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Yoghurt

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Theyreeatingthedogs · 12/03/2026 16:27

Advice to avoid flavoured yoghurts is often given but many people will not eat plain yoghurt. Do you avoid flavoured yoghurts/kefir?

You are being unreasonable - I buy plain only
You are NOT being unreasonable - I buy flavoured

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Terriblytwee · 13/03/2026 11:14

SylvanMoon · 12/03/2026 17:25

I make my own plain plant milk yogurt in a yogurt maker.

I’d be so grateful for your recipe please. I’ve wasted a lot of time on failures!

AlbieJiggered · 13/03/2026 11:12

Theyreeatingthedogs · 13/03/2026 11:04

Longley Farm getting good reviews on here. I looked up their strawberry yoghurt and they add sugar!!!!!

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It's fairtrade and unrefined and it's not sugar disguised as something else.

An own-brand one has the following ingredients
Greek Style Yogurt (Milk), Sugar, Strawberry (3%), Strawberry Purée (3%), Maize Starch, Flavouring, Colour (Anthocyanins), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Live Bacterial Cultures [Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, Streptococcus Thermophilus]

A branded one has the following ingredients:
Skyr Yogurt from Skimmed Milk (87%), Strawberries (6.5%), Sugar, Maize Starch, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Natural Flavouring

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Theyreeatingthedogs · 13/03/2026 11:04

HoskinsChoice · 12/03/2026 23:07

Excellent post!

How is it that Longley Farm are the best yoghurts but the most difficult to get hold of?

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Longley Farm getting good reviews on here. I looked up their strawberry yoghurt and they add sugar!!!!!

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HoskinsChoice · 12/03/2026 23:07

Nicecatneighbour · 12/03/2026 16:39

I buy Longley Farm yoghurt if I can. They are the best, hazelnut or any of the flavours, actually. Life is too short for inferior yoghurt, imo.
I also drink wine and eat Doritos. 😬

Excellent post!

How is it that Longley Farm are the best yoghurts but the most difficult to get hold of?

apostrophewoman · 12/03/2026 21:06

WhatwillitTake · 12/03/2026 16:39

Fage strawberry OMG, the best IMHO! Although dh, and I disagree on how it is pronounced.
I find most people who eat natural yoghurt flavour it with something, eg honey etc.

Fage strawberry is out of this world good, it’s like mousse, I always have pots and pots of it in the fridge.

PetulaClark · 12/03/2026 19:38

Full fat Greek yoghurt with a handful of pecan nuts and a drizzle of maple syrup. Every morning. I usually make my own using the thermos flask method!

JumpLeadsForTwo · 12/03/2026 19:26

No, flavoured yoghurt tastes too sweet/ chemically for me. Plain Greek or kefir with fruit for me

Nipnap · 12/03/2026 19:21

I dont like yoghurt full stop.

chattyness · 12/03/2026 19:09

I buy plain creamfields yoghurt from Tesco it's lovely. I usually eat it plain but sometimes add some honey or some stewed rhubarb

user2848502016 · 12/03/2026 19:07

I buy both, but not ones like fruit corners that are full of sugar and bits of chocolate.
Flavoured will be Greek style/organic type ones.
I think there’s many worse things than flavoured yoghurt

Thesnailonthewhale · 12/03/2026 19:07

Theyreeatingthedogs · 12/03/2026 16:27

Advice to avoid flavoured yoghurts is often given but many people will not eat plain yoghurt. Do you avoid flavoured yoghurts/kefir?

You are being unreasonable - I buy plain only
You are NOT being unreasonable - I buy flavoured

Just add strawberries or whatever fruit to plain kefir. Blend if you want.

Toddlerteaplease · 12/03/2026 19:02

I occasionally buy plain but add sweetener or honey.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/03/2026 19:01

We get both types - mostly plain because it's more versatile, works out cheaper and if the fancy takes me, I can use it to make another batch.

I also really like ewe's milk yoghurt.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 12/03/2026 18:19

I like the flavoured yoghurts, especially black cherry flavour full fat yoghurt, but I have type 2 diabetes so I buy plain yoghurt and add either persimmon and sweet cinnamon, or defrosted frozen cherries.

Owlmoonstar · 12/03/2026 18:17

I eat plain yoghurt with fruit. Because I'm trying to be healthy. But I've actually grown to prefer it.

Everyone else in the family eats flavoured yoghurt.

Each to their own!

Bearbookagainandagain · 12/03/2026 18:15

We buy mostly plain. I'm the only one who eats flavoured yogurts, occasionally.

Kids have always eaten plain, with some honey or a bit of jam once they turn 2-3. They'll happily eat it plain of we're not home though.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/03/2026 18:13

Personally I avoid all of it. 🤮

auserna · 12/03/2026 18:12

wishingonastar101 · 12/03/2026 17:59

I eat a lot of plain yogurt with savoury meals - like falafel or curry etc. even make it into lebneh (which I am not sure of how to spell) by squeezing it into a muslin and adding salt. Yummy with pitta or salads.

Love yoghurt with curry etc. (Not strawberry yoghurt, obvs.)

auserna · 12/03/2026 18:11

I fully appreciate you can start a thread about whatever you want, and I didn't have to click on it (although the title was just "Yoghurt" which I am interested in), but why do you care whether other people eat flavoured yoghurt? I mean, obviously they do, otherwise it wouldn't be available in the shops.

Are you doing market research?

wishingonastar101 · 12/03/2026 17:59

I eat a lot of plain yogurt with savoury meals - like falafel or curry etc. even make it into lebneh (which I am not sure of how to spell) by squeezing it into a muslin and adding salt. Yummy with pitta or salads.

faerylights · 12/03/2026 17:45

This is such a middle class thread 😂

Additup · 12/03/2026 17:44

takealettermsjones · 12/03/2026 16:30

I buy flavoured yoghurts if I want to. I also drink wine and eat Doritos and I don't even make my own bread. 😱

Sad times 😂

Isittimeformynapyet · 12/03/2026 17:44

SylvanMoon · 12/03/2026 17:25

I make my own plain plant milk yogurt in a yogurt maker.

That sounds like a very upsetting substance.

Missey85 · 12/03/2026 17:42

I buy flavoured greek yoghurt 😊💜

Createausername1970 · 12/03/2026 17:39

rubyslippers · 12/03/2026 16:28

I buy plain fage yoghurt and add honey or fruit myself

This is what I do too.

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