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Kristina Killgrove

Anthropologists make 'ant yogurt' from centuries-old recipe, serve it as an 'ant-wich' at Michelin-star restaurant

A glass jar filled with milk and four ants sits on a table.

By adding a handful of live ants to warm milk, a group of anthropologists and food scientists investigated how to make "ant yogurt" — and they ended up learning that it has the same ingredient as a popular type of bread.

The bacteria in the "ant yogurt," which they made using a traditional Balkan method, is a strain that's commonly used as a sourdough starter today, the team found. They then served the yogurt to patrons at a restaurant to showcase historical methods of fermenting food.

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