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''Varenets'' is a fermented dairy drink with a caramel taste and creamy color. ''Varenets'' was traditionally produced by baking milk in a [[Russian oven]] and fermenting it with sour cream.<ref name="Molokhovets">{{cite book |last=Molokhovets |first=Elena |translator-last=Toomre |translator-first=Joyce Stetson |title=Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' ''A Gift to Young Housewives'' |year=1998 |orig-year=1861 |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttlCGJxfLRUC&q=varenets |isbn=9780253212108}}</ref>

Commercially available cultured ''varenets'' is milk that has been [[pasteurized]] and [[Homogenization (chemistry)|homogenized]] (with 0.5% to 8.9% fat), and then [[inoculation|inoculated]] with a culture of ''[[Streptococcus thermophilus]]'' to simulate the naturally occurring bacteria in the old-fashioned product.<ref name="GOST_Varenets">[http://protect.gost.ru/document.aspx?control=7&id=175734 ГОСТ Р 53508-2009]. Варенец. Технические условия (International State Standard [[GOST]] 53508-2009. ''Varenets. Specifications''; in Russian)</ref><ref name="GOST_Ryazhenka">[http://protect.gost.ru/document.aspx?control=7&id=181080 ГОСТ 31455-2012]. Ряженка. Технические условия (International State Standard [[GOST]] 31455-2012. ''Ryazhenka. Specifications''; in Russian)</ref>

== Similar dairy products ==