At 07:24 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm giving my dogs molasses as part of the Volhard diet, and it occured to
>me that letting the molasses sit in some kefir overnight might use up or
>convert the sugar content. Since one of my dogs has a yeast allergy, and
>yeast feeds on sugar, it would be nice if I could still give her the great
>minerals found in the molasses but not the sugar.
>
>Any comments?
The yeast would turn the sugar into alcohol, most likely, which wouldn't be
much of an improvement. Or maybe it would, from the dog's point of view? My
(unscientific) experiments with sugar and kefir seem to indicate that the
yeast digest sucrose faster than the lactobacilli do, so it goes alcoholic
more than it goes sour.
Heidi S
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