{"id":261614,"date":"2024-10-03T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/ants-can-be-used-to-make-yogurt-and-now-we-know-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:00","slug":"ants-can-be-used-to-make-yogurt-and-now-we-know-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/ants-can-be-used-to-make-yogurt-and-now-we-know-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Ants can be used to make yogurt \u2013 and now we know how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ants produce formic acid to defend themselves, and this acid can cause milk to coagulate<\/p>\n

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Simply placing as few as four live ants into a container of milk provides enough microbes, enzymes and acids to kickstart the fermentation process that creates yogurt.<\/p>\n

Today, most yogurts are produced by fermenting milk<\/a> using commercially made starters. However, the industrialisation of the process has meant that countless traditional fermentation practices from around the world are overlooked.<\/p>\n

In places including Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia, researchers\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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