lactofermentation

English

Etymology

lacto- +‎ fermentation

Noun

lactofermentation (countable and uncountable, plural lactofermentations)

1. Lactic acid fermentation, a process by which certain sugars are converted into lactic acid, used especially to produce certain pickled/fermented foods such as sauerkraut and narezushi.

Alternative forms

• lacto-fermentation

Related terms

• lactoferment

French

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Noun

lactofermentation f (plural lactofermentations)

1. lactofermentation

Further reading

• “lactofermentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.