Kefir

Also called Kephir, keefir, búlgaros and bulgaros

Kefir is cultured, fermented milk. Cooks use it in baking, dressings, and fermentation, and pair it with bread.

Dairy
Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Dairy & eggs
Made from: Milk
Part used: Milk
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue

Photo: Svorad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use kefir

Typical ways to cook or use it

Bake
Dressing
Ferment

Goes well with

bread

On the table

Dishes made with kefir

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Cold borscht
Svele

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include kefir.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: kefir in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: milk
Animal origin: From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: milk (cultured, fermented)

Around the world

What kefir is called

Names in 61 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
kéfir · Yogurt de pajaritos · Yoghurt de Pajaritos · Yogurt de sapitos
French
kéfir · képhir · kefir
Italian
Kéfir · Kefir · Kefyr
Portuguese
kefir · Quefir
German
Kefir · Kefirknollen · Kefirpilz · Milchkefir
Dutch
Kefir · Yoghurtplant · Yoghurtbloem
Greek
Κεφίρ
Turkish
Kefir
Russian
кефир
Polish
kefir · Grzybek hinduski
Arabic
كفير · الفطر الهندي · الكفير
Persian
کفیر

Show all 61 languages

Adyghe
qundeps · kundeps
Albanian
Kefiri
Armenian
կեֆիր
Azerbaijani
Kefir
Basque
Kefir
Belarusian
кефір
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
кефір
Bosnian
Kefir
Brazilian Portuguese
Kefir
Bulgarian
Кефир
Cantonese
克菲爾乳酪
Catalan
Quefir de llet · Kefir
Chechen
Йетта шура
Chinese
克非尔 · 克弗爾 · 克菲爾 · 开菲尔
Croatian
Kefir
Czech
kefír
Danish
kefir
Esperanto
kefiro
Estonian
Keefir · Kefiir
Finnish
kefiiri
Galician
quefir · kefir · kéfir
Georgian
კეფირი
Hebrew
קפיר
Hungarian
kefir
Indonesian
kefir
Japanese
ケフィア · ケーフィア · ケフィアヨーグルト · ケフィール
Javanese
Kéfir
Karachay-Balkar
гыпы · gıpı · gıpı ayran · küşlü ayran
Kazakh
Кефир
Kazakh (Arabic)
كەفىير
Kazakh (China)
كەفىير
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Кефир
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
Кефир
Kazakh (Latin)
Kefïr
Kazakh (Türkiye)
Kefïr
Korean
케피르
Kyrgyz
Кефир
Latvian
kefīrs
Lithuanian
Kefyras
Macedonian
кефир
Malay
Kifir
Norwegian Bokmål
kefir
Norwegian Nynorsk
kefir
olo
Kefiiru
Ossetic
къæпы
Romanian
chefir · kefir
Serbian
кефир
Simplified Chinese
克非尔
Simplified Chinese (China)
克非尔
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
克非尔
Slovak
kefír
Slovenian
Kefir
Swedish
kefir · rysk filmjölk
Swiss High German
Kefir
Tamil
கெஃபிர்
Tatar
кефир
Thai
คีเฟอร์
Traditional Chinese
克非爾
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
克非爾
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
克非爾
Ukrainian
кефір
Uzbek
Kefir
Walloon
Kefir
Welsh
ceffir · kefir · llaeth ceffir

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q185749

Photos

Photo: Svorad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons