‘Kefir’ comes from the Turkish word for ‘good feeling’ and has long been referred to as the ‘elixir of life’. This easy-drinking cultured milk is similar in flavour and texture to a drinking yoghurt. With billions of live cultures in every sip, it has earned its superfood status.

Our plain kefir works beautifully in almost all recipes to improve the nutritive values. We have also created a range of delectably flavoured kefir making it easy to feed to children and those who have a sweet tooth.

Kefir is a nutrient-dense, fermented food made from cow’s milk that has many benefits including promoting good gut-health, maintaining strong bones and addressing gastro-intestinal concerns.

What cultures are used:

Not all probiotics are created equal. Our drinking kefir includes six strains and our spoonable kefir includes 11 strains of probiotics that have been clinically proven to have the biggest positive impact on gut health. With our cultures, we can ensure optimal and reliable probiotic counts (in the billions) in every bottle.

Our culture has been developed to exclude yeasts, which can pose food safety problems in factories like ours. Some people are also sensitive or allergic to yeasts. They can happily drink our kefir, getting all the health benefits too.

The wonderful thing about our particular culture blend is that it is consistent across every batch of kefir. The different strains of bacteria are optimally balanced to be just right (based on intensive scientific study). You are guaranteed to get the same good stuff in every bottle. 

The probiotic count of our kefir is another reason we love it! The probiotic count is measured in colony-forming units (CFUs) of good bacteria. Lab results show our drinking kefir to contain around 1,6 billion CFU per gram when bottled. By the expiry date, it had reduced to 0,9 billion CFU per gram. 

This suggests that a 300ml bottle of drinking kefir has about 480 billion CFUs of our special culture mix. Even at the expiry date, there are still 270 billion CFUs in that small bottle!

Spoonable kefir has similar results, with every tub containing billions of good-for-you bacteria. 

You will see a culture count on the packaging of our kefir. We report this at its lowest point (rather than at its highest) so that you can be confident of always getting more bang for your buck.