Healthy? Super-food? Good protein? Good bacteria? Nutritious?
Makes you 'regular'? Are you running through all the different
brands of Greek Yogurt right now in your head?
In a nut shell, Greek yogurt is made by straining yogurt to
get rid of the whey; (whey is the liquid after milk has curdled)
I think that most of us think that all Greek yogurts are good for us.
Every brand has a different recipe which means the nutritional value
is different as well, especially when it comes to the amount of sugar,
corn starch, actual bacteria and other added ingredients.
The FDA has regulations on just regular yogurt...
so what that basically means is that it can be regular yogurt with
the label simply marked as "Greek yogurt" which still isn't horrible
BUT you will be paying a lot more since the Greek is more expensive.
Some things to look for in true Greek yogurt; with any product-
just read the label. The main ingredients should simply be milk
and the active cultures; what I like to call the "good bacteria".
Stay away from things such as: "added whey cultures, modified corn starch."
Greek yogurt gets its thickness from the straining process, however,
some companies like to skip the straining process and they just add
a thickener like corn starch to mimic the thick richness we favor in
Greek yogurt. Sometimes even a gelatin is added to give it a slippery
looking texture. Anything to make it more appealing to our eyes right!?
Last bit of fact just for fyi purposes: yogurt (any kind) and frozen yogurt
are not made from the same recipe; so frozen yogurt is not
made simply by freezing regular refrigerated yogurt, but that's a whole
other post with more info!
Zestfully, Let's Cultivate Food
