Yoghurt

[Theyreeatingthedogs]

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

@Theyreeatingthedogs , I didn't recommend them, I gave them as examples of yoghurts with a long list of ingredients.
The links were provided so that others could judge for themselves.

I certainly don't need lectures from a judgemental bore someone on the Internet about the dangers of flavoured yogurt.
This.
If I fancied a toffee-flavoured pudding, I'd probably eat some dates.

Agreed, we are all adults at the end of the day. I really don't understand the over invested obsession with what other people choose to eat! 🤷‍♀️

We only eat plain Fage Greek yogurt and Alpro Soya. We add frozen fruit to it and nuts. The added sugar in yogurts is shocking.

This made me laugh 🤣 😂

A 'finest' yoghurt's ingredients:
Ingredients
Yogurt (Milk), Sugar, Whipping Cream (Milk) (9%), Water, Fudge Pieces (2.5%), Skimmed Milk, Butter (Milk), Rice Starch, Flavourings, Colour (Plain Caramel), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt. Fudge Pieces contains: Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Shea Fat, Skimmed Milk, Water, Butter (Milk), Flavourings, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Cornflour, Humectant (Glycerol), Clotted Cream (Milk), Salt, Dried Glucose Syrup, Anti Caking Agent (Tricalcium Phosphate).

(currently out of stock)

It is good isn't it. I find strained greek yoghurt mixes better with honey etc without going runny. My dcs love it and it is less mess! I wasn't brought up with it and struggle to enjoy it unless strawberry or peach flavoured and creamy smooth, preferably Greek. I just find it bitter otherwise.

Buy what you like and prefer, obviously.

I don't like fat-free / low fat yogurt,

I buy Lancashire Farm Greek and it is fantastic. Very thick and creamy, bio-live, almost as good as Fage but cheaper. For some reason it is in the Asian section of the supermarket. It has the stiff strained texture, not the sloppy texture of supermarket 'Greek Style'.

I add frozen berries or maybe walnuts and a drizzle of honey.

I would eat Longley Farm or Tim's dairy fruit yogurts, but avoid UPF ingredients

I do drink wine and eat plain crisps.

I really like that one. I’m not picky though, sometimes I eat Greek yoghurt, other times I eat the Reese’s pudding which is v UPF!

Oh that sounds like a nice one for me to try, I hope it has no bits in, 🫢

A lot of people are clueless when it comes to food. it's easy to be misled by marketing.

I always pronounced it 'Total'.

How rude.

The yogurt maker I use holds jars for this amount:
1 litre high-fat coconut milk (I use Grace or Aroy-D)
1/2 cup soaked (and peeled almonds)
1/2 cup soaked cashews
1 packet soft tofu (which I gently press, but probably isn't necessary)
1/2 cup powdered coconut milk (be careful most brands have cow's milk as well as coconut -- I use The Coconut Company)
1 capsule (emptied) of a vegan probiotic starter culture (I'm currently using NPSelection, but have also used Optibac Probiotics)
1 jar of yogurt (from the previous batch)
you can also put in a splash of maple syrup, but it isn't necessary

I blend the tofu, powdered coconut milk and nuts until the nuts are smooth. (I don't strain this to make it "milk", but keep everything in.) I then put the coconut milk, yogurt and probiotic in the blender to get the fat and water all mixed. Then mix everything together (it's too much for one go in my blender).
When it's finished in the yogurt maker (usually 7-8 hours) I stir each jar to mix the whey back in the yogurt.

You could probably do this a lot simpler with just the milk (or a mixture of coconut and soy or whatever) and the yogurt starter and probiotic culture, but I like it being a mixture of different nuts. It works for us. I use the yogurt to just eat and also to cook with. Hope this helps you.

Thank you so much. I’ll be trying this tomorrow.