Can you use diff. cultures from another source other than their own? For example, Cultures for Health offers different types. Instructions included?
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It is nothing but a thermos, really. You can mix up whatever works for you and put it in and if you have treated your culture right it will be fine. It is an inexpensive device meant to be used with their pricy packaged mixes. But it works just as wrapping a jar in a towel and putting it in a warm place works or sitting a mason jar in an oven with a pilot light works. If you have your temperature right and your culture is alive, the rest is just details.
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Cukture needs to be Mesophilic, this culture will propagate best at room temp 70-77 F. this culture does not need to preheat milk
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You can use other culture. You can also use small amount of ready made yogurt from supermarket as a seed.
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You can buy starter culture at a health store. Check the dairy section and you should be able to find some. At my local health store they have 2 kinds, one that comes in packet form and one that comes in a bottle.
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Yes you do, but you can come out with your own recipe mix. You can buy the mixes online too.
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It has a test for bacteria for example E.Coli, however the bacteria test does not specify what kind you have in there.
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I believe the "multi source" is just a catch phrase the amazon seller has included. Read the label; if no label is shown on Amazon you should assume it is the same as this product, and should also consider not buying it for unethical non-disclosure of ingredients.
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Good product and worked well for us - since using Yolife we changed to "Traditional Starter" from Cultures for health at http://www.culturesforhealth.com which also is a good product
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Warning: if you are following the SCD, Paleo, or other specialized diet, don't use yogurt from previous batches to start your next batch. You should ALWAYS start fresh to ensure a pure culture each time.
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I use purehea Th I use purehealthdiscounts.com. Their website provides some relevant info
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Hi, I have not tried. I am from India and I can try to see if any are available if you can give me some examples. Thanls!
2221995
Sorry, I don't know. You could go on the New Chapter website and read the ingredients and other info which should inform you of differences.
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Thank you! I have found that one cannot repeat using started yogurt--by putting one I made into the new batch. Interesting that the culture "gives out" after a few repeats.
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I always set aside about 1/4 or 1/2 cup of each batch to seed the next batch. It works fine every time (at one-week intervals). My original culture was a small cup of pure Greek yogurt from a supermarket; be sure to buy a culture you like the taste of.
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I use my own recipes and also some my daughter has adapted. We have food allergies, so it keeps those possibilities out!
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Parent company is Soho Flordis. Website is http://www.sfihealth.com/. Product works well for me. As long as the required standards are followed for production of natural products nationally or internationally, country origin does not necessarily ensure excellence or lack of excellence. From reading, production is done in several places internationally including US.
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Yes. Your texture would be different. If you can find a rice yogurt from the grocery store you can use that as your starter culture. Otherwise use coconut, almond or soy, then reserve a cup of your yogurt each time you make a batch to use as a starter for future batches.
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The manufacturer does not state on the package or on its website what cultures it includes. But I think L. acidophilus is part of the definition of a yogurt culture and for those several I have seen that do declare the cultures, I have not seen a single one that did not include it. However, I recently made a batch of "Bulgarian" buttermilk with the 901 buttermilk starter from GetCulture (which does not contain acidophilus) plus a little Bulgarian buttermilk from the supermarket because 901 does not include L. bulgaricus. I aimed at a thick result (see procedure on the GetCulture website) and it came out about as thick as yogurt and I might possible have gotten it thicker had I added non-fat dry milk (which I do to my yogurts).
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I would think that would be the ideal way to use the culture. I could only find pasteurized milk that wasn't homogenized. I would have rather used the raw milk.