How many calories in kefir
A 250 ml glass of kefir made with whole milk has about 150 kcal and 8 g of protein.
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To burn it off
Kefir is fermented milk, a bit like a runny, tangy yoghurt you drink. It's gone from health food shops to every supermarket fridge in a few years.
A glass is about 150 kcal, with 8 g of protein, 11 g of carbs and 8 g of fat. The fermenting eats some of the milk sugar, so it's less sweet than it looks.
The flavoured bottles often have fruit and sugar added, so check the label. The plain one is the one these numbers are for.
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Where it comes from
Kefir comes from the Caucasus Mountains, where herders have fermented milk with kefir grains, small clumps of yeast and bacteria, for centuries. The name probably comes from the Turkish keyif, meaning pleasure. By the 19th century it was prized as a health drink, and a popular story says a young dairy worker brought the first grains to Moscow in the early 1900s.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kefir
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Questions
Is kefir higher than milk?
About the same as whole milk per glass. It's the same milk, just fermented.
How many calories in half a glass?
About 75 kcal for 125 ml.
Does kefir have much protein?
About 8 g a glass, which is decent for a drink.
How many calories in a kefir smoothie with a banana?
About 255 kcal: 150 for the glass of kefir and around 105 for a medium banana.
Does homemade kefir have the same calories?
Made with the same whole milk, it's about the same, around 150 kcal a glass. A longer ferment eats a little more of the milk sugar, but the difference is small.
