Heirloom Yogurt Starter Cultures

Name: Heirloom Yogurt Starter Cultures
Brand: Cultures for Health
Price: 10.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$10.99

Our 4 carefully collected Scandinavian yogurt strains culture right on your countertop, easy as adding milk. Sample rich, custard-like Filmjolk; drinkable Piima; mild, creamy Viili; and honey-scented Matsoni.

Watch How It's Made

Each bag contains:

1 packet of each culture: Viili, Filmjölk, Matsoni, and Piimä

Instructions for using these cultures are included and may be found here.

Heirloom Starter Cultures Included in the bag:

Viili Starter Culture: A Finnish yogurt variety, Viili is very mild and creamy, with a fairly thick consistency. It’s a versatile favorite that’s perfect on its own or in any yogurt recipe.
Filmjölk Starter Culture: Another Finnish variety, Filmjölk has a tangy flavor reminiscent of cheese and a custard-like texture.
Matsoni Starter Culture: Matsoni, from The Republic of Georgia, has a thin, custard-like texture with notes of honey. Its flavor is the most “yogurty” and is a popular choice for frozen yogurt.
Piimä Starter Culture: Piimä, a Scandinavian variety, is very thin and drinkable with a mild flavor. Culture it with cream instead of milk to make a tasty sour cream-like topping.

Shipping and Storage Information:

Our Heirloom yogurt starter cultures are shipped in barrier-sealed packets as freeze-dried yogurt cultures.
Refrigeration recommended.
Use by date on bag.

Heirloom Yogurt Starter Cultures Ingredients

Organic milk, live active cultures.
This product contains no GMO ingredients.

Heirloom Yogurt Starter Cultures Allergen Information

Manufactured in a facility that also produces products containing soy and dairy.
Non-GMO
Gluten-free

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Full of gut-healthy probiotics

Makes endless batches of yogurt - saving you money!

What Our Customers Are Saying

I've tried the Filmjolk and Matsoni so far. I love the taste and freshness. I don't think I'll ever go back to commercial yogurts. Filmjolk was thin the first time, as described. The second culture was thicker and was fine. Matsoni took longer to culture, but was thick and very tasty. Also, I've had excellent customer service. I've shared some cultures with my friend and she loved it as well.

Donna

I have had great success with all of the starters. They are all delicious in their own way and so easy to make! I use non-homogenized, pasteurized whole milk from a local dairy. I waited a long time to try these out and am so glad I finally purchased them. I prefer these to kefir - they are a bit easier.

Sofya

It's awesome that you guys offer these somewhat obscure types of yogurt! Were totally off grid and the mesophylic cultures are perfect for us.....trouble free and easy for the kids! We gave all our children some in their Christmas stockings this year and they were actually excited about it! Win-win-win!!

Dave

Received faster than I anticipated. The cultures were ready to go, no failed attempts. Always receive excellent service from Cultures for Health!

Deb

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Matsoni for the win

We needed a yogurt culture that did not have the bacteria Streptococcus Thermophilus in it for a strict diet we were following. Matsoni was the only one we could find to use for our patient with Ulcertive Colitis. It's easy to make and delicious. It has a cottage cheese consistency and bitter. We add a teaspoon of maple syrup to 1 cup with frozen blueberries. When making this with Goat milk it will be a bit more liquid that using cow milk. I assume that's because there is less lactose in GM. All in all we are satisfied with this product.

We're so happy to hear you and your patient are happy with the Matsoni culture! To make it less bitter, try adding a little less culture from the previous batch (1 tablespoon per cup of milk is recommended) and culture for a little less time. Goat milk yogurt does tend to turn out a little thinner due to the structure of the proteins, but it's still delicious!

Excellent

Love the mesophilic cultures--well I'm stuck on one kind--think it's the Viili. Love the taste, love the simplicity although it took it a couple of starts to culture up. Am going to try another kind this weekend.

These are excellent

I started all four immediately because I could not wait to see what they were like. All different, all delicious. I agree with the label instructions and descriptions of how they taste and what they are good for. The sweetest one is Matsoni and we use it everyday. I made Piima with cream and half and half, to compare, and both were excellent. And by the way if you can't find anything but UHP or whatever it is called cream it worked perfectly for me.

Set it and forget it

This is my first time trying to make yogurt at home, so my first couple tries were a little rough. I definitely wanted something easy. I didn't want to have to buy a yogurt-maker, and I didn't want to have to monitor temperatures every so often for several hours at a time. These mesophilic cultures seemed to fit the bill.

Love these cultures...

I have been looking for yogurt cultures I could culture on my kitchen counter. I finally found Cultures For Health and love, love, love their products. I, admittedly, am not a yogurt fan but know it is a great resource for probiotics. I've only tried the Villi culture so far. It is easy to culture and has a very pleasant, mild, tartness to it. I blended some of my homemade canned peaches, a little water kefir (I cultured from the water kefir grains I purchased from Cultures For Health) and some of my Villi yogurt...it was delicious and sustained me for the entire morning. I'm looking forward to trying the other yogurt cultures.

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Pro Tip Corner

While there are a handful of yogurt starters that do need a yogurt maker, our Heirloom Starter Culture Variety pack contains four yogurt starters that you can culture right on your counter top at room temperature.

How to Make Heirloom Yogurt