Baby yoghurts

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Hi all

Please can someone tell me what/where the best yoghurt for babies is?

My dd (8months) doesn't eat much she likes her food but will only really eat soft food off a spoon so we're doing both spoon and baby led.

My hv said to try and give her yoghurt etc in the day and get her a bit fuller at night time, I bought Aldi baby yoghurts (can't remember the name) as I needed to go in there she likes them but I've been trying really hard with her food to give her all natural stuff so I bought natural yoghurt and blended blueberries into it but she wasn't keen

Please can anyone give me any tips on what's best? She LOVED the Aldi ones eventually I'm just unsure if they're bad for her

What's the sugar content? The Collective Kids ones are pretty low in sugar but expensieve.

Most baby/kids yogurts are loaded with sugar (even if natural sugars). I always bought full fat natural Greek yogurt and then added mashed fruit or a bit of fruit purée (from an Ella’s Kitchen pouch, that do small pure fruit ones that last several days in the fridge). I felt I could control that amount of sugar that way, plus full fat Greek yogurt is higher in calories and healthy fats than prepackaged yogurts.

We use full fat Greek yoghurt, they still eat it now at 4 and 2. I don’t sweeten it but you could try sweetening with an Ella’s pouch?

I have really struggled to get sugar free baby yoghurts too but this is what I've found:

Collective yoghurt pouches - around 75p per pouch so not cheap but good for on the go.

Yeo Valley first yoghurts

Agree with PP about Greek yoghurt with Ella's/ Aldi Mamia fruit pouch squeezed in

But my best find is Asda Little angels yoghurts- come in 6 pack of small pots either all strawberry or mix of strawberry apricot and banana- they are sweetened with natural agave syrup and my boys love them!! Also cheap as!

I think it's awful how 'kids' yoghurts are marketed with all their favourite characters etc on them but are packed full of sugar!! Schools have banned chocolate in pack lunches (which I agree with) but they don't ban these sugar filled yoghurts!!!

Hope that helps!

Bit PFB maybe but we did plain Greek yoghurt with fruit mixed in until 1 year. Yeo Valley yoghurts appeared to be the lowest sugar when I compared after that.

The Little Yeos have hardly any sugar in them.

I found that there’s not a lot more sugar in the big pots of Yeo valley yogurt. Hv said that they were fine to give lo.

I agree to try plain full fat or Greek yoghurt. I used to mix it with home made apple purée or mashed banana or puréed mango.

I give plain full fat Greek yoghurt - she's never tasted sweetened yoghurt (yet!!) so to her, that's what yoghurt tastes like and she loves it.

The collective plain yoghurt is great. It is just pure yoghurt - no sugar. And it's think enough for my baby to eat with her hands off the high chair tray. I just give it to her plain...or with some fruit.

My DS eats full fat Greek yoghurt with fruit in and he’s nearly 3. As a baby I mashed up banana or mixed in fruit purées. He definitely likes sweetened yoghurts, but he has the plain stuff at home (as do we all eat it)

Thanks everyone! I only eat natural yoghurt so I've tried to give it her a few times but i think it's too tangy for her... I'll try mushing fruit into it again... thanks again everyone! Xx

Ds was like that and what worked the best was Lidles full fat natural yoghurt with fruit pouches mixed in (they do a 4 pack and I usually half one and make two portions at same time and put one on fridge for later.) the lidle one is the only yoghurt ds will eat as it’s the least bitter and nicest of all of them. The Aldi one isn’t very nice.

Also I find it works better to mix in the fruit pouches as they are naturally sweetened with apples usually making it less bitter than putting own fruit in on its own. It’s easier too than faffing about.

She won’t know it’s a tangy flavour, just go with it plain. Much less faff!

You might have to persist a bit....

Ds never likes it plain and i don’t mind him having fruit mixed in as he has no refined sugar and I think alittle fruit is food for them.

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He knew and hated it and he hadn’t ever had sugar. I think some babies do know.

I’m pretty sure babies only love yoghurt so much because it’s sweet!

DS likes the Little Yeos and Petit Filous best. They do have sugar in, but if you’ve ever tasted breast milk that is as sweet as anything too, so that is what they are used to.

I don’t think a bit of added sugar is a major problem in an otherwise balanced diet, unless it is things like cake and chocolate which are otherwise empty calories. There’s plenty of sugar in fruit too, and nobody worries about that.

I will let one year old DS have up to two small yoghurt pots a day, plus up to two portions of fruit (usually half a banana, occasionally satsumas, stone fruit or berries). He usually only manages one yoghurt and one piece of fruit, but after swimming or something he’s often hungry. Those are the only non-savoury things he has, and I don’t think that’s too much sugar for him.

I don't give him yogurt, he eats cheese stick instead x

I use natural Greek yoghurt and just added some fruit. I either left bits of fruit in or used the Nutribullet to make a smooth yoghurt. I didn't use pouches, easier just to buy fruit that we ate. I also used to freeze the blended fruit yoghurt to give as an ice cream/sorbet type thing. Went down a treat.

Another vote for full fat Greek yogurt, just that, nothing added (because I'meany :-)).

Natural set plain yoghurt with fruit mixed in. Has a similar consistency to baby yogurts

Little Yeos here. Everything in moderation.