Healthiest yoghurt?

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I love yoghurt but am just bamboozled by all the information out there so much so I've stopped buying them, can anyone tell me what the healthiest type is to eat please?
I know low fat is full of sugar and is full fat unhealthy?

If anyone could recommend a fruity flavoured one Id greatly appreciate it!

Generally speaking, the fewer ingredients the better.

Get any of the 'live' ones, where the ingredients are just milk and cultures, and which list the cultures (eg bifidus, acidophilus etc). Add anything you like to it. Drinking chocolate powder is really nice! Or any fruit product you like eg fruit purée sachets, jam (or Dalfour if you don't want added refined sugar). It doesn't have to be sweet, either - mixed seeds and a pinch of seasalt is a brilliant combo.

Plain Greek yogurt (full fat/low fat/fat free as you like, none have added sugar) with your own chopped fruit

Full fat Greek yoghurt or any full fat yoghurt- holds far more goodness IMO and keeps you ful too. We add bananas, honey and walnuts or any fruit or otherwise jam

i make my own using a lakeland yogurt maker - has a small live organic yogurt and FF LL milk to make a large pot

oh and a spoon of milk powder

WRT to fat content, IMO the main difference between fat-free and full-fat yogurt is eating quality: taste and texture. OK, Greek yogurt could have as much as 10% fat, which might be significant if you were trying to minimise your fat intake, but, unless you are eating bucketloads of yogurt every day, 4-6% fat is not significant. There is more fat in a dish made with meat than in your average full fat yogurt, and you'll likely eat more of the meat dish than of yogurt.

Personally, I prefer to eat less of something tasty, than more of a poor substitute.

Full fat Greek yoghurt. I have it with a teeny drizzle of honey or syrup and stick some blueberries or strawberries on it. My staple breakfast!

Plain simple yoghurt. Not fat free not flavoured. Literally : yoghurt as the original product it is.

We buy a massive 2.5 kg tub of it. The tart sour plain yoghurt. 10 month old DS has it thrice a day as "pudding". We dollop it out to make raitas if we have Indian food and to make sauces with a bit of garlic powder and zaatar if we have middle eastern food.

I make lassi with it if it's a hot day as i am Indian and love lassis

Ddog gets it as a treat occasionally

It makes wonderful marinade for our tandoori chicken or curry.

We go through plain tart sour yoghurt like it's going out of fashion!!

Plain yogurt, add a handful of zapped frozen fruit (it's really quite cheap)or fresh or tinned Throw in a handful of muesli if you like a chewy texture. With the money you save buy a couple of little one portion bowls.

Thank you for all your recommendations I'm going to work my way through them, very pleased to hear Greek yoghurt is good !

Houseconfusion are you in the UK? Where do you get your yogurt? I miss tart yogurt - they are all bland and smooth now.

My favourites are:
Total Greek
Skyr
The Collective

I only buy plain then add my own fruit etc

Turkish or Greek or Indian type shops! Giant tubs! Sour as hell.

Lidl do a big tub of Turkish yogurt. It's beautiful.

Total is the best - full fat / 2% / fat free. High protein so fills you up and 5 strains of good bacteria too. The fat free version is not high sugar either so step it apart from there fat free yogurt.

Like other posters, I buy plain Greek or Icelandic yoghurt and add my own fruit.

If I want a flavoured one (for example if I'm out and about) the Skyr fruit yoghurts seem to be lower sugar than most.

I'm currently obsessed with Waitrose Greek full fat yogurt. It's so creamy and delicious on its on or with a tiny bit of honey, berries and flaked almonds.

Lydl turkish yogurt is dangerous.
Set natural yogurt tends to be the tangiest.

Total Greek yogurt

Total & skyr are my personal favourites with added fruit or granola (just a little bit) or what ever

Has total Greek yoghurt changed name to Fage or something as the pot looks identical!