Greek yogurt is a fad and fucking sucks!

Breyers/Yoplait original >>>>>>>> Greek yogurt

2/12/2016 12:14:31 PM

fage 2% plain

Add your own fruit if you're concerned about sugar. I buy frozen blueberries and add in some of those the night before so I can take it to work the next day. Or I make overnight oats: 1/2c dry old fashioned oats + 1/2c 2% plain greek yogurt + 1/2c 2% milk + 1T chia seeds + 1 scoop protein powder (sometimes I add fruit too).

For dessert I mix chocolate protein powder and cocoa nibs in with it.

2/12/2016 1:00:31 PM

it's all about dat 190% NOOSA brand yogurt.

/thread

[Edited on February 12, 2016 at 7:43 PM. Reason : maybe not technically greek]

2/12/2016 7:41:57 PM

Wallaby Greek yogurt is the best plain.

Liberte is the best overall, has great flavors.

2/12/2016 7:45:05 PM

Fage FTW. Tried the Cam Newton flavor and it sucked.

2/12/2016 11:24:19 PM

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"Greek yogurt is a fad and fucking sucks!"

How can something that is centuries, indeed milliennia old, be called a "fad"? OK, so it is a "fad" in Western countries, but it is not going away anywhere, ever.

It is not called "Greek yogurt" in Greece or in other countries where it has been eaten for centuries. It is called "strained yogurt". North American manufacturers thought it would be good to called it something exotic, rather than the mundane "strained" yogurt, so they went with "Greek" yogurt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_yogurt

Actually, since 2014, Chobani has been labeling its products "strained yogurt" in the UK because British courts were like "your yogurt is made in the US, so you can't call it Greek yogurt".

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-25954228


And really, you make it sound like it is something different from yogurt. It simply is yogurt -- yogurt from which some of the liquid portion has been strained out, leaving a thicker more concentrated product. So I don't see how that would make it suck, if you like the taste of regular yogurt. Actually, straining out the liquid makes it less sour, and for many people that is good because they don't like plain yogurt on its own as it is too sour for them. But then again, the vast majority of people don't even eat Greek yogurt plain. There are barely any plain yogurts sold in a typical grocery store... most are pumped full with ridiculous amounts of sugar and other additives, it is atrocious.

I actually love any plain yogurt on its own, as I like the tartness. Sure, I prefer it flavored or sweet, so I usually add fresh fruit and/or honey. Just fresh sliced banana makes plain yogurt awesome.

This is probably the best plain yogurt I have ever had:




Actually, that's second best to this supremely delicious yogurt I had in the UK:

2/13/2016 2:02:36 AM

my wife is turkish, and we use fage yogurt as a condiment in eating. a dollop of fage with rice and baked or grilled chicken, as a dipper for some turkish meals, etc. we probably go through a large container of fage every week, and that doesn't include the fruit cups we take to work.

all the us made stuff - chobani, danon, etc - are all shit

2/13/2016 12:32:21 PM

^ I literally eat yogurt everyday and try many brands, so yeah you mean major brand names sold in US stores are shit. I can think of several brands made in the US from pastured cow milk that are among of the best yogurts out there.

And another thing to note that NEVER get reduced fat or 0% fat yogurt, just eat less of the yogurt that has full fat content.

I even make my own yogurt and have a yogurt strainer.


[Edited on February 13, 2016 at 1:24 PM. Reason : /]

2/13/2016 1:22:04 PM

Yeah aside from protein the fat is the other healthy part of yogurt. 0% fat yogurt is dumb. I do fage total with homemade gronola most mornings for breakfast.

http://www.theroastedroot.net/paleo-granola/

[Edited on February 13, 2016 at 7:18 PM. Reason : s]

2/13/2016 7:18:12 PM

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"all the us made stuff - chobani, danon, etc - are all shit"

news flash, Fage is made in the US

2/13/2016 10:14:00 PM

It should read:

Quote :

""all the popular us made stuff - chobani, danon, etc - are all shit""

There's plenty of good yogurt in the US. A few brands have been mentioned ITT>

^Yeah but it's a German company and from what I understand it's made in the same way.

Costco has FAGE total on sale for cheap. Picked up a couple yesterday.

2/14/2016 4:42:10 PM

^ What would the Germans know about making "Greek yogurt", or, what would be so special about them?!

Dude, it is a well-known fact that the appeal of Fage is that it is authentically Greek, and that's what it is!

It started in Greece 90 years ago, and only about 3 years ago moved its HQ to Luxembourg:

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"In October 2012, the company announced that it would be moving its headquarters out of Greece to Luxembourg. Reasons for the move include more favorable tax conditions, better access to bank funding, and a reduced exposure to the Greek financial crisis."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fage

It is still owned by the same Greek family that started it, and manufactures in a few different countries using the same methods.

http://international.fage.eu/#fage-history

2/14/2016 10:12:12 PM

I guess that more outlines the point that it doesn't matter where yogurt is made it's who makes it or what methods they use.

2/15/2016 5:13:39 PM

False. Any product not promoted by John Stamos is garbage.

[Edited on February 15, 2016 at 5:32 PM. Reason : Garbage.]

2/15/2016 5:29:00 PM

cottage cheese is cheaper

2/15/2016 9:14:25 PM

I was just kidding, I don't use Gatorade mix for anything, especially not for flavoring yogurt

2/15/2016 9:19:42 PM

Right now my top choice is too good vanilla, distant 2nd is aldi 2g sugar vanilla





The too good has specks of vanilla bean in it and tastes really good. For about .83 cents cheaper you can get aldis, more lemon taste in it, nearly identical nutrition



Want to try this simply cause has best protein/calorie ratio

Kroger has a new higher protein version out going to try today



23g in 2/3 of a cup

Or even further pushing the envelope that i am also trying today...



A whopping 28g per serving




Anyone have a favorite?

[Edited on May 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM. Reason : Last 2 are higher calorie counts which i don't like]

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"cottage cheese is cheaper"

Its about the same, and a shit ton more sodium. And tastes crappy

5/22/2026 2:09:15 PM

So left to right we have the 23g protein per serving kroger brand vanilla, next is some 24oz siggi's vanilla, 3rd is ratio 28g protein per serving, and last is chobani zero sugar(70 cal, 13g protein per serving)- all mixed with frozen blueberries/strawberries

Worst was easily siggi's. I guess maybe cause its less ingredients(more natural), but it tasted hardly vanilla at all. Had specks of vanilla bean like too good, but taste wasn't great. Its only 24oz and about same price as others that are 32oz. Update: ratio is 24oz too. Siggis All around worst pick

That was the only easy pick.

Of the other 3, ratio tasted the best to me, kroger tastes the worst. Chobani zero sugar was just kinda "there". The viscosity was interesting, ratio super thick, siggis and kroger kinda thick, zero sugar obviously more runny.

Calories wise obviously ratio worst, chobani best. But if ratio had a more normal like 15g per serving, it would be kinda similar to its peers. In other words, it has the most calories cause it has the most protein.

Cost, chobani wins cause its 40oz at sams for $6.24, ratio 4 cents more for 16oz less, kroger 32oz for $6. However if measuring protein against the dollar, ratio is 6.28/112($.0561 per gram of protein), chobani is 6.24/91($.0686/g), and kroger is 6/115($.0522/g)

None of them taste better than too good imo(or the aldi knock off of too good either), which is $5.82 for 32oz, 90 calories is nice, but 65g total protein per container stings(5.82/65=$.0895/g)

The kroger is a knock off of high protein oikos, and i wonder if name brand is better(probably), but i doubt i would pay the premium.

I can't determine how to weigh taste, price, and calorie counts. As someone that wants to lose weight, i feel like the lesser the calories the better, but do I ignore taste? Is it worth paying 25% more per gram of protein for something that tastes good? Availability also a consideration. Kroger means I have to go to kroger, aldi version means I HAVE to go to aldi, etc. Hopefully I can decide what to do

5/22/2026 11:55:11 PM

I'm puzzling out that challenge, too

I think the answer is just to eat less
and, for me, that means only eating one traditional meal per day

I have coffee with no sweetener in the morning, a lot of it
jerky, nuts, hard boiled egg, etc in the mid morning
a cup of tea or something else caffeinated before noon
lots of water
then a reasonable dinner around 6:30 consisting of a lean protein, high fiber vegetables, and as few carbs as possible

5/23/2026 12:40:36 AM