carb control yogurt
The things I do in the name of research.
Last week I was working on a piece about probiotics for Today's Diet and Nutrition magazine http://www.todaysdietandnutrition.com/. I not only researched probiotics and the various types of foods that contain them, but I also tried a bunch of different yogurts that contain probiotics.
While I was skulking around the yogurt section of the grocery store, I found Dannon's Light & Fit Carb and Sugar Control yogurt. I bought some, along with Activia and Silk's Live! smoothie as part of my research.
Now, I really like yogurt. I first started eating it when I was an exchange student in Germany back in the 1970's. I routinely eat 1-2 cups of yogurt per day, either in a smoothie, mixed with fruit and granola, or just plain. But I have to say, the Carb Control stuff tastes nasty.
It has only 60 calories in each 4-ounce cup, and also contains probiotics. According to the marketing, it's supposed to help control your appetite, especially for sugar and carbohydrates. My appetite didn't change after I ate it, and what I really noticed was the strange aftertaste.
These are the ingredients according to the Dannon website:
Ingredients:
Water, ultra-filtered skim milk, cream, raspberry puree, contains less than 1% of whey protein concentrate, modified corn starch,kosher gelatin, natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), Red 40, malic acid, Blue 1, sodium citrate. Contains active yogurt cultures.
I don't really see anything there that might be responsible for the aftertaste. Maybe it's just me; this looks like a healthy product and could certainly work well for many people. I'm just not one of them.
If you've tried the Carb Control yogurt, let me know! For now, I think I'll stick with my favorites: plain fat-free and Cabot brand yogurts.
Lynn
Last week I was working on a piece about probiotics for Today's Diet and Nutrition magazine http://www.todaysdietandnutrition.com/. I not only researched probiotics and the various types of foods that contain them, but I also tried a bunch of different yogurts that contain probiotics.
While I was skulking around the yogurt section of the grocery store, I found Dannon's Light & Fit Carb and Sugar Control yogurt. I bought some, along with Activia and Silk's Live! smoothie as part of my research.
Now, I really like yogurt. I first started eating it when I was an exchange student in Germany back in the 1970's. I routinely eat 1-2 cups of yogurt per day, either in a smoothie, mixed with fruit and granola, or just plain. But I have to say, the Carb Control stuff tastes nasty.
It has only 60 calories in each 4-ounce cup, and also contains probiotics. According to the marketing, it's supposed to help control your appetite, especially for sugar and carbohydrates. My appetite didn't change after I ate it, and what I really noticed was the strange aftertaste.
These are the ingredients according to the Dannon website:
Ingredients:
Water, ultra-filtered skim milk, cream, raspberry puree, contains less than 1% of whey protein concentrate, modified corn starch,kosher gelatin, natural and artificial flavors, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to maintain freshness), Red 40, malic acid, Blue 1, sodium citrate. Contains active yogurt cultures.
I don't really see anything there that might be responsible for the aftertaste. Maybe it's just me; this looks like a healthy product and could certainly work well for many people. I'm just not one of them.
If you've tried the Carb Control yogurt, let me know! For now, I think I'll stick with my favorites: plain fat-free and Cabot brand yogurts.
Lynn
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