Definition of Cacik and Yakult
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- It is a dish of seasoned, strained or diluted yogurt, eaten throughout the former Ottoman countries.
- It is similar to tarator in Balkan cuisine.
- It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice, and some herbs like dill, mint, parsley, thyme etc.
While Yakult is a probiotic dairy product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. Both these products are unique in their own ways. Cacik is a Not Available colored dairy product and Yakult is Not Available colored. The food gets it color dependent on the ingredients used and the preparation methods employed. Sometimes artificial food colors are added to give the dairy product, a gourmet look. Apart from their color what distinguishes them is their flavor and aroma. Cacik bears Sour flavor with a Fresh and Sour smell aroma whereas Yakult has Refreshing, Sweet and Tangy flavor and a Milky aroma. The color, flavor and the aroma of these products depict their origin. Cacik originated in Turkey, whereas origin of Yakult is traced back to Japan.