It's no shock that four of the top five most popular yogurt flavors over the last three years have been classic fruit: strawberry, blueberry, peach, and raspberry.
Greek-style yogurt is thick and creamy because it is strained to remove some of the water. It has a velvety texture and tangy flavor that makes it handy for both sweet and savory applications (more on ways to use it below).
This breakdown has remained fairly consistent over time. For spoonable dairy yogurt, strawberry is the leading flavor in global new product launches (between July 2019 and June 2020) at 16%, followed by vanilla (7%), blueberry (5%), and peach and raspberry (both 4%).
If you're asking yourself, "What is Australian style yogurt?", don't worry, I did the same. According to Noosa's website, Australian yogurt is Greek-style yogurt that's sweetened with honey, giving it a "sweet tart tang" and "velvety texture."
This is because yogurt is made through bacterial fermentation of cow's milk or plant milk and the fermentation process creates a naturally sour flavour. This sour flavour can be off-putting which is why so many brands have flavoured alternatives, to cover up that sour taste.
Regular yogurt is quite acidic in nature and often tastes slightly sour, which is why it is so often flavored with fruit and other sweeteners, but even so it tastes somewhat sweeter than Greek yogurt.
Plain yogurt is probably the type of yogurt most familiar to us. This unflavored yogurt has a natural sour taste. Some can be sweetened with sugar or honey and flavored with fresh fruit or jams. It can also be mixed into smoothies, baked goods, savory dishes, and much more.
You can't have a list of the best Greek yogurt flavors without a vanilla option.
Dannon's big breakthrough was fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt, released in the late 1980s, which was packaged as single-serve cups, and had the candy-like strawberry and blueberry flavors people were used to.
Greek yogurt has a thicker, creamier consistency than regular yogurt, and it's typically higher in protein and lower in sugar, too.
Chobani sells thick, Greek yogurt with a higher protein content than traditional yogurt and is one of the main companies to popularize this style of yogurt in the US.
Well, turns out that after the fermentation process, Greek yogurt is strained more times than regular yogurt. This makes it have that signature thick texture and, most importantly, brings out the strong and bitter flavors that bacteria may cause once the yogurt is fermented.
Recommendation: The healthiest flavored yogurt is one that you make yourself. Simply buy healthy unsweetened plain yogurt and add fresh fruit. And if you want a slightly sweeter version, add a small amount of your preferred sweetener.
Greek yoghurt is generally considered the most nutritious option when it comes to yoghurts. Due to the way it is made, it is naturally higher in protein, which makes it a great addition to breakfast, leaving you feeling satisfied throughout the morning.
There are different types of yogurt. Low-fat, or reduced-fat yogurt, is made with 2-percent milk. Non-fat yogurt is made with zero percent or skim milk. Kefir is a liquid yogurt for drinking.
“Traditional” Yogurt
Yogurt is created and thickened by adding cultures to milk, creating that familiar tangy, sour flavor. Milk is heated to prevent curds from forming. Then, it is cooled and bacterial culture is mixed in. Most yogurt has live and active cultures (probiotics) that promote gut and digestive health.
Its first known appearance was during the Neolithic period (around 5,000 BC) in Mesopotamia. That makes yogurt well over 7,000 years old! It's believed that, like butter, yogurt was created by accident when milk was exposed to bacteria or soured in warm temperatures.
They both have protein, calcium and probiotics (the good bacteria that help keep your gut healthy). Choosing the plain variety for both types of yogurts is recommended. The flavored varieties add unnecessary sugar—some may have as many as 7 teaspoons of added sugar.
Australian yogurt, though, has a longer culture and cooking process, which gives it a much thicker, creamier consistency compared to regular yogurt (via Wallaby).
tasty touch of honey.
while milk might be the foundation of our yoghurt, every batch of noosa is infused with a tasty touch of wildflower honey for a unique, totally awesome taste.