My favourite Greek yoghurt travels by refrigerated lorry all the way from Greece

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Embarrassed to admit that I never thought about this before. My favourite brand was not available online this week and the substitute - also Greek’ - had travelled many miles overland through the Balkans, Europe and ferry etc - to reach me. Turns out that’s what my normal v delicious and well known branded yoghurt does every week, because it can’t be called Greek if it isn’t made, packaged etc in Greece. So I’m thinking, there must be a UK-equivalent Greek-style’ yoghurt that is just as delicious but without all the miles?

Greek yoghurt is usually cows' milk. If you're getting ewes' milk yoghurt, that's normally very clearly indicated and isn't dumped under the Greek yoghurt banner - same way there's Greek style cheese (cows' milk) or actual Feta (ewe's or a mixture of goat and sheep, never any cow).

Also, I'm pretty sure Fage yoghurt is made in Luxembourg these days (still has to travel!).
I've just checked, even Fage says "Greek recipe" these days because it isn't actually made in Greece.

I love Fage. Impossible to get hold of right now though - I couldn't get any at Tesco or Waitrose today and my Sainsbury's delivery substituted it for the taste the difference stuff (not nice).

Just mix it into some warm milk and strain it when thick enough (12hrs ish). No aimiles at all unless you are flying your milk in. It’s yoghurt FGS.

Some Greek style yogurts aren’t properly strained and are thickened in other ways so will be very different. Some are made identically to Greek yogurt but in Britain with British milk which will obviously be much more similar. I tend to buy the Tim’s Greek style kefir for our family because I like the idea of the extra microbes (especially with how often the baby has had antibiotics). I don’t like Greek yogurt though of any kind. I like a really thin natural yogurt/kefir.

Greek yogurt from Greece is nicer, my current fav is Koukakis.

I did not know this!! very interesting

Not sure about an army! I eat 250g per day, every day 😊

I love Fage but the normal one has been unavailable in Sainsbury’s for a few weeks now
I've brought it twice this week from Sainsbury 's, first time from Garstang second time from Poulton. Plenty in stock. Maybe its a local issue?

Tim's dairy is great. It's made by the Timotheou family in the UK, if that makes it feel more authentic.

I've been eating skyr (plain not flavoured) as a replacement, but have no idea how it matches up nutritionally, does anyone know as it's actually quite nice

Greek style doesn’t have more sugar (unless it’s fruit flavoured obv) don’t know where this myth comes from

as others have said it’s the same thing not Greek. British supermarket versions do seem
runnier though, maybe because it would expensive to make it more authentic and that’s good enough for the price?
I love Greek yogurt we go through 3kg a week 😂

Greek style is greek yoghurt that hasnt come from Greece

Greek yoghurt (the stuff from Greece) is not always free from other things other than milk either, so always check the ingredients of whatever you buy

I’m in SW London and can’t find it anywhere atm

Waitrose ‘Greek style’ is great👌🏻

Pretty sure it has to be made in Greece to be called Greek otherwise it’s Greek style. Same
with halloumi, it’s just hard cheese if not made in Cyprus. Greek style yoghurt is horrid.

Oh yes yes I’d forgotten this one- totally agree

Lancashire Farm Greek style yoghurt. I actually switched to Lancashire Farm natural bio yoghurt from Fagr and can’t taste the difference

Yes it is. It’s identical.

Usually in Greece yoghurt is made with sheeps milk. 'Greek yoghurt' in Greece is usually sheeps

Lots of myths on this thread Im seeing.

You can say it’s Fage Total you know!

Re the poster up thread who suggested the Lidl version - all Lidl own brand yogurt isn’t live, so no good bacteria.

I don’t know about aldi, there isn’t one near me.

Its nice but they put cream in it to make it thicker, Im trying to find ones where they just use milk.

We have a Turkish/Greek shop near us so they have a wide variety and you hae to check the labels carefully

My mum and I used to “make” Greek yogurt in the 80s, by using normal full fat yogurt and putting it in a colander lined with a muslin cloth or clean tea towel over a bowl

the water drips out into the bowl making the yoghurt thick and dense , you then scrape it out of the colander, and half the water is gone and it is lush and thick

bit of a process though 😁

my mum best friend was Greek, she also taught us how to make frothy ice coffee at home with Nescafé and ice cubes 🙂