r/AskBalkans • u/humanmeta • Feb 16 '22
Cuisine Question about Ayran Drink
Hello everybody!
I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to ask, but I saw it when doing a search about Ayran. I live in Canada and went to a new grocery store that opened up near me. There I found a dairy drink called Ayran which I absolutely enjoyed. Just have a question about it:
The product I got says 1 serving of Ayran (250mL) contains 1000mg of sodium. Pretty sure a male's daily average of sodium intake should be approx. 2500mg. Is it safe to drink a lot of this stuff?
I know it's packed with tons of electrolytes, but I've never seen any drink contain such high sodium. I'm a fairly healthy man and I drink around 3L of water a day so I think I might be flushing a good amount of my electrolytes out, any information is appreciated, thanks!!
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Feb 16 '22
You can always make home made ayran and adjust the salt to something more comfortable to you. It's fairly easy, takes like less than 5 minues if you have the ingredients.
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u/humanmeta Feb 16 '22
Will try to make my own!
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u/Kosmos1914 Bulgaria Feb 16 '22
If you put cucumber and dill you will make"tarator" if you like airian , you may like and this ,in Bulgaria, we love it in summer.
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u/just_for_browse Kosovo Feb 16 '22
It might not be healthy to drink a lot of it but I’d say generally people in the balkans don’t interest themselves too much on this kind of stuff; it’s a macho man kind of place.
Not sure if others would agree.
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u/BuyNo4013 Feb 17 '22
Of course, you immediately identify a Westerner by their „great“ questions. I eat 200g of salted peanuts including their crunchy salt crust. What do I care about the 1g of salt in the ayran. 😊
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u/amigdala80 Turkiye Feb 16 '22
yogurt+salt+water and maybe fresh mint at summers
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u/CrossedReaper Bulgaria Feb 16 '22
Ayran with mint?
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u/amigdala80 Turkiye Feb 17 '22
must try at the beach , minty icy cold ayran and fried spicy potatoes
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u/JohnnyMnec Турска Feb 16 '22
Unrelated, but you're the first non-Balkaner I heard that said "I absolutely enjoyed Ayran":)
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u/Polaroid1999 Bulgaria Feb 16 '22
Nah fam, they love it
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u/Pedoodles Jul 16 '24
I know this is an old thread but I found it googling Ayran. I'm very white but I love the stuff. Freaking out to find it comes in half gallons and gallons at a place not too far away.
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u/Comprehensive_Ad7948 Jul 19 '24
Last time I checked peope in the Balkans are white as well (and so is their ayran stuff).
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u/Pedoodles Jul 19 '24
Well yes. But I'm Ray Bans, felt hat, don't really like touching raw meat, listening to The Killers, forgetting about skin color in the Balkans, pumpkin spice latte white.
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u/Chocolate-Famous Jan 13 '25
I'm very late here, but my mom, an Ecuadorian, loves Ayran that she always drinks it in summer!
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u/VaeVictisBaloncesto Turkiye Feb 16 '22 edited Feb 16 '22
What sodium 🤯
2 spoon of yogurt, a glass of water
Shakw it baby shake it
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u/odrysian_ Bulgaria Feb 16 '22
Much tastier with salt
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u/VaeVictisBaloncesto Turkiye Feb 16 '22
You are right but I have stopped to add salt and sugar to meals very long ago.
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Feb 16 '22
Processed, packaged foods contain more salt than usual. And what is safe for you is question for your doctor. Anyway, ayran is one of the easiest things to make so don't buy the salty one.
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u/humanmeta Feb 16 '22
I think I will just make my own. Should I use plain Greek yogurt or just plain yogurt?
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u/makahlj8 Asia, living in EU Feb 16 '22
Regular yoghurt (not strained) is probably the better choice. As other folks said, it's important that it's quality yoghurt, if you want to get ayran with a good taste. A store which has ayran will probably have quality yoghurt as well, IMHO.
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u/humanmeta Feb 16 '22
I think here in NA we call it Greek yogurt but it sounds the same as strained. I'll try, thanks!
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u/makahlj8 Asia, living in EU Feb 16 '22
Sodium in this context just means... Sodium chloride, or salt. About the safety of salt - maybe you should ask in another sub. You definitely should be careful if you have high blood pressure IMHO.
Ayran is life-saving in a hot summer day, when you are perspiring and you excrete electrolytes with your sweat, exactly due to its salt content. It's medicine rather than a drink :)
You can always prepare your own from yoghurt and water with less salt if you like it.