2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14
"Snezhok" is a popular fermented milk drink, which is produced using a special technology from natural milk and sourdough. Sugar gives this product a sweet taste, which is why "Snowball" is loved by adults and kids.
In addition, the drink can be used as a standalone product or added to certain dishes and baking.
Production process
Snowball fermented milk drink is made from whole cow's milk, which is heated to a temperature of approximately 85 degrees and aged for no more than 10 minutes. The milk is then subjected to a high pressure homogenization process. This allows the fat globules to break up into smaller ones.
Next, the starter from a mixture of lactic acid streptococci and the famous Bulgarian stick is added to the "Snowball".
The drink is fermented for 4-5 hours, at this time a dense clot is formed. After that, the product is thoroughly mixed, instantly cooledup to 5-7 degrees and poured into portion bags or glasses.
To give "Snowball" a pleasant sweet taste, sugar and various syrups (strawberry, raspberry, currant, cherry) are used in the production process. Sugar is added to milk before it is heated in the amount of 7 percent, and fruit and berry syrups - after the formation of a clot or already into a chilled product. Their share is up to 10 percent.
Composition and calorie content
Drink "Snowball" may differ in the mass fraction of fat in the composition. The most common product is 2.5 percent fat. At the same time, 100 g of such a drink contains 2.7 g of proteins, 2.5 g of fats and 10.8 g of carbohydrates. The calorie content is 79 kilocalories. With such a low fat content (2.5%), "Snowball" can also be used by people on a dietary diet.
There are also higher fat varieties. For example, 3.4% Snowball is a drink containing 3.4 percent fat and 7 percent sugar, as well as a fruit and berry Snowball containing 3 percent fat and 15 percent sucrose.
Benefits for the body
Many people, and especially children, love the sweet and delicious Snowball drink. Its benefits are undeniable.
Firstly, the product has good digestibility due to the presence of lactic acid in the composition, as well as a special combination of food components in milk. Therefore, the drink "Snowball" is shown to people suffering from gastritis, coupled withlow acidity of the stomach, enteritis, colitis, diseases of the duodenum, and all those who need sparing food. Also, the product can be used in the presence of peptic ulcer, but not during periods of exacerbation.
Secondly, the drink "Snowball" helps to restore the intestinal microflora, normalizes the activity of the stomach. Millions of useful lactobacilli in the composition of the product lead to a decrease in putrefactive microflora, which means they slow down putrefactive processes in the body. Toxic breakdown products stop entering the blood in large quantities.
Thirdly, this fermented milk drink is able to normalize water-s alt metabolism in the body. This is necessary for cholecystitis, gout, atherosclerosis and other metabolic diseases of the kidneys and liver.
In addition, milk fat has choleretic properties and thus helps to contract the gallbladder.
In addition, "Snowball" quickly quenches thirst, restores strength after physical exertion and enhances the activity of the digestive tract.
How to make your own drink?
For those who do not trust store-bought products or want to personally control the cooking process, the recipe for making "Snowball" at home is suitable. So, for 1 liter of milk, about 100-150 g of sourdough will be required. You can buy a special starter at a pharmacy or make your own. After boiling, the milk is cooled to 40 degrees, the starter is added, mixed. The dishes are covered and left for a day in a warm place. Readythe product is cooled in the refrigerator for several hours and eaten. Such a homemade drink "Snowball" is stored for no more than three days.
Sugar is optionally added to the product, especially if you are making it for children. You can also use fruit syrups, jams, fresh fruits and berries as a filler.
Thus, "Snowball" is not only a delicious delicacy, but also a very useful product, which is quite easy to make at home.
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