The resident of Hudson Valley, N.Y., has made it her job to know the differences between conventional and grass-fed, between sweet and cultured (fermented with live cultures).
Live cultures have been part of his healing, he said.
Frozen yogurts should always contain live cultures of bacteria (see under Yogurt).
Embracing live cultures shouldn't mean sacrificing basic hygiene, Katz had told me that afternoon, after his sauerkraut seminar.
Many people are familiar with probiotics, live cultures of "good" gut bacteria found in foods like yogurt and kombucha.
But the specific health effects of live cultures — now called probiotics — and how many of them are needed to provide a beneficial effect have not been determined.
The live cultures or bacteria in plain live yoghurt have been said for generations to boost beneficial gut microflora, particularly when you have taken antibiotics.
(Red Mango boasts that there are more than 400 million live cultures in each gram; Yogurberry says that its yogurt has the lowest glycemic index on the block).
Note that your shop-bought "starter" will need to contain live cultures: check the ingredients on the container if you're unsure.
The milk, Christensen explained, was inoculated with five live cultures, following a formula that had been devised by Mustafa Dogan, a food chemist Ulukaya brought in from Turkey.
Saco's director of consumer affairs, Amy Thompson, said it is not intended to be reconstituted as a drinkable substitute for liquid buttermilk, which has live cultures in it.
