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 don't know where people are getting their Greek style that's full of additives
I get mine from aldi or lidl mostly and they only contain milk, obviously not as thick as Greek
Also make my own but never get the texture right
Eat about 300g a day

Not every greek style yoghurt will have additives (but most do to thicken them to make them look more like greek yoghurt) but the greek style will typically have higher sugar levels and greek yoghurt has far higher levels of protein per gram because the liquid is strained off. Whilst people are mocking this, extra protein is important for middle age women and greek yoghurt is an easy source.

Aldi greek style yoghurt is made with milk but has double the sugar of Aldi greek yoghurt.

Have it for brekkie 4/5 times a week with milled seeds mix , a few nuts and some frozen berries. Bit of honey. Greek yoghurt. Love it.

activia the strawberry one when in deal, otherwise own brand strawberry ones, normal full fat full sugar. It’s my treat in the evening!

ps they’re gorgeous frozen

Plain - no added anything

100 to 150g ( 3 to 4 servings from a big pot)
for breakfast with fruit and nuts or seeds and sometimes some jam for sweetness , or on top of cereal

I have kefir yoghurt on my porridge every morning. Do like greek as a breakfast in the summer with fruit.

Pretty much daily, I have the thick Fage Greek yoghurt for breakfast daily, with fruit/banana.

Every day, I have skyr yogurt or protein yogurt with berries at least once, often twice a day after meals and if I have breakfast, it’s overnight oats and I have a dollop of skyr in that.

I try to stick to unsweetened skyr but I do take small pots of lindahl’s protein yogurt to work which has flavouring and sweeteners.

I have some every morning, just creamfields low fat natural yoghurt from Tesco. I really like it and it's only 65p for a 500g tub just now. I mostly eat it as is, sometimes drizzle a little honey on it.

I have a yogurt strainer thinggy (from the days I thought I'd make my own but never did and never will!) and I buy plain natural yogurt from Aldi for buttons and strain it to make Greek style. No additives, sugar, or anything else, just milk and cultures.

Then I add the bits and pieces of my own choosing, fruit, nuts, seeds, honey, whatever.

I have Greek style yoghurt every morning. Usually the honey one. I've been eating yoghurt all my adult life, I did used to eat plain yoghurt and even made my own for awhile but I can't tolerate that sour taste now.

Again I disagree i have a tub of aldi Greek style contains just milk, 125 kcals fat 10g protein 4.1g and sugar 4.4g per 100g and compared with a lidl strained Greek at 133kcal 10g fat 4 g sugar and 6.8g protein so yes more protein but fairly similar in other values other than price
I also believed as someone else said up thread it has to be produced in Greece to be Greek yoghurt which is why the yeo valley one is called something else

Thank you all for your responses!

Like one pp said, I also really like it but then just stop.

I used to do full fat Greek.

I need to get a small tuppaware pot to fill from a big one and add nuts and/or seeds as I don't like fruit.

Also want to use it in sauces like tandoori, tzatsiki and potato salad.

Would love any more recipe ideas.

Thanks again!

But it has to be full fat, hate fat free

I have a light and free fruit yogurt for breakfast most days

OK whatever you want to believe.

The Greek one is far better for you than the Greek style. The straining reduces the sugar levels and increases the protein levels per gram. Do with that what you will. I really don't care I was just explaining the difference to people.

Greek (dont care if Greek or Greek style, as long as not full of crap, I look at protein for gym mad son) a couple of times a week with chia, flax, dried fruits, frozen fruits, seeds. My afore mentioned son eats it most days, but he is protein crazy. I do have cheaper Greek yogurt for cooking with. Marinade, salads, soup toppings.
We try to avoid upfs, so no flavourings, sweetners etc

I have proper Greek yogurt with granola for breakfast every day

Yes so is Lidls GS 5% yogurt. It’s thick and creamy and doesn’t have that thickener taste I’ve found in some yogurts and it’s really good value under £2 for 1kg pot (including a lid!! 😁).
Anyway it’s a good pud to end a meal with fruit and/or granola.

Danone skyr is my yoghurt of choice right now. High protien, live cultures and delicious! You can have it with sweet or savoury food. I sometimes make a dressing with it.. On top of porridge or a chilli, it just works :)

I go through phases with it & buy whatever’s on offer - my dd (6) has a yoghurt drink or yoghurt (currently Activia) every day. If I’ve got Greek yoghurt in we both love that, & I also use it on nachos / in recipes or as a dip with rice cakes / salad, but I don’t eat it every week.

Fage 5% with varied toppings e.g. nuts, seeds, chia jam, berries, banana... yum.

Probably every 2nd day.

I also use it for overnight oats, chia pudding and smoothies.

I hated natural yoghurt until I tried Fage. It is the only one I enjoy.

DH and I go through about a litre a week. I have it with fruit, chia and flaxseed for breakfast and I add it onto any spicy food like curry or Mexican. Sometimes I put some on cake instead of cream

I don't know where you've found these Greek style yogurts with additives. I buy own brand Greek style yogurt from various supermarkets and none of them have additives in. If they say 'natural yogurt' that's what they are.

I hadn't looked at the protein levels before, but that seems to be the main difference. If you're getting adequate protein from other sources, that shouldn't be an issue. Greek yogurt tends to be about twice the price of Greek style, which might be more important for some people.