Question about Greek yogurt????

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  • orchidbutterflies
    orchidbutterflies Posts: 59 Member
    I use plain Greek yogurt as a sour cream substitute because I don't enjoy eating it on its own due to the tartness.
    Now I love the Oikos Vanilla Greek Yogurt & very frequently will pop that in the freezer for 45 minutes and eat it nice and cold. Add some fibre one & strawberries = love.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    edited December 2015
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I wonder if Greek yogurt in England is different from Greek yogurt in the states, and by extension yogurt in Greece ?

    Ours in the UK comes from Greece otherwise it's "Greek Style ". There's a lot of the latter about.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I wonder if Greek yogurt in England is different from Greek yogurt in the states, and by extension yogurt in Greece ?

    ...All diary here are good for weeks...they dont know the daily fresh thing like Holland ( diary is mostly only a couple days in the store as a max)
    Here you buy milk today and it stays good till January lol How....my guess is conserving chemicals whatever.
    And the diary tast more like the UK and Dutch Pasteurized diary.

    Yes, Ultra Pasteurized milk stays good for much longer and in fact doesn't even need to be refrigerated before opening, but "Americans distrust milk that hasn’t been refrigerated. We like our milk cold, and UHT milk doesn’t need to be refrigerated. So, milk producers got creative. They could extend the shelf life of their product and not advertise that they were doing it. They’d sell the milk in normal packaging, in the refrigerator aisle, and none of us would be the wiser."

    I get milk that has had regular pasteurization from a local dairy. Sure, it doesn't last as long in the frig, but it tastes better, and I can see that the cows are well treated, which is important to me.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited December 2015
    yes in Holland it is mostly the same in stores Milk get delivered daily fresh and when the date on the carton/bottle is 2 days away almost nobody buys it anymore. 1 or two days max for selling. Expiration dates about a week.

    But it is also less sweet, all dairy

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  • mygnsac
    mygnsac Posts: 13,413 Member
    BeaUtiful_1413 wrote: »
    I added a tablespoon of honey some bear oats and some rasberries and blackberries and now I can eat it lol

    Glad you can eat it now! My favorite add-ins are defrosted frozen blueberries (the juice mixes in with the yogurt and thins it out a little bit), raspberries, pumpkin seed granola and either honey or a little jam.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    For what it's worth, Fage denies that their yogurt is different in the US:

    http://usa.fage.eu/news/fage’s-state-art-us-plant-0
  • vivdenx
    vivdenx Posts: 2 Member
    I really like Greek Yogurt, but I had to get used to it. I ate it with honey and fruit first, but now I just add fruit, because that's sweet enough for me.
    It's a little thicker than normal yogurt, but I like it better. :)
  • rhtexasgal
    rhtexasgal Posts: 572 Member
    I spoon the plain greek yogurt into ice cube trays and pop into the freezer for when I make smoothies. That way, I get a thick and creamy concoction without watering it down with regular ice cubes. My favorite is a pineapple-blueberry greek yogurt smoothie.
  • RainbowInTheDark
    RainbowInTheDark Posts: 37 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For what it's worth, Fage denies that their yogurt is different in the US:

    http://usa.fage.eu/news/fage’s-state-art-us-plant-0

    Fage yoghurt is the same everywhere, i'm pretty sure.
    It's pretty nice and creamy but my favorite one is from delta, i think they are exporting to USA but i'm not 100% sure (under vivartia's brand name). If you ever see delta's small family farms yoghurt, get it! It's AMAZING.

    That's how they look like
    http://www.vivartia.com/?page_id=3648&lang=en
  • Marianna93637
    Marianna93637 Posts: 230 Member
    I usually go for fat free flavoured Greek yoghurt by whatever brands is on sale that week, usually $.99 / yoghurt. They taste pretty good, and are usually 80-100 calories. The plain ones don't taste so good, especially fat free ones. You can dress them up though, add pineapples, walnuts, honey, mango, banana, etc, but you will also add calories.
    I eat them as morning snacks or when I'm craving something sweet.
  • ReeseG4350
    ReeseG4350 Posts: 146 Member
    I eat Greek almost every day for lunch. Of course, I have the kind with fruit in it. (Dannon Oikos is my favorite.) I add about a fourth of a cup of Grape Nuts to give it crunch, stir it all up and... tastes yummy to me! I love it. I never noticed a "sour cream" flavor at all so, either the blueberries or strawberries, banana, peach or toasted coconut killed the flavor or... maybe I'm just naturally a sour puss!! :p
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For what it's worth, Fage denies that their yogurt is different in the US:

    http://usa.fage.eu/news/fage’s-state-art-us-plant-0

    Interesting, the milk will be different of course but "In fact, our Johnstown plant replicates the manufacturing processes of our yogurt facilities in Greece. Some of our U.S. employees are also trained in Greece to ensure that yogurt production in these two countries is completely uniform and adheres strictly to our family recipe."

    Chobani lost a UK court case about calling their product "Greek" as it was sourced in the USA.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Blah I've tried plain yogurt and regular Greek yogurt and I had to add so many extras to cover the sour taste, it was pointless in the end.
    I just get the vanilla Greek yogurt or Chobani now
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Add some fresh fruit like berries to it. It's delicious.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    RainbowInTheDark wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For what it's worth, Fage denies that their yogurt is different in the US:

    http://usa.fage.eu/news/fage’s-state-art-us-plant-0

    Fage yoghurt is the same everywhere, i'm pretty sure.
    It's pretty nice and creamy but my favorite one is from delta, i think they are exporting to USA but i'm not 100% sure (under vivartia's brand name). If you ever see delta's small family farms yoghurt, get it! It's AMAZING.

    That's how they look like
    http://www.vivartia.com/?page_id=3648&lang=en

    I will definitely look out for it. You've made me want to try it.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For what it's worth, Fage denies that their yogurt is different in the US:

    http://usa.fage.eu/news/fage’s-state-art-us-plant-0

    Interesting, the milk will be different of course but "In fact, our Johnstown plant replicates the manufacturing processes of our yogurt facilities in Greece. Some of our U.S. employees are also trained in Greece to ensure that yogurt production in these two countries is completely uniform and adheres strictly to our family recipe."

    Chobani lost a UK court case about calling their product "Greek" as it was sourced in the USA.

    Is that related to the EU requirements about geographical designations? We tend to ignore such things in the US, although we finally did bow to the pressure of Champagne about 10 years ago. Well, mostly: http://blog.wine.com/2013/01/inaugural-california-champagne-controversy/
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Here in Australia they're only allowed to call it "Greek yogurt" if it's the real thing, otherwise it's Labelled Greek "style".
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Yeah. I can eat Fago 0% plain. Taste the macros...yum.
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    I cannot have Greek yogurt unless it's used as sour cream, or for homemade popcicles. If I have Greek yogurt, I get the choplai (sp?) flip.
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    I do give my dog plain Greek yogurt on top of her food sometimes
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »

    Is that related to the EU requirements about geographical designations? We tend to ignore such things in the US, although we finally did bow to the pressure of Champagne about 10 years ago. Well, mostly: http://blog.wine.com/2013/01/inaugural-california-champagne-controversy/

    The UK case was under consumer protection labelling legislation ie a typical consumer expects Greek yoghurt to come from Greece.

    We do have the EU PDO rules too for things like Champagne, Camembert etc
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I add chocolate sauce and pb2 to my greek yogurt. It is like...my absolute joy. One of my favorite things to eat ever. When I hear people say they don't like greek yogurt I just don't get it
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I wonder if Greek yogurt in England is different from Greek yogurt in the states, and by extension yogurt in Greece ?

    yes it is Yogurt and Greek Yogurt are different in the US
    It is sweeter overall

    Yogurt and Greek yogurts in the UK are more sour tasting.

    btw so for milk it taste different and butter.
    And i tried a lot.

    Now i must say that i love some Irish butter and you can buy that here too but never tried if that is the same.

    All diary here are good for weeks...they dont know the daily fresh thing like Holland ( diary is mostly only a couple days in the store as a max)
    Here you buy milk today and it stays good till January lol How....my guess is conserving chemicals whatever.
    And the diary tast more like the UK and Dutch Pasteurized diary.
    It took me some time to get used to it specially the yogurts. I was not used to the sweet taste of things...btw bread too is sweeter. But i do remember that UK bread was also sweeter than Dutch bread.

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    Depends on the brand, for example Yoplait and Chobani has fillers... such as Kosher Gelatin, Pectin, Locust Bean Gum that aren't present in other brands. It changes the flavour.

    But I find major brands like Fage taste close to UK flavours.
    German or French yogurts? OMG.
  • RainbowInTheDark
    RainbowInTheDark Posts: 37 Member
    Greek yoghurt is supposed to be a bit sour. It's very healthy for dogs aswell, and they love it. Greece's products arent overly processed, so if you want to go by which one is healthier, i'd choose brands that are Greek and not Greek-american. Fage is a very good option, here in Greece they're one of the top companies. There are better ones ofcourse, but i doubt they export.

    You can add honey and nuts, it's a traditional way to eat greek yoghurt, very tasty aswell.
    I'd stay away from artificially flavored ones and just mix it with fruit or anything else i want my self.
    Or you can go full Greek mode, mix it with some garlic, shreded cucumber olive oil and vinegar and here you go, tzatziki! Or skip the garlic and just have a very refreshing side dish that goes with everything and doesn't give you bad breath, hehe

    If you like chicken nuggets, marinade them in greek yoghurt and mustard and then cook them. I swear that makes the most tender and tasty chicken nuggets i've ever cooked!


  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Dannon Light and Fit is the best (in my opinion).
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    PeachyCarol wrote: »
    Finding full fat Greek yogurt in a supermarket around here is kind of like spotting a unicorn. I think I saw it once out of the corner of my eye.

    I'd love to try it.

    I can find it around here, although it is sometimes a challenge. However I've found that the 2% has substantially more protein than full fat (24g per cup for the 2%, only 9g for full fat - WHY??). I put it in my oatmeal, use as a sub for sour cream, top it with berries & honey - it's awesome.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    ReeseG4350 wrote: »
    I eat Greek almost every day for lunch. Of course, I have the kind with fruit in it. (Dannon Oikos is my favorite.) I add about a fourth of a cup of Grape Nuts to give it crunch, stir it all up and... tastes yummy to me! I love it. I never noticed a "sour cream" flavor at all so, either the blueberries or strawberries, banana, peach or toasted coconut killed the flavor or... maybe I'm just naturally a sour puss!! :p

    You're right, the sour taste is masked by the fruit (and sugar and fructose).

    http://www.oikosyogurt.com/greek-yogurt/traditional-greek-yogurt/strawberry
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I don't notice a sour taste, but it never crossed my mind to think of sour cream as sour either (despite the name), so maybe I'm just tolerant toward such tastes.
  • LovingLife_Erin
    LovingLife_Erin Posts: 328 Member
    Skyr all the way! I love melting a bit of pb then mixing it with the yogurt and honey. It tastes like pb cookie dough sort of, and is quite filling!
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