Water kefir grains cannot grow in milk. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate
whether water kefir grains can show activity in demineralized whey, an environment …

Water kefir is a fermented probiotic beverage produced by fermentation of dried sugary fruits
and sugar using water kefir grains. Sucrose is used as a sugar source in the traditional …

Milk and water kefir have been attractive to consumers as health-promoter fermented
beverages. Although both are called “kefir”, they differ in physicochemical and microbial …

This study aimed to evaluate essential traits of donkey's milk and cow's milk kefir during
storage for 28 days at+ 4° C. The results showed that the pH decreases significantly during …

Kefir is a health-promoting fermented dairy products, consisting in a variety of bacterial and
fungal species. The physical and chemical properties and the correlation between the …

The presence of probiotic microbes and other health promoting nutritional characteristics of
kefir increasing the consumer's interest. The microbial as well as volatile profile of kefir are …

The increasing focus on a healthy lifestyle has emphasized a connection between gut
microbiome and health. Consumers face the choice between consuming traditional dairy …

Water kefir is a plant-based type of kefir and has significant differences from well-known milk
kefir. Recently, various complicated substrates were fermented with water kefir grains, but an …

Water kefir is a non‐dairy probiotic beverage. It is obtained by fermentation of water kefir
grains with a sugar solution. This study aims to determine the properties of water kefir …

In this study, fruit juices of Cornelian cherry, hawthorn, red plum, roseship and pomegranate
were fermented with water kefir grains for 48 h at 25° C. The physicochemical …