May 13, 2011

Buttermilk Has No Butter...

When people hear buttermilk...
They might think ah, milk with lots of creamy butter...
probably tastes good because of the butter but probably
very fattening. This couldn't be further from the truth.

There actually isn't any butter in buttermilk, per se.
Buttermilk is the liquid  that is left after the butter has 
been separated from the milk, often used for making breads. 
Sometimes buttermilk  is also made from cultured milk 
by adding a bacteria to sweet milk. Different but a 
little similar to yogurt.

Buttermilk has less fat than whole milk because the 
fat has been removed. Due to buttermilk having more 
lactic acid than even skim milk- it's often recommended for 
people with digestive problems to drink 
buttermilk rather than regular milk.