Batch & Culture — Small-batch cultured yogurt & raita, made in California
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Batch & Culture
Small-batch · Made in California

Cultured locally.
Flavored boldly.

Small-batch whole-milk yogurt and Indian-inspired raitas made in California with organic milk, carefully selected cultures, and bold, familiar flavors.

Cultured this morning
The lineup

This week's batch

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Plain cultured yogurt in a glass bowl

Plain Whole-Milk Yogurt

Simple, tangy, and cultured for a smooth, spoonable texture.

Golden mango cardamom yogurt topped with mango, pistachio and saffron

Mango Cardamom Yogurt

Whole-milk yogurt with ripe mango and aromatic cardamom.

Kachri raita in a stoneware bowl, dusted with roasted spice and topped with cilantro

Kachri Raita

A savory raita built on sun-dried kachri, the wild desert melon gathered in the villages of Haryana.

Pudina raita in a glass bowl, flecked with fresh mint and topped with a mint sprig

Pudina Raita

Hand-pounded mint and cold cultured yogurt — the raita of North Indian summers.

Raita

Yogurt can be savory

Raita is a traditional Indian yogurt dish made with vegetables, herbs and spices — and every one of them comes from somewhere specific. Ours do too: kachri gathered wild in the villages of Haryana, mint pounded the way it is on a Punjabi kitchen step. Two raitas to start, in returnable glass.

Meet the raitas →
A bowl of savory pudina raita, thick cultured yogurt flecked with hand-pounded mint
How it's made

Made batch by batch

Our products are manufactured through an approved California dairy facility, cooled for safety, and kept refrigerated through delivery and sale. Every jar is connected to a documented production batch.

Organic milk

Whole organic milk and selected cultures — nothing else we can't name.

Cold all the way

Cooled after culturing and kept refrigerated through delivery and sale.

Documented batches

Every jar traces back to a recorded production batch.

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Gut health · glass only

Live cultures, sourced from across the globe

We blend cultures from houses in Denmark, Bulgaria and India — strains chosen because they survive the trip to your gut, not because they're cheap. Never heat-treated, never packed in plastic.

A wider mix of bacteria

Thermophilic strains for tang and body, plus acidophilus, rhamnosus and bifidobacteria for diversity.

Still alive when you open it

We stop the ferment young and never heat-treat afterward. Every jar carries its batch date.

Plastic-free, start to finish

Glass jars, steel lids, paper labels, returnable crates. Bring the jar back for a dollar off.

A glass of fresh milk on a light surface
Our story

A staple, not a snack

I grew up eating yogurt made at home. It was part of everyday life — not just a sweet snack, but a fresh, versatile food served plain, with fruit, or as savory raita.

Batch & Culture brings that tradition into a modern local dairy business: thoughtfully cultured yogurt, bold Indian flavors, and small batches made for the community.

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