How come no one goes on about fromage frais?

shivles

I see everyone eating greek yoghurt but no one eating plain fromage frais, why? Fromage frais has less calories and more protein than most of the greek yogurts in my supermarket except the very expensive ones.

jdad1

never heard of it.

Cr01502

Because it's French.

:grumble:

bearwith

i love it and also german quark

MagicFeather

B/c most of the people on here live in the States where they don't have fromage frais and if they do, it's an expensive specialty product. But you're right, it's a great high protein, low calorie alternative. And way cheaper than Greek yoghurt in my supermarkets too.

Sarauk2sf

I rarely see it in the U.S. I don't think people know about it much here.

Cait_Sidhe

I've never seen this in my local supermarkets. But a quick google search makes me want to try it.

Sharkington

Yeap, maybe because many of us don't have many markets that sell it? I have honestly never heard of it, but I like the sound of it.

pennydreadful270

I thought it was basically cheese and sugar.

:edit:

probably the fault of this stuff (toddler crack) -

BeccaBollons

Wow that's been an eye opener- I thought babies across the world had a daily dose of fromage frais! Can't believe hardly anyones heard of it I like it better than greek yogurt, and the kids ones are gorgeous!

jennifer_417

Yah...mostly because I've never heard of it...

dovetail22uk

Definitely a UK obsession! I like Tesco's Light Choices Normandy Fromage Frais but Sainsburys also do a really nice one. And it's in a big pot!

Have also started getting into quark though for cooking with. Loads of protein!

pandorakick

I already was wondering why I couldn't find a good English translation of the stuff I know as "kwark" (Dutch). It usually is lower in fat and higher in protein then yogurt although there also are very delicious high fat varieties. Yum yum!

shivles

Riiiiiiiight, now it makes sense, you guys across the pond don't get it.

I never give my daughter them petit filous, riddled with sugar! I always made my own compote with no added sugar and gave her plain with a spoon of that mixed in

ms_leanne

How does un-flavoured fromage frais compare to greek yoghurt in terms of sugar and fat?

dovetail22uk

Riiiiiiiight, now it makes sense, you guys across the pond don't get it.

I never give my daughter them petit filous, riddled with sugar! I always made my own compote with no added sugar and gave her plain with a spoon of that mixed in

LOL the sugar's the best bit! *tsk - making the rest of us look bad* :ohwell: :sad:

Ooh have only just realised that quark and fromage frais are essentially the same thing (could have guessed from the name) - but the quark I get is much more solid and like Philidelphia and fromage frais is more like greek yoghurt texture.... now i want some.

jk262

yeah, I'm from the states and they definitely don't sell it at any of my supermarkets in my area! Too bad, I'd like to try it. Greek Yogurt is pretty expensive as it is.

jk262

From what I've read- it's similar to cottage cheese or ricotta cheese?

Dottyb1940

Yes I use fromage frais but like you say I am from the UK so use it a lot

likeschocolate

The MFP database entries show the nutritional information is about the same as low-fat or non-fat yogurt (but less than most Greek yogurt).

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/fromage-frais

pinkraynedropjacki

Ewww. I could not imagine putting that in the food I cook. Sorry but the greek yoghurt I eat is about 58cal for 100g so that's kinda great. Plus, I don't have it with sweet stuff. I cook with mine. Costs less than fromage frais as well. I don't know about the US, but here you can get greek yoghurt cheap.

dovetail22uk

Ewww. I could not imagine putting that in the food I cook. Sorry but the greek yoghurt I eat is about 58cal for 100g so that's kinda great. Plus, I don't have it with sweet stuff. I cook with mine. Costs less than fromage frais as well. I don't know about the US, but here you can get greek yoghurt cheap.

LOL no you only put the plain stuff in your cooking, not the sweet stuff!

shivles

Ewww. I could not imagine putting that in the food I cook. Sorry but the greek yoghurt I eat is about 58cal for 100g so that's kinda great. Plus, I don't have it with sweet stuff. I cook with mine. Costs less than fromage frais as well. I don't know about the US, but here you can get greek yoghurt cheap.

It just tastes like greek yogurt, don't understand the issue, it's still great to cook with.

the sugary ones don't have as much protein in but the plain ones do, the taste and texture is pretty much the same as greek yogurt

dovetail22uk

Oh and the good thing about quark is that it's almost twice the protein of fromage frais/ greek yoghurt at 13.6g/100g vs 7g/100g.

Nom nom nom

lauren3101

I'm from the UK, and in all honesty it's because I didn't realise it was lower calorie or higher in protein. :laugh:
Now I know, I'm going to buy some!

EvgeniZyntx

I'm a huge fan and eat 3-4 petit filou 0% when I'm in France. In Germany I eat quark.
I'm traveling in te USA right now but would love to get my hands on fromage blanc.

Weighinginwithmy02

I already was wondering why I couldn't find a good English translation of the stuff I know as "kwark" (Dutch). It usually is lower in fat and higher in protein then yogurt although there also are very delicious high fat varieties. Yum yum!

Dutch Kwark is delicious and I always assumed it was worse for you than the yogurt, simply because it tastes better! I was eating the Optimel Kwarks but man, they're just horrible. I do agree, the high fat varieties are gorgeous! I'm going to have to pick up a pack and compare, since they quit carrying the Fage Greek yoghurt in my local AH and Dirks.

Oishii

Crispbread+chocolate spread+quark=heaven

I haven't eaten quark in over a decade! Thanks for the reminder :flowerforyou:

Deipneus

Wow that's been an eye opener- I thought babies across the world had a daily dose of fromage frais! Can't believe hardly anyones heard of it

I've heard of it but never see it.

TavistockToad

I see everyone eating greek yoghurt but no one eating plain fromage frais, why? Fromage frais has less calories and more protein than most of the greek yogurts in my supermarket except the very expensive ones.

fage greek yoghurt is expensive but its fat free and has a tonne of protein in!

i do like the munch bunch fromage frais though!!!

Elegra2006

I lived in the Netherlands for a year and the Dutch Quark is aces! They do soooo many flavours (apple and cinnamon anyone) and it's yummy and low cal. The only version I've found in the UK is the more cheesy typye one as opposed to the yoghurt type one - however it's good for making cheesecakes with.

Fromage frais is deeeeeeelicious! Going to stock up on some at the weekend.