Malaysian Kefir Firm Lauds Benefits of Coconut Milk

Malaysian kefir specialist firm Maykef is proudly taking a ‘health over taste’ approach to its production and marketing as it seeks to extol the virtues of goat’s milk and coconut milk kefir over traditional dairy.  Kefir is a fermented milk drink similar to a thin yogurt that is made from kefir grains, a specific type of mesophilic symbiotic culture.  It normally tastes sour, tangy one without sugar and sweeteners.  But unlike other products in the market, Maykef does not add sugar so as not to reduce bacteria strains for added heatlh benefits.

Lauding the benefits of its coconut milk kefir product, Maykef Director Asri Othman said it has the added advantage of being plant-based.  “Because our coconut milk kefir is naturally fermented from living fresh coconut milk, it is a pure plant-based fermented drink which is suitable for vegans, and is lactose-free, casein-free with the benefits of virgin coconut oil in it too,” said Asri.  “Our coconut milk kefir is considered the most powerful vegan probiotic on the Malaysian market, based on a lab test report by the Melaka Biotech Corporation showing that there are trillions of CFU of beneficial bacteria per serving.”