i used to buy a cup of plain yogurt as starter for homemade yogurt. however i find some brands it just after more than 8 hours yogurt still not form.
using logic, i was thinking hey lacto-5 contains 10billion cfu... should work, eh? so i open the vegecap & mix into the unformed yogurt.
& voila! after 4 hours the yogurt formed

so well yea, i guess u can make yogurt using using lacto-5

i plan the next batch of yogurt, i use 1 lacto5 then see whether form or not, if not i will add another.
i think it is a little cheaper as i bought the lacto5 during promo which 1 caps < rm1.

i add a little honey to the milk for taste. i love honey.
then add loads before eating

quote from lacto-5 site (just found out about this today...)
"Streptococcus thermophilus, in combination with L.bulgaricus, is used commercially to produce yogurt. This organism is to be known to be efficient in breaking down lactose by producing the enzyme lactase.Those who are lactose-intolerant may be greatly helped by supplementation with this particular strain. Cytokine production is stimulated in tissue-cultured cells by this bacterium."


fyi - used the yogurt maker from easiyo. it's expensive the last time i bought around rm98+ includes extra container and 1 package of pre-mix yogurt.
i have to agree the pre-mix from easiyo is really really yummy but also really really expensive. it's > rm15 per package with makes 1 cointainer (around 800ml-1l).
so now, i only use the yogurt maker which is really convenient n non-messy to make yogurt without using the premix.

This post has been edited by storm04: Sep 1 2011, 05:40 AM