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Piimä

Cultured buttermilk drunk cold with rye bread and potatoes

Finland Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

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Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

An everyday Finnish table drink and baking liquid, sold in cartons alongside milk.

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What is Piimä?

Piimä is a cheese & dairy from Finland: cultured buttermilk drunk cold with rye bread and potatoes. An everyday Finnish table drink and baking liquid, sold in cartons alongside milk.

Made with

milk

Cooked

fermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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