id: 692

name: Butter

flavor_bible_name_variants: brown butter,butter,butter brown,butter brown andor unsalted,butter clarified,butter salted,butter sweet,butter unsalted,buttermilk,butterscotch

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status: draft

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food_db_name: Buttermilk

flavor_db_name_variants: buttermilk

name_scientific: null

description: Buttermilk refers to a number of dairy drinks. Originally, buttermilk was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cream. This type of buttermilk is known as traditional buttermilk. The term buttermilk also refers to a range of fermented milk drinks, common in warm climates (e.g. , the Middle East, Pakistan, India, and the Southern United States) where unrefrigerated fresh milk sours quickly, as well as in colder climates, such as Germany, Poland, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. This fermented dairy product known as cultured buttermilk is produced from cow's milk and has a characteristically sour taste caused by lactic acid bacteria. This variant is made using one of two species of bacteria—either Streptococcus lactis or Lactobacillus bulgaricus, which creates more tartness. The tartness of buttermilk is due to acid in the milk. The increased acidity is primarily due to lactic acid produced by lactic acid bacteria while fermenting lactose, the primary sugar in milk. As the bacteria produce lactic acid, the pH of the milk decreases and casein, the primary milk protein, precipitates, causing the curdling or clabbering of milk. This process makes buttermilk thicker than plain milk. While both traditional and cultured buttermilk contain lactic acid, traditional buttermilk tends to be less viscous, whereas cultured buttermilk is more viscous. Buttermilk can be drunk straight, and it can also be used in cooking. Soda bread is a bread in which buttermilk reacts with the rising agent, sodium bicarbonate, to produce carbon dioxide.

itis_id: null

wikipedia_id: Buttermilk

picture_file_name: 714.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 86704

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:29.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Milk and milk products

food_subgroup: Fermented milks

food_type: Type 2

created_at: 2011-12-12T23:35:29.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:30.000Z

creator_id: 2

updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00692