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Are Petit Filous really that bad? What yoghurts do you give to your kids?

138 replies

Geordielassinacoat · 04/10/2017 23:31

From the "is this an acceptable tea" thread yesterday, there was a lots of comments about PF's being bad. So, what yoghurts does everyone give their kids? I need some ideas!

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HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 05/10/2017 05:17

Witch and liminality both sound delicious - I would love more details!

We don't eat much yogurt any more now that the kids are older but I do like it.

MrsPringles · 05/10/2017 05:55

We have the Peppa, Thomas and Paw Patrol ones in rotation and occasionally Frubes or the cheaper equivalent but DS gets them bloody everywhere

bigkidsdidit · 05/10/2017 06:00

It's an everyday food here. Both my dc have a frube in their lunchbox every day. Weekends they have a bit of the collective kids yogurts. Meh. I think they are not brilliant but the portions are so tiny I can't get worked up. One spoon of yogurt in a tube is not going to ruin their teeth.

Sooooooooooooooooooooo · 05/10/2017 06:07

Mine like the Oykos yoghurts. I don't buy 'kids' yoghurts, they eat whatever is in the fridge.

UnbornMortificado · 05/10/2017 06:07

I envy anyone who has the time and/or energy to get worked up over such things.

GnusSitOnCanoes · 05/10/2017 06:13

Plain, full-fat yoghurt. Either Greek or standard. Sometimes with a bit of Ella purée on it. But DS has sugar in other stuff - I just give him plain yoghurt because I always have, and he's happy to eat it.

strawberrisc · 05/10/2017 06:15

Nicole Shitslinger put me off yoghurt for life.

LynetteScavo · 05/10/2017 06:17

Well, PF isn't yogurt, it's fromage frais.

They're two very different things.

I'm not even convinced the chocolate PF are fromage frais.

But when it comes to yogurt I tend to go for organic. My kids like Greek natural yogurt and then add a vast amount of refined sugar when I'm not looking.

speakout · 05/10/2017 06:25

We don't eat much dairy in our house, except OH and I have milk in our coffee.
Kids eat no dairy, never have. No yogurt, no milk, no butter, no cheese. They think its rank.
Never had a glass of milk.

pigletpie29 · 05/10/2017 06:31

Exactly Unborn

I do love waking up and reading Mumsnet to find out what I should feel guilty about now. Yoghurts! Hee hee.

Cracklesfire · 05/10/2017 06:33

We buy petit filous. DS only drinks water/milk, doesn't have a sweet tooth for cakes, biscuits or chocolate (I swear he can't be mine) so he's entitled to one vice.

My friend slates them but takes her kid to KFC Hmm I don't get it.

WomblingThree · 05/10/2017 06:33

PSA: honey IS sugar. The stomach does not differentiate between a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of granulated. You are not a better parent by giving your child bee food or fruit sugar instead of vegetable sugar.

Hunkle · 05/10/2017 06:39

Frubes can be frozen.

WomblingThree · 05/10/2017 06:40

A pot of Petit Filou has 4.5g of sugar and a Frube has 2.7g. A teaspoon of honey has 6g. Just shows how pointless being superior is.

Weebo · 05/10/2017 06:44

Ugh - It's all about the blather and guff really, isn't it?

As long as your children brush their teeth and don't eat honey crap all day a Petit Filou is fine.

SuzukiLi · 05/10/2017 06:50

I eat a lot of skyr, so my DD tends to nick mine. Sometimes I freeze some and tell her it's ice cream.

isthistoonosy · 05/10/2017 06:51

Mine eat fil milk with musli to be like their dad. Fil milk is natural yogurts evil cousin. Its more runny and much much more bitter. Envy -- not envy

That said the eldest seems to think cake is its own food group and should be eaten at least twice a day.

misskatamari · 05/10/2017 06:51

We get the big tubs of plain Greek yoghurt and have that either on its own or with fruit. Mine get through loads of yoghurt and would happily eat multiple little PF pots so it’s much cheaper. When they were babies we tried to keep their sugar intake low, hence the Greek yoghurt, so they have the taste for it from them. Don’t get me wrong, they eat plenty of sugary stuff (more than I’d like, which I’m sure is the case for most parents), so I’m glad that they’ll eat a healthy, low sugar pudding happily, to help keep things balanced

topcat2014 · 05/10/2017 07:10

Aldi economy fromage frais in this house.

kaytee87 · 05/10/2017 07:15

My ds (14mo) eats plain or Greek yoghurt. I just gave that from the start so he wouldn't get used to sweet yoghurt.

CourtneyLoveIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/10/2017 07:20

A pot of Petit Filou has 4.5g of sugar and a Frube has 2.7g. A teaspoon of honey has 6g. Just shows how pointless being superior is

You just beat me to it. A tangerine has more sugar in it than a Petit Filou.

Camomila · 05/10/2017 07:25

I tried some before i started weaning DS because I used to like them as a kid and it was unpleasently/teeth itchingly sweet so i've never bought them - i wouldnt be fussed if someone gave him one.

He usually has plain greek yoghurt with smooshed in fruit or sometimes the fruity little yeos if i'm making up a packed lunch.

I think the collective squuezy yogs taste really nice but DS just wants to play with the pouch rather than eat them.

christinarossetti · 05/10/2017 07:27

Natural yogurt here, sometimes with a Frube chaser.

If I buy flavoured yoghurts, I buy organic just for the quality of the yoghurt. They won't eat the cheap and cheerful pots.

christinarossetti · 05/10/2017 07:28

They're 8 and 10 though. Yoghurts and rice cakes don't dominate our lives like they once did!

marble11 · 05/10/2017 07:37

I let DD choose what yoghurts she has. Normally the Milky Bar little treats or Frubes. I don't see the problem. Eveything in moderation.