Yogurt Powder, Non-Fat 1 lb: K

This is Frontier's nitrogen-flushed double-wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double-walled wax-lined paper. Dehydrated nonfat yogurt (cultured nonfat milk solids). Just add water and fruit for delicious yogurt. Yogurt is cultured milk made with Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. thermophilus, L. bulgaricus, or other other beneficial lactic-acid bacteria. Lactobacillus acidophilus is a 'friendly' bacterium (called a probiotic) that inhabits the intestines. It helps prevent bacterial disease, partly through the production of lactic acid. This makes it, and foods containing it, medically useful in maintaining normal intestinal flora, preventing and treating diarrhea and vaginal infections. Eating yogurt is an ancient cure for vaginal infections and diarrhea. The harmful bacteria that cause yeast infections are normally kept under control by the beneficial bacteria in our bodies. Antibiotics, antibacterial soaps, or a change in the body's acidic/alkaline balance, may wipe out beneficial as well as harmful bacteria, leaving the body open to infection. Acidophilus creates beneficia bacteria. Yeast infection can be prevented or reversed by eating three servings of acidophilus yogurt daily or by taking acidophilus as a supplement. L. acidophilus also produces lactase, the enzyme that breaks down milk sugar (lactose) into simple sugars. Fermented milks had been made since early times, when warm raw milk from cows, sheep, goats, camels, or horses was naturally preserved by common strains of Streptococcus and Lactobacillus bacteria. (The 'cultures' were obtained by including a small portion from the previous batch.) These harmless lactic acid producers were effective in suppressing spoilage and pathogenic organisms, making it possible to preserve fresh milk for several days or weeks without refrigeration. Cultured products eventually became ethnic favourites and were introduced around the world as people migrated.