Sauerkraut, made with fermented cabbage, is known for its gut-friendly benefits. However, other fermented foods may offer as much, if not more, gut health benefits thanks to higher probiotic counts, a wider variety of species, or other helpful nutrients and compounds.

1. Kefir

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Kefir is a tangy, fermented dairy drink that may offer more gut benefits than other fermented foods, including sauerkraut. It’s made by adding kefir grains (a mix of bacteria and yeast) to milk, resulting in a drink that can contain up to 50 different species of bacteria and yeast.

Kefir is uniquely rich in species such as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens and Lactobacillus kefiri as well as yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces marxianus. Thanks to this, k

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