Active sour-cream starter
A living dairy inoculum that starts controlled cream fermentation, developing acidity and aroma before sour cream or cultured butter is finished.
Ingredients
1086 articles on substrates, cultures and additives.
Fruit, vegetables and seaweedsFruit, vegetables, roots, alliums, seaweeds and algae.
Grains, legumes and nutsGrains, flours, malts, starches, beans, pulses, nuts, seeds and the coffee, cocoa and tea crops.
Mushrooms and fungiCultivated and wild mushrooms, truffles and other edible fungi, and lichens.
Meat and fishMeat, offal, fat, casings, fish, shellfish and insects.
Dairy and eggsMilk by animal, cream, butter, milk powders, rennets, dairy additives and eggs.
Cultures and startersYeasts, bacteria, moulds, koji, SCOBYs, grains and kept starters that begin a ferment.
Salt and mineralsCooking, named and curing salts, brines, alkalis and mineral additives.
Sugars and sweetenersRefined and unrefined sugars, honeys, syrups, molasses and malt sugars.
Herbs and spicesHerbs, seed and bark spices, peppercorns, chillies, aromatic roots, brewing botanicals and resins.
Oils, sauces and drinksPlant oils, condiments, vinegars, waters and the wines, beers and pickles other recipes use.
Additives and aidsFood acids, sulphites, preservatives, enzymes, leaveners, gelling agents, brewing additives and wrapping leaves.
All cultures103
Koji and amylolytic starters33
Yeasts19Dairy starter cultures15
Ripening moulds and yeasts11
Meat starter cultures8
SCOBYs and grain cultures6
Back-slopped and retained starters5
Leavens and sourdough starters3
Lactic cultures2Legume mould starters1
Koji and amylolytic starters33Yeasts19Dairy starter cultures15Ripening moulds and yeasts11Meat starter cultures8SCOBYs and grain cultures6Back-slopped and retained starters5Leavens and sourdough starters3Lactic cultures2Legume mould starters1Cultures and starters
Ripe sourdough starter
Ripe sourdough starter is a refreshed flour-and-water culture active enough for a baker’s intended dough. Its yeasts and bacteria provide gas and acidity.
MT1 mesophilic starter
MT1 is a named dairy starter in a home Feta-style method. The brief recipe name does not establish its manufacturer or exact strains; a documented commercial MT1 product is one distinct example.