Anniversary Celebration: Cultures for Health Giveaway!

by on Sep 21, 2009 in natural & green, news & giveaways

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Have you heard of the wonderful starter cultures and kefir grains offered by Cultures for Health? I recently stumbled upon this company and was delighted not only to find they were local to me, but also to see the excellent line of healthy cultural starter kits they offer to get you started on boasting your health with probiotics.

Have you been wanting to make your own homemade yogurt? Simple. With Cultures for Health yogurt starter and standard milk, you just combine it with a quart of milk

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Image courtesy of Cultures for Health

and let it sit on your counter for 12 hours. If you use raw milk, you can make your own raw milk yogurt without even heating the milk (beyond preparing your starter) and it turns out amazingly thick and creamy. You can protect the majority of the delicate nutrients in raw milk this way! You only have to heat a small portion of milk to build your starter and from there you can add a bit of this starter to your raw milk and set it on the counter and it will culture in a matter of hours. It is the best homemade yogurt I have tried yet – rich and creamy. If you take proper care of your starter, you will only have to purchase the dehydrated starter once and away you go! The yogurt starter comes with very clear directions for using pasteurized or raw milk.

Cultures for Health also offers water kefir grains, milk kefir grains, sourdough starter, buttermilk starter and also sorts of sprouting and fermenting tools. This is a great place to stock up on some helpful tools for natural eating. These products will save you money by allowing you to make it yourself! Not only is it economical, but it will be more nutritious and fresh coming from your kitchen!

Today, Cultures for Health is offering three winners the choice of their favorite culture starter! Your choices include: milk or water kefir grains, one of the three yogurt starters, kombucha starter, sourdough starter or buttermilk starter.

How To Win:

1. Visit the Cultures for Health website and pick out your favorite culture starter that you would like to win. Come back and enter them below in the comments section.

Giveaway closed.

Cultures for Health is also offering all our readers a special 10% discount off your entire order (excluding the Exalibur dehydrators). Enter coupon code: PH2009 at checkout. Coupon code expires 10/5/09. So even if you don’t win, you can still save!

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213 Responses to “Anniversary Celebration: Cultures for Health Giveaway!”

  1. Molly Sep 22, 2009 at 8:14 am #

    I would love the water kefir grains!

  2. Suzanne Sep 22, 2009 at 8:00 am #

    The Matsoni Yogurt Starter sounds great. I’ve been wanting to make my own yogurt and am so glad to find out about this company. Thank you!

  3. Annie Sep 22, 2009 at 7:57 am #

    I would love to try the Matsoni Yogurt Starter Culture!

  4. Vanessa Sep 22, 2009 at 7:42 am #

    I’d like to try the Viili Yogurt starter. Thanks! By the way these giveaways are great!

  5. Rebeccah Sep 22, 2009 at 7:19 am #

    I’d love to try some water kefir starter/grains! With all our allergies around here, I’ve been wanting to start some water kefir to see if we can heal things up. :) I’m so excited to find some place with a good recommendation!

  6. Amy Sep 22, 2009 at 7:15 am #

    I would like to try the yogurt starter. I have a yogurt maker and my husband has been wanting me to use it!

  7. Michele M. Sep 22, 2009 at 7:11 am #

    I would like to try the water kefir. Thanks!

  8. Christy Sep 22, 2009 at 6:50 am #

    I’d like to try the Viili Yogurt Starter with some local raw milk!

  9. Melissa Sep 22, 2009 at 6:30 am #

    HI. I’d like to try the sourdough starter. Not sure which one, there’s so many.

  10. jillian Sep 22, 2009 at 6:30 am #

    water kefir grains look great!

  11. Liz Elston Sep 22, 2009 at 6:29 am #

    I would love the kombucha starter!!

  12. Mary Sep 22, 2009 at 6:13 am #

    Oh boy! Milk Kefir for me. I’ve wanted to get some.

  13. Elizabeth Sep 22, 2009 at 6:06 am #

    the water keifer kit is what we’ve been looking for – thanks for all you’re doing – we’ve been so blessed!!!

  14. Beth B. Sep 22, 2009 at 5:57 am #

    I would like the water kefir if I won. My husband loves soda, and I would love to find something healthier for him to drink.

  15. Kim Sep 22, 2009 at 5:45 am #

    ooooooo, OH OH OH! I have been drooling over these room temp yogurt starters for a while now!! My 10 mo old son LOVES yogurt, but good quality yogurt is not readily available where I live and we don’t have the money to invest in a yogurt maker.

    I would love the Viili Yogurt Starter!!

    I really hope I win :)

  16. kimra olde Sep 22, 2009 at 5:14 am #

    Milk Kefir grains, please

    I love your website. I am a mother of 3 adults and a grandmother of one girl and another one coming mid-Oct. My son-in-law has food allergies and I have learned so much just cooking for him when I visit them in MD. I live in FL and can buy raw milk and raw cheese at Whole Foods. They are able to get it in MD thru a co-op and it is wonderful. My granddaughter loves her “milk”. I cook for them using almond flour and home made yogurt. I will be leaving to spend a couple of months with them to help out when my new grand daughter comes and I’m very excited about trying out some new recipes for them.

    again thanks for everything. God bless you and your family.

  17. Heidi Sep 22, 2009 at 5:07 am #

    I would love to try the Bulgarian yogurt starter.

  18. Deborah Sep 22, 2009 at 5:02 am #

    I would love to try the Filmjölk Yogurt Starter Culture. My husband is from Finland. What a surprise this would be for him. I did not even know I could have this kind of yogurt at home. Thanks so much for posting this site.

  19. Melissa Sep 22, 2009 at 4:49 am #

    I have tried to make my own yogurt for a while and it never turns out right, as well as kiefer. I would love to try a different route so I would finally be able to make it at home! Oh and the buttermilk starter too! Too many choices…thanks so much!

  20. Sarah M Sep 22, 2009 at 4:39 am #

    Oh wow, THANK YOU for recommending this awesome website, I will have to look at it when I have a bit more time, but I’ve always wanted to learn to make cheese! And here is the starter I would love to win:! Thermophilic Starter Culture for Cheesemaking
    Thanks and good luck to the winner!
    Sarah M

  21. Lisa D. Sep 22, 2009 at 4:37 am #

    OH the Kefir starter! My family and I LOOOOVE Kefir!

    • Lisa D. Sep 22, 2009 at 4:37 am #

      I suppose I should have said the milk kefir grains….sorry i didn’t specify

  22. LaniQ Sep 22, 2009 at 4:35 am #

    So hard to choose from! I LOVE this website! I think it is a toss up between the milk kefir grains and the kombucha, which I have been wanting to try.

  23. Jane Sep 22, 2009 at 4:29 am #

    Oohh, I have been perusing their site and longing to try some starters of my own. I especially would love to try the yogurt starters- I can’t narrow it down to just one. :)

  24. Mandi Sep 22, 2009 at 4:19 am #

    I’d like to win either the water kefir grains or the yogurt cultures, I’ve been making my yogurt in a crockpot but this would be simpler and faster!

  25. Kelly Sep 22, 2009 at 4:13 am #

    I would love to try them all!!! If I had to choose just one though, it would be the milk keefir grains. :)

  26. Naomi Sep 22, 2009 at 4:01 am #

    I’ve been wanting to get some extra probiotics in my oldest daughter since a round of abx last winter, but as she has trouble digesting milk, I hadn’t managed until I recently discovered water kefir. Would love to try it!!

  27. Rebecca Sep 22, 2009 at 3:17 am #

    I’d love to try the Matsoni Yogurt Starter!

  28. Jessie Sep 22, 2009 at 2:49 am #

    I would love to try the Milk Kefir Grains Starter Culture. This is a great website. Thanks!

  29. Jill Knorr Sep 22, 2009 at 2:48 am #

    Great giveaway! I would love to try the piima yogurt starter or the sourdough bread starter. Thanks. Jill

  30. Cardamom's Pod Sep 22, 2009 at 1:40 am #

    Thanks for this! I would love to have the milk kefir grains.

  31. Jennifer Cooper Sep 21, 2009 at 10:28 pm #

    I want to sourdough bread, so the S.F. starter.

  32. Holly Sep 21, 2009 at 8:46 pm #

    I would love to try the countertop yogurt starter- Filmjolk. :D

  33. Amanda Sep 21, 2009 at 8:03 pm #

    The milk kefir grains would be awesome! I’ve been wanting to try kefir, especially since I heard that you can even make cheese from it.

  34. Krissy Sep 21, 2009 at 7:50 pm #

    Matsoni yogurt starter sounds easy and yummy!

  35. mary Sep 21, 2009 at 7:44 pm #

    i would like to try the kefir starter

  36. Anne at Catholic Mommy Brain Sep 21, 2009 at 7:16 pm #

    I’d get the water kefir!

  37. Lisa F Sep 21, 2009 at 7:11 pm #

    Greek Yogurt Starter Culture: Make Homemade Yogurt – sounds yummy! :)

  38. Monica Sep 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm #

    The Yukon Territory Sourdough Starter would be great! Thanks for the info on this company.

  39. Helen Sep 21, 2009 at 6:56 pm #

    Would love to try the milk kefir grains or the Matsoni yogurt starter.

    Great giveaway!

  40. Melissa Sep 21, 2009 at 6:53 pm #

    I would love to try water kefir.

  41. Jess Young Sep 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm #

    I would love the sourdough starter.Probably the San Fran. I love bread. Thanks.

  42. Brandi Sep 21, 2009 at 6:34 pm #

    I’ve ordered yogurt and sourdough from them in the past. I think it’d be fun to try the water kefir!

  43. Robin Sep 21, 2009 at 6:34 pm #

    We are on the GAPS diet and will be introducing homemade yogurt in just one month. The diet protocol calls for homemade yogurt to re-introduce dairy. The Matsoni culture would be great for us. Thanks for directing us to the website.

  44. Jen Sep 21, 2009 at 6:33 pm #

    I would definitely choose the buttermilk starter. I go through tons of it. Thanks!

  45. Tiffany Sep 21, 2009 at 6:26 pm #

    I have been curious about water kefir, but decided not to order it when I ordered my sourdough and yogurt cultures…so my choice would be water kefir. I love bubbles!

  46. Lauren Sep 21, 2009 at 6:21 pm #

    My favorite starter is the Matsoni Yogurt Starter – one of their room temperatures starters. I’d love to win it!

  47. Jeannie Sep 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm #

    I would love to try the water kefir!

  48. Jodi Sep 21, 2009 at 6:10 pm #

    Matsoni yogurt starter please! So many choices. This is a great site. Hope to win, but I will be back to check the breads and kombucha out, too!

  49. Maddie Sep 21, 2009 at 6:05 pm #

    Milk kefir grains! :)

    Have been wanting to get some for my parents for a while now.

  50. Eileen Sep 21, 2009 at 5:51 pm #

    What a great website! I would love to try the Matsoni yogurt starter! I would love to try all of them actually! May have to place an order!

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