Fonterra's Kowbucha trials have burping good results

Fonterra's Kowbucha trials have burping good results
Shalome Bassett, Fonterra’s programme manager scientific affairs, with packs of Kowbucha. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Howard
Fonterra may be on to a methane game-changer, according to early trial results.Kowbucha – a play on the fermented tea-based drink thought to have health benefits – is a probiotic that’s been fed to sample groups of calves to stop them from burping.The fermentation – selected from 2,000 initial candidates – targets methanogens, the microorganisms found in the guts of animals that produce methane. “Solving this problem alone could reduce New Zealand's carbon emissions by up to 20%. So that's obviou...

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