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Jan 2024
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What is yogurt?

Melissa and Jam, Bleav
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#177

Yogurt, sometimes known as thick milk. But what is it really? What happens at the molecular level, how does it become yogurt? And while we're at it, what is sour cream? Let's talk about these dairy substances.

References from this Episode

  1. https://youtu.be/uJEkb4Hq5jY
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234682/
  3. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/they_did_what_to_your_milk
  4. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/8836/fs173emakingyogurt.pdf
  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234682/
  6. Biochemistry 4th edition by Garret & Grisham
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