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Ryazhenka or ryazhanka (; ; ), is a traditional fermented milk product in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. It is made from baked milk by lactic acid fermentation.

Key facts

Food.name
Ryazhenka
Food.image
Ryazhenka16c.JPG
Food.country
Ukraine
Food.main_ingredient
Milk
Food.serving_size
100 g
Food.protein
≥3
Food.fat
0.5−8.9
Food.carbohydrate
4−5

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
dairy product
Has part
milk
Country of origin
Belarus
Material used
baked milk
Image
Ryazhenka16c.JPG
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Commons category
Ryazhenka
different from
varenets

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Origin and etymology
  • Similar dairy products
  • Production
  • References

Ryazhenka or ryazhanka (; ; ), is a traditional fermented milk product in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. It is made from baked milk by lactic acid fermentation.

==Origin and etymology== Russian and Soviet sources call it "Little Russian ryazhenka", "Ukrainian ryazhenka", or "Ukrainian soured milk" (, ) and attribute its origin to Ukrainian cuisine. The name is cognate with the Ukrainian as in (, "baked milk").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ryazhenka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.