Milk Kefir Grains, Live Probiotic Starter, Natural Strong Probiotic, Bulgaros, Turkish Strain, Pajaritos. (1 Teaspoon)

I do not recommend these kefir grains for the following reasons: As the other reviewers stated, they are very small and very slow growing. I received a about a teaspoon of white grains that were moist, but then also a packet of powder very light pink in color, about a teaspoon. The instructions said to dissolve the powder in the cup of milk first, then to add the grains and explained the powder was absolutely necessary it help ensure the grains would activate. I followed instructions. The powder did not fully dissolve. I strained it the next day and discarded the milk per instructions. Then added fresh cup of milk to the jar, also per instructions. For the first week, I was getting what appeared to be kefir and tasted like kefir, however the "grains" were no longer white, they were the color of the powder. So what was the powder? There was no explanation as to what the ingredients in the powder actually was. I steadily increased the amount of milk. Yesterday I made almost a quart, but this morning I had curds and whey! It was difficult to separate the curds from the kefit grains, but I eventually did - curds were white and will dissolve, but grains are pinkish and gelatenous, don't dissolve. I scraped up what I could and added back to jar with fresh milk, but only 2 cups this time. I don't have much confidence these grains will last, so I ordered real organic kefir grains from another seller, just to ensure that if these grains fail, I'll still have other grains to rely on. UPDATE: this product is junk!

Tutto è andato benissimo ed ora produco un kefir naturale al 100x100. I primi giorni sono stati un po’ rocamboleschi visto che viaggio molto ed ho dovuto conservare i fermenti sul latte a lunga conservazione in frigorifero ma al mio rientro li ho trovati ancora perfettamente vivi ed ora giornalmente producono un ottimo kefir. Certamente il sapore è completamente differente da quello che produce l’industria , ma questo è quello vero di cui ne vado fiero ! I fermenti non li lavo e non aumentano moltissimo ma giornalmente fanno mezzo litro di kefir e questo basta per me e mia moglie.

Non posso dire come era il prodotto in partenza. Ma il trasporto era lungo e faceva caldo. Sulle istruzioni è scritto che il prodotto può rimanere 1 mese all'aria ambiente. Sarebbe stato meglio meterlo direttamente in frigo. Per il resto istruzioni molto scarsi E' un prodotto vivo. Successivamente cercando altri prodotti mi sono resa conto che un altro produttore dava istruzioni molto migliori ed esaurienti come trattare questo SCOOP.

The grains arrived very fresh looking. I started them in whole milk as the directions explained the day they arrived. Success!! In 3 days the kefir is fermenting just great.

Update: unfortunately these grains never grew and eventually started to disappear and die over the course of a 1.5 weeks so I have to reduce my rating. I found other kefir grains on eBay and when they arrived, they were plump and started doubling in size immediately with the organic grass fed whole milk I use, which is the way healthy grains behave. I'd recommend the seller put in work to get their grains healthy and plump before shipping them out, so they will survive their journey and new home. -------- They came fast but they were small grains, very hard to see and separate from the milk. However, they are making delicious creamy and non cheesy kefir every 24 hrs, so I'm happy and hope they get bigger!