Greek Yogurt

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  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Greek Gods is not Greek yogurt. It is "Greek style" yogurt, which means regular yogurt + thickeners (in this case, pectin). It's fine for what it is, but you can get much cheaper regular yogurt.
  • Jenloma
    Jenloma Posts: 77 Member
    Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt is great with calories (80 for strawberry and 90 for blueberry). I love this yogurt!
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt is great with calories (80 for strawberry and 90 for blueberry). I love this yogurt!

    -sigh- Dannon Light & Fit is not Greek yogurt, and really, it is barely yogurt at all. It has three artificial sweeteners, which I've never seen in any other product, ever.
  • Mabohlale
    Mabohlale Posts: 148 Member
    Fage is the best. Hands down. Authentic and perfect texture. My friend is a professor of Greek Art and spends a lot of time in Greece and she swears it's the best that you get outside of Greece.
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    Oikos honey flavor is my all time favorite.
    I sometimes get Fage Lemon flavor, but most of the Fage yogis are too sour for me.
  • ak_in_ak
    ak_in_ak Posts: 657 Member
    I just heard an article on NPR about how there are only a few brands that sell real Greek yogurt. Fage and Chobani are the only ones I know of. If the protein is really low and it has some sort of starch or thickener it is not real Greek yogurt.
  • Altruista75
    Altruista75 Posts: 409 Member
    Fage plain 0% is the best. I add blueberries and cinnamon to mine! Sam's Club sells a 4 cup container of it for under $5! That's an amazing price for such an amazing product IMO!
  • KembaKing
    KembaKing Posts: 3
    I've only tried Liberte and Presidents choice and I love the Liberte one. Lemon, cherry, strawberry, vanilla. they are all good.

    I believe that Liberte has the least calories per serving that I have seen in Toronto (non-fat, plain). Plain is better to add fruit and maybe a bit of high protein granola or hemp hearts, chia seeds.:wink:
  • bedeeda
    bedeeda Posts: 21
    Any of them nonfat, plain are disgusting. Whichever brand I get, I always make sure its flavored or vanilla. When I first started eating greek yogurt, I thought it tasted like spoiled milk, but I'm slowly getting used to it. I don't know if you have a Krogers near you, but the brand I've discovered that I like the most is the generic Krogers brand of Vanilla.

    My favorite thing to do with it is to mix Hershey's dark chocolate cocoa powder, Stevia, and vanilla flavoring. It reminds me of chocolate soft serve ice cream if you put it in the freezer 20 mins before you eat it :D

    That's an awesome idea! Thanks for the tip! I usually use plain and add sugar free caramel sauce to it but don't like that it has splenda in it so thanks for the healthier version :-)
  • Brandon74
    Brandon74 Posts: 453 Member
    I have had Chobani and Oikois (sp?) and both seemed decent to me. I guess it's really up to personal preferences. You might want to try both and see which one you like better.
  • Lattegurl
    Lattegurl Posts: 67 Member
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  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    Chobani champions! it's the kids version, and I like it bc the portions are smaller but definitely satisfying enough for me for a snack. I used to get the chobani regular single servings (omg the black cherry is so good!) but it was more than I needed and too much sugar.

    Plain, I like chobani or fage. For sweet, it's great mixed with fresh fruit and cinnamon (and a little honey if i'm really craving it). It also makes a great creamy salad dressing: I mix a little balsamic vinegar and lemon juice into a few tablespoons. Delicious!
  • tinkermommc
    tinkermommc Posts: 558 Member
    Why I get it? Protein

    Which? Fage, 0% fat plain. Then I mix in my own honey and berries :-)

    or pineapple chobani cuz' it's amazing!
  • I_love_frogs
    I_love_frogs Posts: 340 Member
    Greek Gods with Honey. AMAZINGLY thick and creamy....oh its like ice cream to me. Its the best Greek yogurt I have found.
  • jdmey
    jdmey Posts: 30 Member
    I read this on the NPR website last week. It helps in choosing what you want in a Greek yogurt. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/19/156997600/high-tech-shortcut-to-greek-yogurt-leaves-purists-fuming
  • Jamochadiva
    Jamochadiva Posts: 69 Member
    I like Dannon and Oikos but the flavored ones are full of a lot of sugar. I also like Cabot Greek style yogurt, I'm disappointed to find out that the yogurts that I like aren't really Greek yogurt, I guess I'll have to try the FAGE to get that authentic Greek yogurt.
  • wordsmith728
    wordsmith728 Posts: 8
    :flowerforyou: I just tried your suggestion to mix the chocolate baking powder and vanilla flavoring into the greek yogurt. I added splenda because I don't have stevia, but it IS delicious! Thanks!
  • wordsmith728
    wordsmith728 Posts: 8
    Ive got to try this cocoa powder/ greek yogurt thing..sounds like a great idea. Ive been
    if greek yogurt will freeze? Also, is there no calories in the cocoa powder?


    15 calories per TBS (5 gm) of Nestle's Toll House Cocoa powder.
  • sirmio
    sirmio Posts: 44 Member
    I've tried several brands myself, but Fage is the only one I like (actually, I love it). The texture and mouth feel of Chobani and Oikos reminds me of an overly processed food stuff. Like several others, I also get the 0% plain and add my own fresh fruit instead of buying the ones with the syrupy stuff in the side cars.
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    Open to suggestions and reasons why you may think Greek Yogurt is better for us?
    I like Fage. I like to eat it because it has very high protein and is very filling and satisfying. The nonfat kind has the same calories as regular yogurt but triple the protein, and none of the artificial sweeteners and junk. I add chopped fresh fruit and cinnamon and a splash of vanilla.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    Fage. #1 favorite. It's amazing compared to Chobani or Oikos. I've tried Oikos vanilla and it's not so bad, but Chobani...ewwww. I took one bite and threw it out TWICE. Not my personal preference. I just really love the texture of Fage. It's thicker. I buy the plain and add in honey with cinnamon and some fruit. Almost better than chocolate.
  • RitaSantoss
    RitaSantoss Posts: 986 Member
    I tried for the first time Greek yogurt just a week ago, and so far I like it. I buy Danone's Greek Yogurt which comes in various flavors and is quite a good size package. I sometimes add fruit to it just to make it fuller and more nutritious. Good side-dish for breakfast, I think.
  • Jenloma
    Jenloma Posts: 77 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/355004-the-best-choices-for-yogurt/
  • mpmama2re
    mpmama2re Posts: 212 Member
    Fage. Plain only. All others are too sweet and really thin/ runny for me.
    I mix fruits or granola into mine. Yum!
  • Mrsfreedom41
    Mrsfreedom41 Posts: 330 Member
    As far as taste goes I love oskios vanilla yogurt

    I second this one. I've tried the others and always go back to this one.
  • happyfeetrebel1
    happyfeetrebel1 Posts: 1,005 Member
    I'm not a huge Chobani fan, but I absolutely ADORE the Oikos Key Lime

    There is also one I read about on here, but very rarely find, it's called Noosa..omg..to die for.

    I eat it because it's got THREE times the protein of most yogurts :)
  • scorpio61
    scorpio61 Posts: 46 Member
    I like Fage or buy the winn dixie fat free plain greek yogurt and add cinnomon and wheat bran with a little water or add unsweetened cocoa to it If you look at the back of the yogurt container you will see most contain high grams of sugar I don't need or want the sugar Now if it's a refeed day for me I will eat the low fat yogurt
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    If you have some extra time, you can make your own. It is a lot cheaper that way, and you also have 100% control of the nutrition. There are a ton of food blogs out there that teach how to make Greek yogurt. I like to make mine in a crock pot, but if you have a gas range and oven you can make it in a regular sauce pan, too.
  • JenniferNoll
    JenniferNoll Posts: 367 Member
    I make my own with 2% milk. Very easy to make, and delicious. The cultures are active and alive, and it's as fresh as it gets. I like to sweeten mine with a dab of honey, or a teaspoon of jam, which I also make. I can measure out my own serving size and control the thickness of the yogurt too.
    My kids love it and won't eat store yogurt. My vegetarian friends eat it because it does not contain gelatin like most store-bought yogurt.

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