LABS from colostrum milk
Hi,
I would like to make Lactic Acid Bacteria Serum and wonder if anyone has ever attempted making it from cow colostrum milk.
Would it be feasible to make it from such and would it be equally as effective as LABS made from raw cow milk for example?
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I would not recommend it. Colostrum is full of all kinds of things that are not vital to the KNF Protector process.
It's not that you can't, but that it would have much more float to the top that isn't the proteins sinking to the bottom in the serum that you want.
From the KNF library
From the KNF library
Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books
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Sep 2026
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The library does not mention colostrum, so it cannot say whether the serum would work as well as serum from raw milk.
It does say what the milk needs to be. Drake's recipe allows any non-rotten milk, including cow, goat and skim. Fresh cow or goat milk is high in lactose, which feeds the LAB. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 13) The milk should also be free of antibiotics. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 13)
The milk's solids matter. In Cho's method, starch, protein and fat float to the surface as cheese, and the LAB serum stays below. (Cho, Recipe, p. 55) Remove the cheese. Left in place, it melts and goes through a secondary reaction. (Cho, Recipe, p. 55)
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- p. 55 Cho, Recipe · “starch, protein. and fat float on the surface (called cheese) and light yellow liquid (LAB serum) remains below the cheese”
- p. 13 Student's Manual, Basic Course · “which is high in lactose (milk sugar)”
