Homestead Yoghurt Starter Culture & Kefir Culture Pack

I used it with my yogurt maker. Works perfectly. If you want a greek yoghurt style you need to use a cloth to drain the extra water. But I have made 10 yogurt (500ml) since.

I'd never had kefir before, so wasn't sure what to expect. The first batch took ages to thicken, using coconut milk, perhaps the house was too cold. I tried again using some of the first batch to make up with soya milk. This time I kept the mix in a bowl of warm water for the first couple of hours and it worked a treat. I'm now on my fifth batch and it's going well.

Useful if you want to try a specific culture, or just give a different one a go, but after making our own yoghurt for a while now, we find it cheaper and easier to look for yoghurts in the supermarket and use those to make more. You then have more choice at a far cheaper price. Then after that, you can carry on using your own culture for as long as it lasts - but a new one is just a supermarket trip away and has more chance of being fresh and viable than this freeze dried version.