Greek yogurt - anyone familiar with it?!

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It has more protein and less sodium carbohydrates and sugar. It has better probiotics the live bacteria that helps digestion. It is also awesome to cook with. Usually come plain at regular grocery but try your local health food store they should have more flavored choice. Give it a shot I use it all the time.

Okay, there's something you should know.
There's good Greek yogurt, and then there's bad Greek yogurt. The first time I tried Greek yogurt, I HATED it. I hated it with a passion. The only way I could handle it was with a scoop of canned peaches or pinapple over it, which was really quite delicious. But after a few weeks of trying it I was hooked.
So I guess it's one of those acquired taste kind of things.
My favorite brand is Dannon right now. I like the texture of it. It's a little bit thicker than plain yogurt, and has a wierdish taste to it, but mix in some honey or fruit and you'll love it!

My mom bought a huge bin of Greek yogurt because she said it was healthier. In my opinion, its better than any other kind of yogurt. It tastes so good. Recently we switched to the 8oz individual containors. I've tried only pineapple which was to die for and vanilla. It tastes great plus fill You up well! Give it a try you wont regret it.

I love Greek yogurt. It's thicker than most yogurt's, and I think it has a higher fat content, so it's not necessarily the best if you are trying to lose weight. But it's especially yummy with a teaspoon of runny honey!

my mom has had it before and she loves it..i tried it..it dosent have much taste..but most greek yogurts come with a little container of honey to put in it..personally not the best yogurt ever!..but you can also put jelly in it..but i like gogurt better!..

Its good and very healthy. I actually have substituted plain greek yogurt in place of sour cream in some recipes. Its very similar but much healthier.

Greek yogurt is awesome the best flavor is vanilla or pineapple
TRY IT!

it's tastyyyyy, and healthier. (:

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"Greek yogurt" has been around a long time under different names...it's actually just yogurt that's been drained of some of its whey (the water-ier parts that contain one of the 2 proteins found in milk) and then called drained yogurt, strained yogurt, yogurt cheese, Greek style yogurt, etc.

I think the original store-bought drained yogurt was Fage brand and the original was made with whole milk and part cream so it was higher in fat than other brands of yogurt...now Fage puts out other versions as well. The company may have been located in Greece so things got confusing, but many people and ethnic gropus have been creating yogurt cheese and other things from it for a *long* time.
Now various brands make a "Greek" yogurt.

Greek style yogurt can be made from homemade yogurt (and some store bought yogurts) by just draining it for a few hrs or overnight. Commercially made yogurts though have often been homogenized which prevents the whey from separating as it would naturally do after being disturbed, and/or they may have had gelatin/stabilizers added.

When yogurt has been thickened like that, it makes a good substitute for sour cream and is also used in the cooking of various cultures (that's usually unsweetened though...if sweetened, it's sold or eaten as greek style yogurt).

Because some of the whey has been removed, it has more of one kind of protein and perhaps more protein by volume (but only that one protein). Wikipedia says that some of the sodium and carbs are strained out with the whey but I hadn't heard that before...if so, it's not a lot. Drained yogurt should *not* have fewer live cultures just because it's been strained though; all true yogurts have a lot but that can also depend on the manufacturing process/temperature/etc.


There's much more about "Greek" yogurt in some of my answers to these previous questions and these links, along with lots more info, if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Yogur…
http://www.google.com/images?q=how+to+ma…
http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ma…




And btw, I wasn't all that crazy about yogurt either (though I could eat Yoplait some) until I started making my own. Like many fresh foods, the taste to me is different and much better!