Yogurt is a staple in our home, but the yogurt you find in my fridge today is nothing like the yogurt you would have found over a year ago. I think yogurt in America has become nothing more than a base for adding sugar, food coloring, additives, high-fructose corn syrup, potassium sorbate, sodium citrate, caramel color, and EXTRA YUMMY stuff like modified food starch. Would any of you have guessed you needed ANY of those things to make yogurt? Well, you don’t actually.
It is sad that our taste buds have evolved to a place where even our dairy products need to be ”fake” in flavor and pink or green to appeal to our eyes! Come on people, you know when you peel the lid back and dip your spoon into a “Key Lime” flavored yogurt with a thick, neon-green syrup at the bottom that you are not really eating fresh lime, right? RIGHT?
Again, moderation. If your kids need to have a Go-gurt once or twice a week, probably not a big deal (I don’t buy these). Personally if I were going to buy these, and serve them, it would be an occasional treat, and as dessert! Let’s teach our kids that junk food is, well, junk…instead of raising them believing junk food is food!
Greek yogurt can be sweetened up for your kids in several healthy ways. Add a few drops of Agave, a small spoonful of a healthy jam, fresh blueberries, crunchy cereal…PLAY AROUND with it. If you must, buy vanilla, or one of the other flavors now available.
Here is a comparison of Yummy vs. Yucky yogurt! I wanted an Apples-to-Apples comparison, though I doubt many of us purchase this version of “Yucky” yogurt, it is probably much, much worse!
