Greek yogurt

DevilsNegu
DevilsNegu Posts: 60 Member
edited November 25 in Food and Nutrition
Activa Greek yogurt has 80 cal and 9 g of sugar. Is that bad for you? Is there a Greek yogurt that tastes good with a lower amount of sugar?

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  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    No single food is good or bad for a person. You need to look at your diet as a whole.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,904 Member
    Not it's not bad for me. I don't have a problem processing sugar. I can't speak for other people. My preferred brand has more than that, depending on flavor: https://www.tillamook.com/products/yogurt.html

    It's dang tasty and I can fit into my day. That's about all I can tell you.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    You could get plain yogurt and add fruit or something. Less than 1/3 of an ounce of sugar doesn't seem too outrageous to me and you'd probably get about that much by adding fruit.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    it's not bad
    if it fits in your calorie allotment.
    I have a tendency to go with yoplait greek. It is really about personal preference
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    Mycophilia wrote: »
    No single food is good or bad for a person. You need to look at your diet as a whole.


    ^this. I prefer Fage (however it's pretty expensive) or the Trader Joe's brand...well Wegman's now that I've moved. I buy plain and add fruit/honey/protein powder. Just my preference.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I just checked and the Oikos 0% plain Greek Yogurt still has 8g of sugar in it. Milk naturally has sugar (lactose). I add fruit to my yogurt anyways which will increase the sugar even more. Then I add oatmeal and nuts which have carbs, fats and a little protein too.

    Even so, my breakfast is balanced and nutritious as a whole. There are sugars everywhere; it's the balance you are looking for not total elimination.
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    That's almost 50% of caloric content from sugar. I guess it depends on how you feel about sugar, your intent (i.e. pre-workout, nighttime snack) and what other forms of sugar you're consuming.

    I get plain greek yogurt and add protein powder for flavor.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    There's no "good" food or "bad" food. There's just food.

    Having said that, if you buy plain Greek yogurt and add your own fresh fruit for flavour, you'll get more fibre, less sugar and more protein for the same calories.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Mycophilia wrote: »
    No single food is good or bad for a person. You need to look at your diet as a whole.

    ^ Yep
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    edited October 2015
    *shrugs* Should probably see a professional to address any real dietary concerns. My preference is Dannon Light & Fit Greek Chocolate on Top Strawberry (100 cal, 7g sugar, 11g protein).
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    9 grams of sugar is not a lot for yogurt. Dairy naturally has sugar in it, and most plain yogurts naturally have @ 7 grams of sugar per serving. If you are just concerned about "added" sugar, you are better off looking at the ingredients. I've heard people here mention "low-carb" yogurts, but I don't do low-carb so I have no idea what they are or how they make them low-carb.

    My favorite brands are Fage and Oikos, they have some great choices that don't have a ton of added sugar. But I mostly pay attention to the calories...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited October 2015
    Plain greek yogurt's calories are from protein and lactose (which is sugar) in the case of non-fat, and protein, lactose, and fat (mostly saturated) when it has fat. You aren't going to find greek yogurt that has some remarkably different amount of sugar and protein by volume (unless it's flavored and they added sugar), and even with the full fat kinds it's not that they have less sugar, they just have more calories for the same volume, so sugar is a lower percentage of the calories.

    Anyway, nothing wrong with lactose unless you are intolerant of it, IMO. I consider plain, 0% greek yogurt to be a healthful addition to my diet. Some think it doesn't taste as good as full-fat, but that's not the case for me.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    edited October 2015
    DevilsNegu wrote: »
    Activa Greek yogurt has 80 cal and 9 g of sugar. Is that bad for you? Is there a Greek yogurt that tastes good with a lower amount of sugar?

    I don't think you can go much lower in sugar, because it is mostly from the lactose. Without lactose there is no milk and therefore no yogurt, unless you want to look for non-dairy yogurt.

  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    kwtilbury wrote: »
    That's almost 50% of caloric content from sugar. I guess it depends on how you feel about sugar, your intent (i.e. pre-workout, nighttime snack) and what other forms of sugar you're consuming.

    I get plain greek yogurt and add protein powder for flavor.

    Doesn't really matter if one 80 calorie snack is 50% sugar as long as the rest of the day balances out.
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    DevilsNegu wrote: »
    Activa Greek yogurt has 80 cal and 9 g of sugar. Is that bad for you? Is there a Greek yogurt that tastes good with a lower amount of sugar?

    Avoid flavoured Greek yogurts? They all have added sugar and very often include additional non-dairy ingredients like thickeners - pectin or corn starch. Real Greek yogurt does not need thickeners.

    The yogurt (assuming Vanilla flavour here) you specify has an 80 calorie serving size. Compared to 4% milk fat plain Oikos (also made by Danone):

    Activa Vanilla 0% 100g | 80 calories = 80/100 = 0.8 calories per gram
    Activa Vanilla 0% 100g | 8 grams protein = 8/100 = 0.08 grams protein per gram yogurt

    Oikos Plain 4% 175g | 150 calories = 150/175= 0.86 calories per gram or 86/100g serving, basically a wash
    Oikos Plain 4% 175g | 16 grams protein = 16/175 = 0.09g protein/g yogurt or 9.14g protein/100g serving

    So... if you want fewer calories from sugars and more from fats and protein, eat plain yogurt.

    If you don't care, eat what you like!

    Frankly this falls in the realm of micro-optimizing, but if you are in the less ingredients is generally better camp, go for the plain. You'll learn to like it eventually.
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