swap_horiz Water kefir Alternatives

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Miso

Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae), o...

Japanese Probiotic Umami Soy

9.2 Excellent

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Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional Korean food consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most commonly prepared with napa cabb...

Korean Spicy Probiotic Vegetable

9.2 Excellent

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Geuze

Geuze is a traditional Belgian beer created by blending young and old spontaneously fermented lambic ales. The mixture u...

Traditional Sour Beer Belgian Effervescent

9.2 Excellent

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Yogurt

Yogurt is a fermented dairy product made worldwide by culturing milk with Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus the...

Global Probiotic Breakfast Dairy

9.1 Excellent

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Sake

Sake is a Japanese rice wine fermented using Aspergillus oryzae mold in a process called multiple parallel fermentation,...

Traditional Japanese Rice Wine Beverage

9.1 Excellent

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Kefir

Kefir is a fermented milk drink originating from the North Caucasus region, produced by inoculating milk with kefir grai...

Drink Probiotic Dairy Caucasus

8.6 Great

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Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is a traditional fermented food made from finely shredded cabbage that has been preserved through a lactic ac...

German Probiotic Vegetable Cabbage

8.5 Great

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Labneh

Labneh is a strained yogurt product from the Levant, produced by draining whey from yogurt through cloth until it reache...

Probiotic Middle Eastern Dairy Spreadable

8.4 Great

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Tempeh

Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian food made by fermenting cooked whole soybeans with the mold Rhizopus oligosporus unti...

High Protein Probiotic Indonesian Soy

8.4 Great

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Skyr

Skyr is an Icelandic cultured dairy product with roots in Norse foodways dating back over 1,000 years, classified techni...

High Protein Probiotic Dairy Icelandic

8.2 Great

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Makgeolli

Makgeolli is a traditional Korean alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice, water, and nuruk, a Korean fermentation s...

Korean Traditional Rice Wine Beverage

8.2 Great

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Lassi

Lassi is a traditional yogurt-based beverage originating from the Indian subcontinent, particularly associated with Punj...

Indian Regional Probiotic Dairy

8.2 Great

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Nukazuke

Nukazuke is a type of traditional Japanese pickle, or tsukemono, created by fermenting vegetables in a bed of fermented...

Traditional Japanese Probiotic Lacto Fermented

8.0 Great

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Kombucha

Kombucha is a sweetened black or green tea fermented by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY), with document...

Beverage Probiotic Effervescent Scoby

7.9 Good

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Tepache

Tepache is a lightly fermented Mexican drink made from pineapple rinds, water, and piloncillo sugar, with pre-Columbian...

Traditional Beverage Mexican Mildly Alcoholic

7.9 Good

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Jun tea

Jun tea is a fermented drink made from sweetened green tea and a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, using honey as...

Beverage Probiotic Effervescent Scoby

6.9 Fair

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Togwa

Togwa is a fermented cereal food and drink consumed in Tanzania and elsewhere in East Africa. It is commonly prepared fr...

Traditional Beverage Probiotic Tanzanian

6.9 Fair

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Mahewu

Mahewu is a traditional fermented cereal beverage associated with Southern Africa. It is usually made by cooking maize m...

Beverage Probiotic Non Alcoholic Southern African

6.5 Fair

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Yakult

Yakult is a sweetened fermented milk drink first produced in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1935 by physician and microbiologist Min...

Japanese Beverage Probiotic Sweetened

6.4 Fair

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Rejuvelac

Rejuvelac is a fermented beverage made by soaking or fermenting sprouted grains, commonly wheat or rye, in water. The dr...

Beverage Fermented Probiotic Raw Food

6.0 Fair