–5.9
Raku, so and daigo (ancient Japanese dairy, Heian period)Japan7–8 h3.8

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