The invention discloses a composite strain starter and the preparation method, belonging to the microorganism fermentation field, which is mainly prepared with equivalent lactobacillus delbrueckii Bulgaria subspecies, lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc mesenteroide, lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus casei, kluyveromyces and brettanomyces. The preparation method is as follow: the strains are optimized and cultivated, and then are respectively fermented, centrifuge-treated, concentrated, added with cell protective agent, and freezed in vacuum. The invention is compounded with various functional strains; the acidophilus milk made by the omposite strain starter has the advantages of original flavor, which has the function indexes close to kefir particle fermentation acidophilus milk, and can be excellent direct distribution kefir starter; the fermented acidophilus milk has strong inhibition effect to pathogenic microorganism, and has good therapeutic effect to gastrointestinal diseases, metabolic disease, hypertension and heart disease.