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I love yogurt, but Chobani is probably the worst example of a good yogurt product. Sugary and yucky, just like the awful stuff made by Dannon and Yoplait. I gu

I love yogurt, but Chobani is probably the worst example of a good yogurt product. Sugary and yucky, just like the awful stuff made by Dannon and Yoplait. I guess I don't understand American tastes; yogurt is supposed to be tangy, not sweet. I don't mind there being sweet varieties, but it's hard to find anything that isn't full of sugar, or is "low fat" or "no fat" (meaning, again, more sugar) or "creamline" (meaning unappetizingly slimy).

SeanLuke 12y ago
??? This isn't an American taste thing: such yogurt styles are directly from Europe. Switzerland, Italy, France, UK, and Ireland all produce yogurt in a form immediately recognizable to Americans. For example, just yesterday I was in a grocery store in Italy buying yogurt, and had two options: exactly like Yoplait, or greek style (Fage etc.)
- lobster_johnson 12y ago
  I am having much less of a problem finding unsweetened (ie., fruit only) yogurt in many other countries, although I will agree that the problem is not unique to the US. For a direct US-to-Europe comparison, when I'm in Germany, my favourite non-plain yogurt to buy is Müller's "Joghurt mit der Ecke" with granola [1]. It's 118 kcal and contains 11.3g carbs. It exists in the US [2], but with a different formulation: The US version is 210 kcal with a carbohydrate content of 32g, of which 22g is sugar. It tastes disgustingly sweet, for me it's inedible. In the US, yogurt is almost exclusively sweetened, with a sugar content of typically about 10-20%; most of the sugar doesn't come from the fruit, but from pure sugar and fruit juice. The yogurts are almost entirely "no fat", which from a flavour perspective is awful; fat has been replaced with sugar, making it less healthy. In my local supermarkets in NYC, the only whole-milk yogurts available are plain yogurts from brands like Stonyfield. [1] http://www.muellermilch.de/fileadmin/documents/infos/info_naehrwerte.pdf http://www.muellermilch.de/fileadmin/documents/infos/info_na... [2] http://www.mullerquaker.com/products/corner/crunchy-granola-yogurt http://www.mullerquaker.com/products/corner/crunchy-granola-...

SeanLuke 12y ago

??? This isn't an American taste thing: such yogurt styles are directly from Europe. Switzerland, Italy, France, UK, and Ireland all produce yogurt in a form immediately recognizable to Americans. For example, just yesterday I was in a grocery store in Italy buying yogurt, and had two options: exactly like Yoplait, or greek style (Fage etc.)

lobster_johnson 12y ago
I am having much less of a problem finding unsweetened (ie., fruit only) yogurt in many other countries, although I will agree that the problem is not unique to the US. For a direct US-to-Europe comparison, when I'm in Germany, my favourite non-plain yogurt to buy is Müller's "Joghurt mit der Ecke" with granola [1]. It's 118 kcal and contains 11.3g carbs. It exists in the US [2], but with a different formulation: The US version is 210 kcal with a carbohydrate content of 32g, of which 22g is sugar. It tastes disgustingly sweet, for me it's inedible. In the US, yogurt is almost exclusively sweetened, with a sugar content of typically about 10-20%; most of the sugar doesn't come from the fruit, but from pure sugar and fruit juice. The yogurts are almost entirely "no fat", which from a flavour perspective is awful; fat has been replaced with sugar, making it less healthy. In my local supermarkets in NYC, the only whole-milk yogurts available are plain yogurts from brands like Stonyfield. [1] http://www.muellermilch.de/fileadmin/documents/infos/info_naehrwerte.pdf http://www.muellermilch.de/fileadmin/documents/infos/info_na... [2] http://www.mullerquaker.com/products/corner/crunchy-granola-yogurt http://www.mullerquaker.com/products/corner/crunchy-granola-...