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Calories in homemade water kefir?
YorriaRaine
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Does anybody know how to get an accurate calorie count of homemade water kefir?
My first step of the fermentation is 4 cups of spring water and 1/4 cup raw sugar. 2 or 3 days later I strain the grains and do a second fermentation by adding a bit of grape juice.
My milk kefir I just use the calories from the milk (even though I guess it technically changes), but confused what to do with the water since theoretically the sugar should be mostly gone.
My first step of the fermentation is 4 cups of spring water and 1/4 cup raw sugar. 2 or 3 days later I strain the grains and do a second fermentation by adding a bit of grape juice.
My milk kefir I just use the calories from the milk (even though I guess it technically changes), but confused what to do with the water since theoretically the sugar should be mostly gone.
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The sugar isn't gone, it's just dissolved. Count the sugar, all of it. A quarter cup of sugar isn't that many calories.0
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cmriverside wrote: »The sugar isn't gone, it's just dissolved. Count the sugar, all of it. A quarter cup of sugar isn't that many calories.
Technically, the sugar should be gone or my little guys wouldn't be fermenting?0 -
So don't count it then.
It's not like it's thousands of calories. If the sugar is used for fuel, and you are trying so hard to be exact, why not just use a commercially-produced kefir's calorie count? I don't think anyone here is going to know any more than that.0 -
I found this discussion where someone asked a similar question about kombucha. Maybe it will help you.
https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/17529/does-kombucha-lose-calories-while-fermenting0
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