For those of you who like Yoplait "Greek" Yogurt...

I'm a FAGE addict too! I've tried Greek Gods and OIKOS.... both are yucky! FAGE 0% is the only yogurt for me.

I really like Fage, Okios, Brown Cow, and Chobani. I usually buy the Chobani plain because it has 5 cultures compaired to the others 2 or 3. And if you guys love greek yogurt you should all drink Kefir...it's so tasty (I usually buy the Lifeway brand).

where do you guys get Fage? I have not seen it at walmart.

Meijer is the only store around here that carries Fage besides the natural food store. I love it, but it is pricy! I make my own thicker yogurt by just draining off plain nonfat yogurt. Cheaper and still yummy! :bigsmile:

Oh, and Sam's Club is now carrying Brown Cow Greek yogurt, but only in the fruit on the bottom blueberry and strawberry and I prefer just the plain kind! Oh well!

where do you guys get Fage? I have not seen it at walmart.

I didn't think my market carried it and finally asked.......it was over in the organic section ( or as the clerk said "the expensive isle"!)

I just checked the Fage Store Locator and even at the furthest distance it had, there were NO stores. I hate living in the middle of nowhere.

I get my 0% Fage 32 oz container at Costco $5.99

(this means even if your costco doesn't carry it yet, they can get it because it has been sold to costco before. go bug the people at the front desk and they will bring it in for you, I know this works because my mom did it at her costco)

Is Milk Protein Concentrate the same as whey?

Good lord I hope not!

Good question though. I don't think they are the same. Whey comes from seperating the milk into curdles and something else...can't remember it all. MPC is the icky byproducts left over from all the processing....like the random bits of animal left over after butchering.

Well kraft cheese is suppose to say it contains MPC, but it doesn't. Not even on the mac n cheese. The common ingredient that the two have is Whey, which is the only thing of each that comes from a by product. Whey -It is a by-product of the manufacture of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses.

I know Kraft got in trouble years ago for not having MPC on their lable, but wouldn't they have corrected that problem already?

Also, in Yoplait regular yogurt, not Greek yogurt, it does not contain MPC and does come from milk.

I looked on both Kraft singles (sliced cheese), Kraft 2% singles, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese box over the weekend and they all said Milk Protein Concentrate which is MPC. So I'm not sure where you are looking and not seeing it, but I saw it on multiple Kraft products over the weekend.

As a matter of fact, here is the ingredient list directly from the Kraft website:
MACARONI AND CHEESE - MACARONI & CHEESE DINNER - FAMILY SIZE
Ingredients: ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE:mad: , SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE). CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.
Size: 14.5 OZ
Upc: 2100065894

KRAFT SINGLES - KRAFT SINGLES - AMERICAN 24 CT
Ingredients: MILK, WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE:mad: , SALT, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR), ANNATTO (COLOR), ENZYMES, VITAMIN D3, CHEESE CULTURE.
Size: 16 OZ
Upc: 2100061526

Ok, reading up on MPC, it is GROSS.................and causing problems in our country, another reason to buy milk = buy American.
Buy products manufactured in the US, but with MPC in it, means buying an imported product.............

Milk protein concentrates are created when milk is ultra-filtered, a process that drains out the lactose and keeps the milk protein and other large molecules. The protein components are then dried and become a powder. That all sounds relatively benign - until we learn that those "other large molecules" can include bacteria and somatic cells; that virtually all MPCs come from other countries, most of them with very poor food safety records (China, India, Poland, the Ukraine); and that the milk used to make MPCs is usually not cows' milk. More often, it is from water buffalo, yaks, or other animals common to the countries where MPCs are manufactured.

Taken from this website..................... http://www.ethicurean.com/2009/03/10/mpcs/

Kraft has a new greek yogurt - Athenos Strained Greek Yogurt. Sold at Walmart in my area. The container did not say anything about live cultures. Does anyone know if this product contains live cultures. I have been searching on line all evening and cannot find out anything from Kraft or any other place on this. Thanks

I'm pretty sure I bought a tub of this once on the fly. Not knowing it was made by kraft. It has mpcs in it I believe and it does NOT taste like real Greek yogurt.

Also, of a yogurt container doesn't say anywhere on the tub that it has cultures, then it doesn't. It would be in the ingredients and most yogurts have a little blurb about it elsewhere as well.

I tried Athenos strawberry greek yogurt yesterday. BLECH! It was not nearly as good as Oikos. I had to add sweetener to it just to choke it down. Didn't realize it was made by Kraft (which I boycott due to them adding milk protein concentrates) or I wouldn't have bought it.

A VERY enlightening article about Greek yogurts: http://hungryhungryhippie.com/2011/04/11/its-all-greek/

Hi Elssha, first let me take a moment to geek out over your avatar. I love Captian Hitsugaya!

As fas as Dannon I don't know about the nutritional quality but the taste is definiely not as good as Chobani or Fage. Its better then the Yoplait though. I think the best of the Greek Yogurt is the black cherry one that comes out of Trader Joe's (if you have one near you) but Chobani is my close runner up. I'd say the Dannon is okay but you should spring for Chobani or Fage if you can.

:laugh: I have to laugh. This thread has been resurrected every year at about this time since 2010:drinker:

I love my Oikos

I thought it tasted like artifical crap too!

I have Dannon 80 calorie because it was cheapest.... I MIGHT try Fage this week

I used to only eat the Yoplait "Greek" until I learned it's not really Greek yogurt, only "Greek Style". No thanks! I am not completely in love with Chobani and I'm never going back to the cheap imitations!