Today's Google Doodle pays tribute to Dr. Stamen Grigorov, a Bulgarian physician and microbiologist, on his 142nd birthday. Grigorov was the first scientist to discover Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the ...

Almost each person in the world knows that Bulgaria is the homeland of the yoghurt. However, this unique product garnered a worldwide fame in the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

When you think of yogurt, you probably picture a neat plastic cup in the dairy aisle. The ingredients list is short and predictable: milk, bacteria, maybe fruit or sugar. But in a small Bulgarian ...

You are never alone when you eat. With each bite, tens of trillions of gut microbes nosh with you. Most of these little guys are good bacteria, also called probiotics, keeping the bad bacteria in ...

A team from a Danish food ingredients company has manipulated the metabolic properties of yogurt-producing bacteria to sweeten the yogurt naturally, while reducing sugar in the final product. Similar ...

To further test the culinary possibilities of ant yogurt, the researchers partnered with Alchemist, a 2 Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen. The chefs created three new dishes from the ant yogurt: ...

Puratos' sourdough ambassador for the world Morgan Clementson shares her memories from Bulgaria, the special Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, and about her passion for baking bread with her specially made ...

People can reduce your chance of developing bowel cancer by eating one breakfast food each day, says a scientist. Professor Justin Stebbing, of Anglia Ruskin University said that a recent study had ...

Dr. Grigorov's studies of yogurt went on to help create the first tuberculosis vaccine. There's a yogurt museum in his hometown to honor his legacy. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's ...