Product Review: Fage

The Greeks ate yogurt with honey - plain and simple.  Many American companies are co opting a health food and loading it with awful ingredients.   Ingredients should contain ONLY milk and active cultures.  If you are eating yogurt as a substitute for desert and need the sugars, etc.  - you are on your own.  "Yogurt" the nutritious one - is a good source of calcium, probiotics, and protein.  Also, knowing how the animals are raised, grazed, and milked is as important to the product result as the product ingredients.  Our first choice should be a small farmer/producer that you can visit or trust method of production and humane animal care.  Here are some suggestions - Simply Greek, Siggi's - see our reviews by clicking the "greek yogurt" LABEL to the right of this blog.

If you do not have access to a small local producer than this yogurt is possibly the best alternative:

Grade A Pasteurized Skimmed Milk, Live Active Yogurt Cultures (L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Casei).

F.A.B.: Siggi's

One of the recommended Companies is Siggi's

Why we review it...

-nice taste

-smooth, all natural

-small processing facility in comparison to the other large ones

-simple packaging

one of a kind in the US

 Finnish seems lighter than Greek but with the same satisfying custard-y feel  

The price:  $2.29/container

The website:

http://skyr.com/

contact info

Skyr Corporation
135 West 26th Street, 11th floor
New York, NY, 10001
E-mail: info@skyr.com
Distribution: 212-966-6950

F.A.B.: Simply Greek

One of the recommended Companies is Simply Greek

Why we review it...

-mid sized farm wth sheeps grazing outdoors!

-good clean smoothness with no thickeners

please note that some of the larger producers are using guar gum

-simple packaging

The price:  $2.00/small container.

The website:

http://simplygreekyogurt.com

contact info

contact@simplygreekyogurt.com

Simply Greek Yogurt. c/o Maple Hill Creamery. 2800 State Route 169. Little Falls, NY 13365

Information about Local Yogurt - Siggis