Guest guest Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Dan- > How would you interpret the findings of this study... > > http://fst.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/5/365 > > Perhaps, did the pasteurisation make the kefir ineffective against the > E-coli? It's impossible to be sure without access to the full text of the study, but from the wording of the abstract, it *seems* like they fermented and *then* pasteurized the kefir. IOW, if that's true, they were only testing whether the acidity resulting from fermentation was enough to prevent e. coli from growing, along with whatever other compounds survived the pasteurized or were created by it. The title, though, refers to both pasteurized and unpasteurized kefir, which is confusing, since the abstract only seems to discuss experimentation on samples of kefir that were fermented for either one day or two and then pasteurized, not on any living kefir. If my interpretation is correct, the study has no real-world utility or interest. If it's not, then it'd be interesting, but we'd have to get a hold of the full text to be sure. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 are there any studies that show the destruction of e coli in non-pasteurised kefir? I heard that there were, but I have not been able to find them. -Tamara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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