Greek yogurt

I'm about as far from an adventurous eater as you can get. Making myself try new foods is like pulling teeth, so it sort of surprised me when I found Greek yogurt in my cart last week. I had been hearing a lot about it online (It's so much better for you! It tastes so much better! It's like a dessert!), and it was on sale, so I decided to try it.

I finished all my regular yogurt, so had to bring the Greek kind in for today's breakfast. I eyed it for a long while before opening it. Sniffed it. Didn't smell any different. I left the open container alone for a while, watching it. Nothing happened. Finally had to taste it.

It's really very little different than regular yogurt. Maybe a slightly sharper flavor. Way thicker. I would not in any way, shape, or form call it dessert-like.

It has slightly more calories than mine usually has (100 for Yoplait Light, 140 for this container of Greek). The Greek container claims to have twice the protein of normal, but in this case it's nearly three times (Yoplait has 5 grams, Greek has 14 -- there might be a container size difference though).

When it comes to flavor, Greek loses big time. Supposedly this is strawberry flavor, but all I can taste is the tang of yogurt. Yoplait is AMAZING. Those commercials where the guy thinks he's really eating apple turnover but it's yogurt? 100% accurate. They taste just like what they're supposed to. Yoplait is dessert-like. On the other hand, Yoplait's second ingredient is high-fructose corn syrup, so... (Greek's third is "evaporated cane juice", so it's not innocent of sugar either.)

I'll finish the Greek containers I bought, but I don't think I'll be buying them again. (Or maybe I'll try a different brand if I see one, give it a second chance.) If I was still not eating meat, when I'd stick with Greek for the easy protein, but that's no longer an issue for me.

Greek yogurt

I'm about as far from an adventurous eater as you can get. Making myself try new foods is like pulling teeth, so it sort of surprised me when I found Greek yogurt in my cart last week. I had been hearing a lot about it online (It's so much better for you! It tastes so much better! It's like a dessert!), and it was on sale, so I decided to try it.

I finished all my regular yogurt, so had to bring the Greek kind in for today's breakfast. I eyed it for a long while before opening it. Sniffed it. Didn't smell any different. I left the open container alone for a while, watching it. Nothing happened. Finally had to taste it.

It's really very little different than regular yogurt. Maybe a slightly sharper flavor. Way thicker. I would not in any way, shape, or form call it dessert-like.

It has slightly more calories than mine usually has (100 for Yoplait Light, 140 for this container of Greek). The Greek container claims to have twice the protein of normal, but in this case it's nearly three times (Yoplait has 5 grams, Greek has 14 -- there might be a container size difference though).

When it comes to flavor, Greek loses big time. Supposedly this is strawberry flavor, but all I can taste is the tang of yogurt. Yoplait is AMAZING. Those commercials where the guy thinks he's really eating apple turnover but it's yogurt? 100% accurate. They taste just like what they're supposed to. Yoplait is dessert-like. On the other hand, Yoplait's second ingredient is high-fructose corn syrup, so... (Greek's third is "evaporated cane juice", so it's not innocent of sugar either.)

I'll finish the Greek containers I bought, but I don't think I'll be buying them again. (Or maybe I'll try a different brand if I see one, give it a second chance.) If I was still not eating meat, when I'd stick with Greek for the easy protein, but that's no longer an issue for me.