RE: Fun with Fermentation

[arrjey]

whats that process called? when the same thing is done using the milk and other bakery products. is that fergmentation too?? curd and butter are created using that process. if not fergmentation, then whats that called?

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[suesa]

Lactobacillus is a genus of bacteria which can convert sugars into lactic acid by means of fermentation. Milk contains a sugar called lactose, a disaccharide (compound sugar) made by the glycosidic bonding between glucose and galactose (monosaccharides). When pasteurized milk is heated to a temperature of 30-40 °C, or even at room temperature or refrigerator temperature, and a small amount of old curd or whey added to it, the lactobacillus in that curd or whey sample starts to grow. These convert the lactose into lactic acid, which imparts the sour taste to curd. Raw milk naturally contains lactobacillus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curd