Kashk

Kashk is a fermented dairy product used in soups, stews, sauces, and other savory dishes.

About Kashk

Kashk is a fermented dairy ingredient made from cultured milk or a related dairy preparation and commonly sold as a thick liquid, paste, or dried form. It is used in soups, stews, sauces, dips, and finished savoury dishes where a concentrated dairy tang is wanted.

Its flavour is distinctly tangy, savoury, and fermented. Texture varies from pourable or spoonable in liquid and paste forms to crumbly after drying, with thickness, acidity, and saltiness differing by formulation and preparation.

Its appearance ranges from white to cream or pale tan. Liquid or paste kashk can be stirred directly into food, while dried kashk is reconstituted or crumbled; these changes make it flowable, spoonable, or dispersed through the finished dish.

Ingredient type: derived ingredient

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Where kashk appears

2 linked foods

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Soups

Ash Reshteh

Iran

Optional addition

Dips

Kashk-e Bademjan

Iran

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for kashk

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Language

English

kashk

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Kashk nutrition & diet

Kashk nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Milk, fresh, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories: 50kcal
Protein: 3.5g
Carbs: 5.2g
Fat: 1.6g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Kashk requires form identification because it may be sold as a fermented liquid, thick paste, dried product, or reconstituted ingredient. Match the reference to the edible form and recipe, noting dilution, straining, salt, and added herbs, oil, flour, or other ingredients in the finished dish.

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Diet considerations

Kashk is generally dairy-derived and therefore animal-origin, but local products and recipes require label or preparation confirmation. It is not inherently vegan; compatibility changes with added dairy, meat stock, butter, cereal thickeners, or flour. Soup and stew portions may also include grains or legumes that change carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

Vegan
Typically incompatible
Vegetarian
May be compatible
Pescatarian
May be compatible
Keto
Not established
Paleo
Typically incompatible
Low-carb
Not established
Halal
Not established
Kosher
Not established

What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Cow Milk. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · May be compatible: The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Pescatarian · May be compatible: The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible: Recorded common ingredients: Cow Milk. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.4.2.0_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.