healthiest yogurt?

dee_thurman
dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
edited November 27 in Food and Nutrition
I am eating dannon nonfat yogurt greek (80 calories) - I don't really care about the calories, but I am looking for a healthy yogurt. What do you guys eat and is it healthy? Looking for help.
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Fage plain greek yogurt 2% or 0% is my favorite of the ones I've tried. Don't know why it wouldn't be healthy. I also really like Siggi, which is technically skyr, I guess.
  • MrsSylvie
    MrsSylvie Posts: 301 Member
    fage and chaboni are true greek yogurts so they are healthiest to me. i did not care for the chaboni ones though but, i really like the fage 0%, we don't seem to get the 2% fage around here for some reason but, i probably would love that one more if we did.
  • sgos16
    sgos16 Posts: 6 Member
    Fage is my favorite Greek yogurt, but try Skyr. More protein and I think it tastes better.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Healthy is relative. Does it mean no calorie, no sugar, no artificial anything, what?
  • adriennemarieb
    adriennemarieb Posts: 38 Member
    Have you tried kefir?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I don't know about "healthy" but I prefer Fage to anything. I will eat 400g in a sitting.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I like Fage, too!!
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    I love liberte but sugar nazis wouldn't
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,430 MFP Moderator
    I love dannon for taste and love the how low in calories it is.
  • ekruska802
    ekruska802 Posts: 79 Member
    I like Fage and Greek Gods. I usually get 2% because there's something about the mouthfeel of 0% for me. Can't say whether these are "healthy" but they certainly taste good!
  • gainer39911
    gainer39911 Posts: 125 Member
    Plain greek yogurt and mix in fresh fruits
  • dee_thurman
    dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
    Sounds like fage is the most popular yogurt... I will have to try it.
  • dee_thurman
    dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
    2% or 0% you think?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Start with the 0%
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    They are all healthy. Manufacturers use different combinations of bacteria so will have marginally different effects. Fat percentage matters if you are watching calories closely. If not, choose by taste.

    Greek yogurt is higher in protein.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1USAzjWFHRPPZNJNm_rfNZqfUbLyMm-obA-aadT7kydk/edit?usp=sharing
  • pdxwine
    pdxwine Posts: 389 Member
    I buy Chobani. Real ingredients, no "chemicals".
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Do we have a definition of healthy that we're working with yet? Personally, I'm cheap and will buy whatever is on sale. Sometimes it's Yoplait or Oikos and sometimes it's Voskos and sometimes it's Fage.
  • seo43
    seo43 Posts: 5 Member
    I think Fage 0% is the best tasting one that I've tried, and Chobani a close second. I haven't noticed a huge difference between the Fage 0% and 2%. It doesn't seem to even compare to Greek Gods or Oikos. But it's more about personal taste than anything. And how you're eating it. If I'm putting it in a recipe, then I'll buy whatever is on sale that week. But if you're planning to have it alone, with just some fruit or granola, it's best to go with quality.
  • dee_thurman
    dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
    I am not sure how to define healthy. It is part of the reason why I asked the question. pdxwine brings up a good point that there are no chemicals in Chobani. Does that make it healthier than Fage? I have watched some documentaries on netflix about food and health. They make you think. Maybe they are just the documentaries that I watched but it seems like netflix is all about eating vegetables, real food, juicing fruits and vegetables and brings up questions about how much meat Americans are eating. One documentary makes the claim that eating meat (or a lot of meat) is directly related to developing cancer. The theme that everyone film hit on was that eating plant based food (fruits and vegetables), fresh if possible was really good for you. Americans don't eat enough plant based food and Americans eat too much processed food, too much meat, and eat entirely too much sugar. I am no dietitian and it brought up a lot more questions in my mind than I have answers.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    dee_thurman wrote: »
    I am not sure how to define healthy. It is part of the reason why I asked the question. pdxwine brings up a good point that there are no chemicals in Chobani. Does that make it healthier than Fage? I have watched some documentaries on netflix about food and health. They make you think. Maybe they are just the documentaries that I watched but it seems like netflix is all about eating vegetables, real food, juicing fruits and vegetables and brings up questions about how much meat Americans are eating. One documentary makes the claim that eating meat (or a lot of meat) is directly related to developing cancer. The theme that everyone film hit on was that eating plant based food (fruits and vegetables), fresh if possible was really good for you. Americans don't eat enough plant based food and Americans eat too much processed food, too much meat, and eat entirely too much sugar. I am no dietitian and it brought up a lot more questions in my mind than I have answers.

    Please be aware that a lot of those documentaries have an agenda and are cherry picking facts or ignoring studies that disagree with them. At the very least, try to do some reading on studies that present the other side.
  • carrey224
    carrey224 Posts: 8 Member
    I like dreaming cow yogurt. They're lower in sugar. But I also buy the noosa and they have more sugar and they are delicious.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I tend to favor whole milk yogurts. They're easier on my stomach, and I find them naturally sweeter than greek yogurts. Organic Valley makes a cream top yogurt that is particularly delicious. Brown Cow also makes yummy yogurt cups, although theirs is sweetened. Redwood Hills makes a good goat milk yogurt, although it's pretty expensive ($7 a quart!). I've also tried the Tempt Hemp Greek-Style yogurts before and really liked them. I didn't like SO Delicious Coconut Milk yogurts much though. Too sugary and not thick enough.
  • healthy_hermione
    healthy_hermione Posts: 64 Member
    i couldn't stomach the taste of fage, i personally enjoy chobani way more. they're usually on sale at the grocery store, wouldn't hurt to try 1 fage and 1 chobani and see which one you like better.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,430 MFP Moderator
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    dee_thurman wrote: »
    I am not sure how to define healthy. It is part of the reason why I asked the question. pdxwine brings up a good point that there are no chemicals in Chobani. Does that make it healthier than Fage? I have watched some documentaries on netflix about food and health. They make you think. Maybe they are just the documentaries that I watched but it seems like netflix is all about eating vegetables, real food, juicing fruits and vegetables and brings up questions about how much meat Americans are eating. One documentary makes the claim that eating meat (or a lot of meat) is directly related to developing cancer. The theme that everyone film hit on was that eating plant based food (fruits and vegetables), fresh if possible was really good for you. Americans don't eat enough plant based food and Americans eat too much processed food, too much meat, and eat entirely too much sugar. I am no dietitian and it brought up a lot more questions in my mind than I have answers.

    Please be aware that a lot of those documentaries have an agenda and are cherry picking facts or ignoring studies that disagree with them. At the very least, try to do some reading on studies that present the other side.

    Oh yes... especially all the ones airing on netflix now. It's about entertainment, not actually being a documentary. Also, everything is a chemical, so I will assume you mean, the one that has the least amount of artificial flavors. Personally, Chobani taste like crap. I almost feel like they changed their formula because I thought it used to taste good, now I can't stand any variation of their yogurts. Oikos was terrible and so is Wegmans. I haven't tried fage though or keifr

    here are the chemicals of an apple :)

    i5FL3.jpg
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    psulemon wrote: »
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    dee_thurman wrote: »
    I am not sure how to define healthy. It is part of the reason why I asked the question. pdxwine brings up a good point that there are no chemicals in Chobani. Does that make it healthier than Fage? I have watched some documentaries on netflix about food and health. They make you think. Maybe they are just the documentaries that I watched but it seems like netflix is all about eating vegetables, real food, juicing fruits and vegetables and brings up questions about how much meat Americans are eating. One documentary makes the claim that eating meat (or a lot of meat) is directly related to developing cancer. The theme that everyone film hit on was that eating plant based food (fruits and vegetables), fresh if possible was really good for you. Americans don't eat enough plant based food and Americans eat too much processed food, too much meat, and eat entirely too much sugar. I am no dietitian and it brought up a lot more questions in my mind than I have answers.

    Please be aware that a lot of those documentaries have an agenda and are cherry picking facts or ignoring studies that disagree with them. At the very least, try to do some reading on studies that present the other side.

    Oh yes... especially all the ones airing on netflix now. It's about entertainment, not actually being a documentary. Also, everything is a chemical, so I will assume you mean, the one that has the least amount of artificial flavors. Personally, Chobani taste like crap. I almost feel like they changed their formula because I thought it used to taste good, now I can't stand any variation of their yogurts. Oikos was terrible and so is Wegmans. I haven't tried fage though or keifr

    here are the chemicals of an apple :)

    i5FL3.jpg

    Is there a tee shirt available with this on it? Also, Chobani household here. Many options, the flipper d-o-o d-a-d-s are pretty tasty. And if licking the container is v-e-r-b-o-t-e-n then I do something terribly wrong.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    I agree with above:
    Healthy is a relative term
    Everything is made of chemicals
    Documentaries on Netflix are more for entertainment and fear mongering than education.
    Chobani Flips rock.

    I will also add... Noosa Yogurt is amazing, but higher cals/less protein than Chobani so I use it more for a treat than my morning staple.

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    The healthiest yogurt is the freshest because the number of the beneficial probiotic bacteria tends to decline with storage. Most of the yogurt we buy here is plain and has a 1-week expiration label for regular yogurt and 2 weeks for greek. If probiotics is what you mean by healthy, make your own yogurt. You only need to buy a starter once, then just reuse the yogurt you made as a starter from then on. The process is quite easy. If you like it greek, all you have to do is strain the regular yogurt in a few layers of cheesecloth for a few hours or until it reaches your preferred consistency. To make it creamier, just use an immersion blender.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    dee_thurman wrote: »
    2% or 0% you think?

    I think you are overthinking it. 0% has fewer calories, some think 2% tastes better. Others find 2% or full fat (which you can rarely find for the Fage) more filling. I think the two options don't taste that different and I don't find 0% less filling, so I usually take advantage of the lower calories. On occasion I might want to increase my fat in a particular meal* (usually breakfast, if I'm not having eggs) and prefer the 2%, but for the most part the two are interchangeable to me -- so eat the one you prefer.

    *It's sat fat, though -- I don't think sat fat is terrible and don't freak if I go over my limit, although I try to stay around it, but if I'm really trying to pump up my fat (something that is rarely an issue for me) I'd be more likely to go to olive oil or nuts or avocados or salmon and as for dairy fat I tend to like to save my calories/allowance for cheese vs. fat in yogurt. But that's me.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Healthy depends on the rest of your diet.
    Is your diet pretty low in fat? Then get 2% because it will probably taste better and fat doesn't make you fat.
    Are you eating yogurt to get more protein? Then choose Greek over regular yogurt because it has more protein.

    "Healthy" is really hard to apply to one single food in a vacuum, without looking at how it fits into the total picture of what you eat every day.
    And water is made of chemicals - hydrogen and oxygen. Everything you eat, drink, and breathe is made of chemicals.

    When it's on sale, I stock up on Fage because it tastes like dairy heaven in a cup. I used to eat Chobani, but I just don't like the way it tastes anymore. When Fage is above my budget, I usually get some version of Oikos. I do try to look for yogurts that are less than 16 grams of sugar, just because I tend to eat a lot of sweetened stuff and I just don't need it to enjoy yogurt.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    I like Chobani. I do like that they use evaporated can juice (I know, it's still just sugar) rather than HCFS -- but that's the taste. I also like that they have five species of live and active cultures. But overall, it's the taste and texture for me.

    One thing I did when I started buying greek yogurt was to look at the nutrition facts and compare protein vs sugar. Some companies have a lot more sugar for the amount of protein than others, and I want my yogurt to be a good source of protein with less sugar (I get plenty of sugar elsewhere, so I don't want tons in my yogurt). Of course, if you use plain/unsweetened yogurt, that is much less of an issue.
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