YOGHURT - how much do you eat?

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I know it's good for you and want to incorporate into my diet.

How much do you eat?
When?
What type?

I have skyr or greek yogurt most days for breakfast usually with fruit and seeds/nuts, little drizzle of honey. Occasionally for pudding. I also use it a lot in cooking to marinade meat, make homemade tzatziki and other dips.

I make it sometimes too, but find the straining and getting it into containers can get a bit messy.

There’s nothing wrong at all with “Greek style”. I think it can only be called Greek yoghurt if it’s from Greece. If the ingredients/protein are the same, it’s fine.
A bit like champagne/sparkling wine.

I have Greek style yoghurt every morning with warmed fruit (including organic apricots which are soooo much tastier than the ordinary ones), flax, chia, other mixed seeds and goji berries. It’s my favourite meal of the day.

@RipplePlease whilst there are some healthy greek style yogurts out there there are also a fair few packed with additional ingredients and additives. So personally if I pick up greek style I'm just more likely to check the label before I buy it. @SirBasil @NarnianQueen

Proper greek yoghurt (or the yreo valley one which is made in the UK to a greek recipe, or however they put it) is strained so it has a much higher protein content & therefore keeps you fuller. Greek style is thickened with something. Cream? Not sure, but I just don't like it as much.

Protein is always higher in Greek yoghurt than "Greek STYLE" yoghurt - FAGE 5% fat is over 9% protein. Some "greek style" protein is as low as 4%.

I eat greek yoghurt and/or kefir at least once a day - breakfast with fruit & granola, and with fruit as pudding or evening sweet. I'll often add a blob of either to soup or dinner too.

thank you - so what they mean is that it is thick and gloopy. Good to know for when I'm buying for my mum.

I make my own. I boil it slightly longer than needed and leave to develop for at least 24 hours. That makes it lovely and thick without straining.

i make mine in a 1 litre glass jar. Very easy.

we did a "reduce your plastics challenge" at work and realised I eat quite a lot!!
I often have plain or greek yogurt for breakfast - either in overnight oats / weetabix or with fruit & granola/muesli, and then i typically have a fruit yogurt with lunch on work days.

Every morning, usually 10% fat with honey and milled flaxseed, or 0% fat with defrosted berries. For some reason I don't like even 5% fat with the berries, 0% isn't actually any healthier. I just get either Waitrose, M&S or Tesco own brand. Fage is only 5%. Have never and would never want Greek style, don't really understand the point.

Did used to eat the fruity Yeo Valley though, until I decided to cut out absolutely all processed food. But they're not very processed, and I remember them being delicious.

@Wonderknicks@Nomedshere

What is the difference between Greek and Greek style?

I mostly only see Greek style in the shops, where can you buy actual Greek.

There’s a big difference, Greek yoghurt doesn’t have to be made in Greece. It’s yoghurt made only with milk and it is then strained to make what remains thicker and very high in protein.
Greek style is yoghurt with stuff added (thickening agents and chemicals plus preservatives) to make it thicker so that it looks like Greek yoghurt. It doesn’t have nearly as much protein per gram.
Greek style yoghurt is an ultra processed food. Greek yoghurt isn’t,

Greek or Greek style yogurt with frozen berries (Sainos Stanford St is really good put on top of yogurt in a bowl and leave in fridge until you eat) add honey and maybe sprinkle with granola. Also sliced bananas, fresh dates and walnuts with a little honey drizzled over.
Lidl and Aldi Greek yogurts are good.
i also buy 500g pots of fruit yogurt, I like the mango and papaya and add some frozen mango.
Eat nearly every day after lunch or dinner.
Also use plain yogurt in cooking (mustard sauce with chicken) or add a spoonful of mint sauce to make raita with curry.

@blondebombsite13 @Serafee 's explanation above is pretty good. However there are some greek style ones out there which still have minimal ingredients. Imo they just require more thought/attention whereas if I see it's greek yogurt I trust it without checking the label.

I make my own and eat it pretty much every day. I have some incubating at the moment! I eat it with granola and compote or fruit. I often strain it to make Greek type yogurt but not always as I’ll eat it either way.

All the only Greek yogurt ones here think we are living as if we need enough protein to kill bears for dinner or something

if it's just milk it's fine. Don't get me wrong I like all yogurts, the authentic M&S Greek 10 one and the M&S Greek style in particular

Greek style often has bitter taste too and is much runnier.

I do too sometimes but it never gets properly thick like Greek unless I strain it, even after leaving for 24 hours. Thicker yes, but not as thick as I'd like it.

Almost every day. Sometimes twice a day.

I go through phases, either I can’t eat enough of it or it turns my stomach.
DH and the DC eat a couple a day, flavoured ones usually unless I’ve made a compote.

Most days…plain with some fruit normally.

I eat Greek yogurt with fruit, use it to make tsatsiki and to make an occasional spicy sauce for meat.

About half a pint a week, between two of us.

I eat Aldi’s Greek style plain fat free yogurt. It has exactly one ingredient in: milk. It’s just the same as Greek yogurt just not as thick. I think people who claim that it’s full of crap compared to the real stuff just like to feel superior. Greek has more protein because it is strained but the difference is pretty minimal.
I eat it everyday as salad dressing. I blitz it up with loads of fresh herbs, salt, garlic and a little bit of sweetener or sugar.

Fage is in most supermarkets & most do their own strained greek yoghurt as well.To me they are two completely different products, one which I love & the other that I will eat if the other isn't available but I wouldn't choose it.

I’ve just checked mine in the fridge and it’s not even actually Greek yoghurt or Greek style yoghurt, it’s natural bio yoghurt. It has one ingredient: Milk

It’s delicious tbf!