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Interesting, I make yogurt and find it to be cost-effective. Perhaps that’s just because yogurt is very expensive here (Silicon Valley).

eternauta3k 3y ago
Also cost-effective in Germany, at least the materials. To minimize the time cost, * don't do the initial step where you almost boil the milk * dissolve the powdered milk and starter yogurt using one of these [1] * make the yogurt directly in the boxes ("tupperware") you'll be storing it in * make large batches [1] https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=sch%C3%BCttelbecher&tbs=imgo:1 https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=sch%C3%BCttelbecher...
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j45 3y ago
Yogurt is absolutely more cost effective to make at home in Canada. You can’t buy 1 gallon/4 litres of yogurt for $5 as far as I can tell. Maybe there is an angle I’m not aware of. Plus you can be free of all the preservatives.
- Broken_Hippo 3y ago
  Plus you can be free of all the preservatives. This is the speech of a scaremonger: You might not be trying to scare folks, but you've certainly bought into it. Preservatives cut down on food waste and are an overall good for society. More folks would starve without these and more folks would wind up with foodborne illnesses. I'll mention that salt and sugar are preservatives, we've just found better methods now. Are all of them good? Nope, but food preservation was never perfect. That doesn't make it worse now.
  - j45 3y ago
    Not to distract from the original conversation, it’s great meaning your own yogurt in the quantities you’ll consume per week. No fearmongering intended. There’s lots of natural preservatives. But we know that’s not always the case with most commercial options.
  - prmoustache 3y ago
    They may be a necessary evil for large production of the industry but you can make do without them when you make your owns that you will eat in the following 3 days. It is still a bonus in that case.
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astura 3y ago
Something I've noticed about Yogurt specifically - yogurt is very expensive at the grocery store (almost $5 for the 32 oz tub of plain store brand) but much cheaper at Walmart ($2.36 for a 32 oz tub of plain store brand).

eternauta3k 3y ago

Also cost-effective in Germany, at least the materials. To minimize the time cost, * don't do the initial step where you almost boil the milk * dissolve the powdered milk and starter yogurt using one of these [1] * make the yogurt directly in the boxes ("tupperware") you'll be storing it in * make large batches [1] https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=sch%C3%BCttelbecher&tbs=imgo:1 https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=sch%C3%BCttelbecher...

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j45 3y ago

Yogurt is absolutely more cost effective to make at home in Canada. You can’t buy 1 gallon/4 litres of yogurt for $5 as far as I can tell. Maybe there is an angle I’m not aware of. Plus you can be free of all the preservatives.

Broken_Hippo 3y ago
Plus you can be free of all the preservatives. This is the speech of a scaremonger: You might not be trying to scare folks, but you've certainly bought into it. Preservatives cut down on food waste and are an overall good for society. More folks would starve without these and more folks would wind up with foodborne illnesses. I'll mention that salt and sugar are preservatives, we've just found better methods now. Are all of them good? Nope, but food preservation was never perfect. That doesn't make it worse now.
- j45 3y ago
  Not to distract from the original conversation, it’s great meaning your own yogurt in the quantities you’ll consume per week. No fearmongering intended. There’s lots of natural preservatives. But we know that’s not always the case with most commercial options.
- prmoustache 3y ago
  They may be a necessary evil for large production of the industry but you can make do without them when you make your owns that you will eat in the following 3 days. It is still a bonus in that case.
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astura 3y ago

Something I've noticed about Yogurt specifically - yogurt is very expensive at the grocery store (almost $5 for the 32 oz tub of plain store brand) but much cheaper at Walmart ($2.36 for a 32 oz tub of plain store brand).