Which Greek Yogurt

Lidl do a excellent Greek Yogurt which is creamy and delicious, the brand name is Milbona.

I make mine with the EasiYo system so don't really know about shop bought ones but I do know that a lot here have the Fage Total Greek yogurt so they will be able to tell you the fat and carbs in that

Milbona here too, its really creamy and doesn't taste sour like some yogurts. Even nicer with a splash of double cream.

Yes the Lidl (Milbona) is very nice and creamy and only 3.8g per 100g.

The Fage Total version is twice the price and slightly sour in comparison.

Did a lot of looking for the best greek yogurt earlier this year and Fage full fat kept coming up as the best....


This is for 100 g


Calories 95
Total Fat 5 g
Total Carbs 4 g
Sugars 4 g
Protein 9 g

I've eaten the Fage full fat Greek yoghurt for years and saw no reason to change when I became diabetic.

I remember tasting "real" yoghurt in Yugoslavia on the early 1960s and it didn't taste anything like a lot of the stuff we have in the UK now. It WAS slightly mouth puckering sour.

But the best way to choose is to look at nutritional labelling on various brands of full fat yoghurts (you can check online for this information), and find something acceptable, and try it. If you don't care for the taste, try a different brand.

Robbity

Whole milk has too much butterfat to make good yogurt so even for organic yogurt, standardised milk is used in the UK.

Fage Total Greek yogurt is Greek in Europe but American in USA. The 500g full fat pot varies in price, between 2.39 in ASDA and 2.50 in Sainsbury's. Having had it in Greece, Fage Total is the real thing - unless it's American.

Vrai yaourt a la Grecque au lait de brebis bio (2 x 125g), basically Greek style made with organic sheep's milk is just as good as anything Fage, Lidl, Yeo Valley and Rachel's put out - and with 10g fat per 100g. Just difficult to find in UK. (Abel & Cole and Planet Organic have it)

If you're looking for more than 10g fat per 100g and something with a slight tartness to it, I suggest the following:

- Creme fraiche eg

• Rachel's organic luxury creme fraiche 200g 99p Ocado. Made in Wales, 40.3g fat, 2.0g protein, 2.7g carbs per 100g
• Waitrose French creme fraiche 500ml 1.79 and 200ml 75p Waitrose/Ocado. Made in France. 41.0g fat, 2.0g protein, 2.7g carbs per 100g
• Isigny Ste Mere creme fraiche d'Isigny 200ml 1.45 Waitrose/Ocado. Made in Normandy, France. 40% fat. The gold standard.
• ASDA creme fraiche 300ml, 95p, currently on offer 2 for 1.50 ASDA. Made in UK. 32.8g fat, 2.5g protein, 2.5g carbs per 100ml
  
• Creme fraiche by Sainsburys 300ml 85p and 600ml 1.60, Sainsbury;s. Made in UK. 31.1g fat, 2.1g protein, 2.0g carbs per 100ml

• Sainsbury's Taste The Difference creme fraiche AOC 250ml 1.20 Sainsbury's. Made in France at Isigny Ste Mere but not as good IMO. 40.0g fat 2.4g protein, 2.9g carbs per 100ml
• Morrisons creme fraiche 300ml 90p Morrisons. 30.2g fat, 1.7g protein, 3.4g carbs per 100ml
• Tesco British creme fraiche 300ml 90p and 600ml 1.50 Tesco. Made in UK, Red Tractor standard. 31.1g fat, 2.7g protein, 2.8g carbs per 100ml
• Rodda's creme fraiche 250g 90p Waitrose. Made in Cornwall. 30.0g fat, 2.4g protein, 1.9g carbs per 100g
• Isigny Ste Mere creme fraiche d'Isigny (plastic pot ) 20cl 1.10 Waitrose. Made in Normandy, France. 35% fat
  
• The Dairy House organic creme fraiche 226g 1.99, Abel & Cole. Made in Herefordshire. Great Taste award winner. 42.8g fat, 2.6g protein, 2.5g carbs per 100g/ml
• Riverford organic creme fraiche 250g 1.65, Riverford. riverford.co.uk no nutritional info given.

Yeo Valley creme fraiches are half fat.

Even tho I am a self confessed foody I have never had creme fraiche , would not even know what to do with it , I presume use it the same as yogurt......

mfactor said:

Even tho I am a self confessed foody I have never had creme fraiche , would not even know what to do with it , I presume use it the same as yogurt......

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I always used it instead of cream but much prefer cream!

You can use creme fraiche as yogurt or as cream and cook with it, because unlike cream it shouldn't curdle when boiled. It's good for swirling on top of a thick soup.

The other higher fat lower carb lower protein option that will give some tartness is sour cream, which has recently been renamed soured cream, in case morons thought supermarkets were actually selling cream that had gone bad.. duh.

essential Waitrose soured cream 150ml, 68p and 300ml 89p, Waitrose/Ocado. Made in UK. 18g fat, 2.9g protein, 3.8g carbs per 100ml

Yeo Valley organic soured cream 227g 95p Sainsbury's, £1, Ocado, Tesco. Made in Somerset. 18.5g fat, 2.5g protein, 3.6g carbs per 100g

Bakoma smietana (soured cream) 175g 75p ASDA, Sainsbury's, Tesco Made in Poland. 18.0g fat, 2.3g protein, 4.4g carbs per 100g.

ASDA soured cream 150ml 65p and 300ml 85p currently on offer, 2 for 1.50 Made in UK. 20g fat, 2.8g protein, 3.2g carbs per 100ml.

Tesco fresh British soured cream. 150ml, 60p and 300ml 90p, Tesco. Made in UK. 18.5g fat, 2.4g protein, 3.6g g carbs per 100ml

soured fresh cream by Sainsbury's 150ml, 60p and 300ml, 85p, Sainsbury's. Made in UK. 18.0g fat, 2.7g protein, 3.5g carbs per 100ml

Morrisons soured cream 150ml 60p and 300ml, 90p, Morrisons. Made in UK. 19.9g fat, 2.9g protein, 3.8g carbs per 100 ml

Cowbelle soured cream, 300ml, 69p, Aldi. no nutritional info on mysupermarket.co.uk

Wloszczoma smietana (sour cream) 400g £1.25, currently on offer £1, Morrisons. Made in Poland. 18g fat, 2.7 g protein, 3.6g carbs, per 100g

mysupermarket.co.uk lists Tesco Finest creme fraiche d'Isigny AOC 250ml 1.10 but Tesco website doesn't so I have no nutritional info on that but will be imilar to the others from Isigny ie around 35% or 40% fat.

So soured cream leads to sour cream and chive dips which you will find fresh or jarred in many supermarkets. Our American cousins can make dips out of practically anything, but if you need recipe ideas, suggest trawling charity shops for 1970s cookbooks.

I went into our local albeit little tesco and just dispaired row upon row of low fat yogurts. Not a normal yogurt in sight.

Yogurt is often an expensive way of eating insufficient fat. The higher the fat content in dairy products, the lower the lactose.

Milk and yogurt get higher scores on the FII Insulin Index) than the fattier dairy products, also.

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mfactor said:

Even tho I am a self confessed foody I have never had creme fraiche , would not even know what to do with it , I presume use it the same as yogurt......

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Use it like cream and great for making sauces

dawnmc said:

I went into our local albeit little tesco and just dispaired row upon row of low fat yogurts. Not a normal yogurt in sight.

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Because people still buy more far more low fat than full fat stuff look in any trolley in the supermarkets people will have semi skimmed milk, low fat spreads, low fat yogurts etc. It will take along time if ever to convince people to have full fat especially as eating full fat has not been yet been generally confirmed as being better. Anyone not diabetic or who doesn't have any glucose intolerance are not going to worry about the amount of sugar in low fat but I think manufacturers may have to lower the amount of sugar in them because they are being pressed to lower sugar content in everything

Just wanted to add my support for Fage Total. It's lush.

I'd also mention to watch out for "Fage Total 2%" and "Fage Total 0%" though, as they're less fat and higher in carbs.

I either have Fage Total or Yeo Valley Full Fat