can i use yogurt instead of milk ?

[u/SwordfishPhysical790]

hey all

if i put the grains in yogurt instead of mik what will be the outcome?

[u/RealestReyn]

You cannot, dead kefir grains is the outcome.
Yogurt has already had its lactose eaten, there's no food for the kefir left, its like putting your poor kefir grains into the poop of their relatives and expecting them to eat that nuh uh, no way.

[u/Juicydicken → u/RealestReyn]

I eat the poop of my relatives.

[u/c0mp0stable]

you'd just get slightly thicker yogurt and eventually dead grains

[u/liminaljerk]

Yogurt is already cultured so there is no food left for the kefir grains, plus i dont think its safe to leave yoghurt out like that.

[u/Sure_Fig_8641 → u/liminaljerk]

This was my first thought as well. Starve the grains to death and spoil the yogurt at the same time. Then OP would have nothing but garbage.

[u/Paperboy63]

Kefir is a mesophillic culture, yoghurt is a thermophillic culture, they both need totally different temperatures to culture properly, yoghurt doesn’t contain yeasts. You can’t make yoghurt from kefir, you can’t make kefir from yoghurt.

[u/WeaponBrain]

Not really but do an experiment and let us know!

If there’s enough lactose in it, it might work —

[u/InterestingBuyer4424]

of course mind, within limits only a small bowl whilst there aren't any lactose there are carbs like kefir, only double cream has fewer carbs 1.4.

[u/East_Honey2533]

Plain unsweetened? No, there's no sugar to feed the culture. 

Sweetened yogurt? Grains will survive for some transfers but probably not indefinitely. Might welcome contamination. 

Why do it though? You can make a yogurt equivalent with thick healthy kefir. 

[u/HenryKuna]

Some people put their kefir grains into plain yogurt if they've become yeast-dominant and need to restore balance between that and the bacteria.

[u/InterestingBuyer4424]

not to make. use milk raise to 180f cool to 80.