OK guys... what's the best greek yogurt?

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  • janessanessa
    janessanessa Posts: 299 Member
    Chobani is my ultimate favorite! I don't care for the taste of the brands that use Splenda or other artificial sweeteners.
  • 5n0wbal1
    5n0wbal1 Posts: 429 Member
    Dannon Oikos is good to me, but I've only tried it and Yoplait. When I got Yoplait, the single serve bowls were less than half full. What a ripoff.
  • Ruthie1970
    Ruthie1970 Posts: 11 Member
    I Love Dannon lite and fit greek yogurt - vanilla
    some fruit and alittle granola and its like dessert
  • jenns1964
    jenns1964 Posts: 384 Member
    I love Fage plain 2%.
  • MamaKatel
    MamaKatel Posts: 180
    They are all bad and full of GMO's. Find plain greek yogurt (organic) and puree strawberries and add them in there. Most yogurts have as much sugar as a candy bar!
  • Kasya007
    Kasya007 Posts: 165 Member
    I wish we had Fage or Chobani here in Toronto. I ate Fage while in Greece and it is divine.

    Normally, I purchase Liberté 0% plain Greek. However, if I'm feeling indulgent, I'll choose Astro 10% fat plain Greek. OMG, it's so thick & delicious. Yes, you read it right, 10% milk fat. Mmm.... :heart:

    ...Also, if I have the time, I'll use either of those as a starter & make my own.

    If there's more in it than milk & bacterial cultures, it's just not worth buying, and often not healthy. You really acquire a taste for plain Greek in time & you'll eventually love it as is. However, a drop of stevia & a drop of vanilla will sweeten it up, while keeping those calories & sugars low.
  • ronnyharry
    ronnyharry Posts: 10
    Hi. Total 2% or 0% are definitely the best by a mile, Total has the added advantage of actually being GREEK- not like Dannon and all the other pretenders. After over 30 years experience I can promise you you will not want another yoghurt, it is worth the money, Regards
    Ron and Athina
  • grho
    grho Posts: 71 Member
    Only Fage and chobani are true strained greek yogurts. Other brands like dannon oikos, Cabot, and Stonyfield are thickened with added ingredients. I heard this on a segment of All Things Considered on NPR

    (see the modified cornstarch in the above example)

    I had tried one brand, I think it was the Dannon? when the greek yogurts started coming out because I got it free with some coupons. I thought it was so gross I couldn't finish it. When I heard that story on NPR I decided to give greek yogurt another try. I started with Chobani fruit flavored and have since decided I like the fage a little better (I eat the plain fage, have never tried plain chobani but I have some free coupons from the recall they had recently so maybe I will try plain when I go to use those and see how it compares). I would say plain yogurt is a little sour, but if you start with fruit in it and work your way to plain I think you get used to it.
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    I like fage the best! Plain, fat free and I add my own fruit.
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
    If you're in the Northeast, then check out Cabot's Plain Greek Yogurt with 10% milk fat. It is far and above any other brand I've tried. Being full fat (4% in milk netting 10%), it's the thickest and creamiest and doesn't separate like most lowfat yogurts in the large size with stabilizers do after a day or so. It's so good, I just eat it plain anymore without adding anything. It only comes in the big size, though.

    Cabot is also a socially responsible co-op that distributes profits directly to the farmers.

    I eat full fat everything and it hasn't had any negative effects on my weight loss. If anything, fat (like protein) fills me up so much more than carbs, so I don't get nearly as hungry and the net result ends up being less total calories per day than if I ate a lowfat diet. I can eat carbs all day and still be hungry so I need more fat and protein to balance that out and keep my total calories down.
  • karlschaeffer
    karlschaeffer Posts: 1,507 Member
    I like the plain Chobani. I add fruit. I've never seen the Fage.
  • diamondgirl4404
    diamondgirl4404 Posts: 1
    Chobani, they are packed full of protein and you can get it in a ton of different flavors. If you don't have time to cut up fruit some day, a lot of them have flavors with fruit on the bottom!
  • lifu1
    lifu1 Posts: 10
    i usually hate greek yogurt but found that i like stonyfield
  • sassabella
    sassabella Posts: 98
    Chobani is the only one I eat.

    Chobani is amazing!
  • Luv2Smile55
    Luv2Smile55 Posts: 133 Member
    I absolutely hands down adore Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt. I love the traditional plain. It tastes like pure sour cream. YUM!!! :happy:
  • Bejede
    Bejede Posts: 191 Member
    I love, love, love Fage , Chobani and The Greek Gods.I like the full-fat, not 0% fat!! I only use the plain--add berries and stevia, or 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa and stevia. Tastes smooth and creamy, like pudding. Also put taco seasoning in a couple tablespoons of plain yogurt for a salad dressing. Yum!
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    FAGE 2% plain ... Hands down, FAGE is the best ... I preferred it better when it was imported from Greece (before they opened plants in the US), but even though it's not TOTALLY the same, it's still better than the other brands ... Icelandic skyr is also good ...
  • Chuki5
    Chuki5 Posts: 73 Member
    I have been enjoying the Chobani but just had some from ALDI that was rockin....sounds like I have to try this Fage......apple cinnamon cherrios and granola are great to mix in........yummy just thinking about it
  • mixedbag4444
    mixedbag4444 Posts: 189 Member
    Liberte 0% Plain... divine :)
  • judychicken
    judychicken Posts: 937 Member
    Fage and dannon
  • jarednuzzi
    jarednuzzi Posts: 18
    I like the Yoplait 100 with 2x protein. Black cherry is the best flavor for them, although I’m upset because they haven’t come out with a Blueberry yet.
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
    Fage is the best I've had. I like the plain with some honey drizzled on it. Muller and Liberte are good too. Chobani black cherry and Dannon Oikos pineapple are great fruit flavored ones.

    The only ones I avoid are Yoplait because they add thickeners instead of straining the yogurt (or at least used to) and my local store brand (Fred Meyer / Kroger) because they sweetened it with splenda which I cannot stand.
  • judyisok
    judyisok Posts: 3 Member
    I love it! My favorite is Greek Gods non-fat greek yogurt (plain). I can do so much with it. My heart dietician turned me on to it a couple of years ago.

    To top a salad, I use 1/2 cup of it mixed with 1/2 Tblsp of Litehouse Jalapeno Ranch dressing.
    For a treat, I mix a small amount (like a tsp or to taste) of my favorite Jello sugar-free pudding mix, right out of the box, into it. (Vanilla pudding mix actually makes it taste like the boxed cheesecake mix to me, however we all have our own preferences).
    You can mix so many different things with it.

    More recently, my heart dietician recommended the Dannon Greek, Light & Fit (80 calories, flavored. My personal favorite in that is the black cherry.
  • nmtGurl
    nmtGurl Posts: 159 Member
    If you're in the Northeast, then check out Cabot's Plain Greek Yogurt with 10% milk fat. It is far and above any other brand I've tried. Being full fat (4% in milk netting 10%), it's the thickest and creamiest and doesn't separate like most lowfat yogurts in the large size with stabilizers do after a day or so. It's so good, I just eat it plain anymore without adding anything. It only comes in the big size, though.

    Cabot is also a socially responsible co-op that distributes profits directly to the farmers.

    I eat full fat everything and it hasn't had any negative effects on my weight loss. If anything, fat (like protein) fills me up so much more than carbs, so I don't get nearly as hungry and the net result ends up being less total calories per day than if I ate a lowfat diet. I can eat carbs all day and still be hungry so I need more fat and protein to balance that out and keep my total calories down.

    I agree. I've tried a lot of brands and Cabot's is outstanding!!! I usually add my own fruit and like the big size since I go through a lot of it.
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
    Thanks for the acknowledgment, nmtGurl.

    I get a lot of push back from people for advocating eating a fat rich diet to lose weight. I've lost over 40 pounds since January and about 50% of my calories for most of the recent part of that came from fat. I also eat a lot of protein, so between the fat and protein, I don't have many issues with being hungry all day and can get by on much smaller meals and still net less calories per day than if I ate any version of a low fat diet. Carbs just don't fill me up at all. I love them, but I can eat them all day and still be hungry and end up over my calories before I know it. Once I figured out that fat took longer to digest and full fat foods were much more satisfying both in flavor and heft, my weight loss increased and my body fat started to fall much faster.

    I don't eat manufactured trans-fats and not much poly-unsaturated, but do eat a lot of saturated fats, olive oil, butter, coconut oil, etc...

    If you really want to try something good, add a TBSP of a good quality liquid coconut oil to a cup of the Cabot 10%. That makes it about as creamy as half and half or real whipped cream. Add some fresh peaches and a little maple syrup to counteract the tartness of the yogurt a bit and it doesn't get much better than that.
  • mike_ny
    mike_ny Posts: 351 Member
    Only Fage and chobani are true strained greek yogurts. Other brands like dannon oikos, Cabot, and Stonyfield are thickened with added ingredients.

    That's true for the Cabot low fat yogurts, but not for the 10% milk fat one. It's pure yogurt made from whole milk and after being strained it's as thick as sour cream with no thickeners added.
  • comrade_questions
    comrade_questions Posts: 103 Member
    Fage with honey or Chobani anything :) The rest seem pretty icky and artificial.
  • 902sexxi
    902sexxi Posts: 32 Member
    Believe it or not, Walmarts Greek yogurt tastes great! I like it better than the expensive stuff and it has a nice silky texture.
  • wlaura88
    wlaura88 Posts: 69 Member
    My favorite Greek yogurt is either Fage Non-Fat Plain or Wallaby Organic Non-Fat Plain. They are both thick and creamy and are packed with protein with low calories (1 cup = 23g of protein, 130 calories). I like to either mix it with honey, cinnamon, and fruit or with low-sodium taco seasoning and dip bell pepper strips in it.
  • aishacandoit
    aishacandoit Posts: 16 Member
    Try Dannon Oikos® Greek Yogurt... banana cream or toasted coconut vanilla...YUMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!!!

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