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Food and Beverages > Beverages > Milk > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Beverages > Milk > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
... > Food and Beverages > Food > Dairy Products > Milk > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
... > Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Dairy Products > Milk > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Milk > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
Food and Beverages > Fermented Foods > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Fermented Foods > Cultured Milk Products > Kefir
Food and Beverages > Beverages > Fermented Beverages > Kefir
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Beverages > Fermented Beverages > Kefir
Food and Beverages > Fermented Foods > Fermented Beverages > Kefir
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Fermented Foods > Fermented Beverages > Kefir

Preferred term

Kefir  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Grain, Kefir
  • Grains, Kefir
  • Kefir Grain
  • Kefir Grains

Scope note

  • A beverage made from milk fermented by a mixture of endogenous LACTIC ACID-producing yeast and bacteria (KEFIR GRAINS), many of which are PROBIOTICS. It should not be confused with KAFFIR LIME or KAFFIR CORN.

History note

  • 2017; use MILK 1998-2003 and CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS 2004-2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070716

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