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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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dizzydizzydizzy · 12/03/2026 17:38

I but mostly plain but some flavoured. When I do buy flavoured, I check the ingredients list because I like to avoid weird ingredients that I couldn’t have in my kitchen.

SoScarletItWas · 12/03/2026 17:36

If you dip your Doritos in natural organic yoghurt are they better? Asking for a friend…

MagnusSkipton · 12/03/2026 17:32

I buy Fage yoghurt and add fruit and nuts etc as required. I find store bought flavoured yoghurt to be absolutely minging.

Hellohelga · 12/03/2026 17:31

I buy blueberries - fresh or frozen - then cook them up till the go to a mushy compote. It only takes a few minutes and can be done in pan or microwave. Cool and add to plain yoghurt for a lush homemade fruit yoghurt. Add oats for a lush Bircher. Add nuts and seeds for something that would cost £4 in Pret A Manger. No additives at all.

faerylights · 12/03/2026 17:31

Flavoured only, I can't stand plain yoghurt.

Iloveluna · 12/03/2026 17:29

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.

How can any disagree with how it’s pronounced considering their highly annoying and bombarding ad of the last two years ‘it’s called Fa-yeh for a reason.’ Not sure they’ve ever revealed the actual reason.

NoYourNameChanged · 12/03/2026 17:27

I buy both 🤷‍♀️ breakfast tends to be Greek yoghurt with fruit, but if I fancy a quick snack of an afternoon, it’s generally a flavoured yoghurt. The peach and passionfruit Lidl one specifically, bloody delicious.

SylvanMoon · 12/03/2026 17:25

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

LameImpala · 12/03/2026 17:25

I don’t eat yogurt very often so if I fancy a flavoured one I’ll have it but I probably only eat one every two years.

GloiredeDijon · 12/03/2026 17:24

I avoid all of it. Can’t stand the stuff.

AlbieJiggered · 12/03/2026 17:24

Buy decent natural yoghurt and add whatever you like to it if you want to.

GoldGold · 12/03/2026 17:23

We love greek yogurt here, add berries and granola or nuts, dates or honey. Creamy, crunchy and delicious!
The kids still prefer the sweetened fruit yogurts and are very excited when we buy them occasionally! But they already have too much sugary stuff so we encourage them to eat the greek yogurt.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 12/03/2026 17:22

I like Longley Farms. I also love a Muller Corner.

Ginmonkeyagain · 12/03/2026 17:21

What's the beef with flavoured yoghurts? The one I have on the go at the moment is live greek yoghurt, raspberries, citric acid (lemon juice to you and me) and corn starch. All perfectly normal food ingredients.

Most yoghhurt I eat is plain as I prefer it and also use it a lot in savoury cooking, but I don't think a bit of fruit in yoghurt is going to cause an issue.

Ionlymakejokestodistractmyself · 12/03/2026 17:20

The Yeo Valley extra thick yogurt is organic so better quality milk and really creamy and thick and delicious. I have it with berries and nut butter, delicious.

Fruit kefir - check the ingredients. Many are just yogurt with fruit puree and a tiny bit of starch to stabilize, much better than other yoghurts with thickeners, emulsifiers and sweeteners.

Again Yeo Valley is good, also Biotiful and Bio & Me - theirs has chicory root fibre instead of starch.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 12/03/2026 17:20

I buy whatever I fancy that week. Sometimes it’s not even on offer!

bloodredfeaturewall · 12/03/2026 17:19

buy plain
add jam nutella chocolate sprinklesstewed fruits to taste

InWithPeaceOutWithStress · 12/03/2026 17:18

Greek yogurt with my oats, fruit, and seeds. I actually bought some flavoured yogurt recently to have something different and didn’t really enjoy it, I’ve got used to the plain version now, it’s really tasty in its own right. Nice to have a dollop with certain meals too.

Vicliz24 · 12/03/2026 17:17

Full fat Greek yogurt with a spoon of honey and chia seeds is food of the gods .

LemonVenom · 12/03/2026 17:15

Greek yoghurt, not the low fat one. It’s lovely on its own or with fruit or used to make overnight oats.

Shatteredallthetimelately · 12/03/2026 17:15

I've stopped buying favoured yogurts, mainly due to taste, or in some cases lack of it, artificial sometimes.

I now only buy authentic 5% Greek yogurt, never 0%, be it Fage, Waitrose No1 or Tesco finest as I find these creamy and smooth.
I add dried fruits, nuts and seeds never fresh fruit as they digest at different times and for me make me feel bloated, also add a squeeze of honey or maple syrup.

Lurkingandlearning · 12/03/2026 17:15

I have flavoured yogurt as dessert sometimes. I thought it would be less fattening. M&S yogurts are delicious and only recently discovered that it is probably because they have whipped cream mixed in. Damn!

Fibrous · 12/03/2026 17:11

I mostly buy plain fage yoghurt but also love a caramel longley farm. I don't eat doritos or drink wine. I do make my own bread. I also boil my own pulses. But can scoff a packet of jaffa cakes in one sitting. Make of that what you will!

outerspacepotato · 12/03/2026 17:10

I make my own yogurt and add some fresh fruit or compote, some hemp seeds, maybe a bit of granola. I like a really tart yogurt.

Gardenquestion22 · 12/03/2026 17:04

I really llike flavoured yoghurt but rarely buy it as unflavoured yoghurt is more versatile. For savoury or sweet things or cooking or whatever. Also I suspect I don't need the added sugar....

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