4 Different Yogurts To Try

Lately, I’ve become really into yogurt as a snack. I was never really a fan of yogurt when I was growing up but as I got older, I started to like it, especially with fruit mixed into it.

My favorite kind right now is the Dannon Activia yogurt, and it’s a low fat yogurt with Bifidus Regularis. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking…what is Bifidus Regularis? According to their official website, Bifidus Regularis is a live “friendly” bacteria that regulates your digestive system by helping reduce long intestinal transit time. Basically, this good bacteria in the yogurt helps your digestive system become more regulated. You can’t go wrong with that I think… and the yogurt really tastes good! I love the blueberry, strawberry and strawberry banana.

To read about the 3 other yogurts I’ve tried…

I also tried 2 yogurts that I found in the yogurt aisle at Whole Foods that weren’t exactly your traditional yogurt.

Ricera Rice Yogurt is non dairy, organic and made of whole grain rice. It is technically considered yogurt because of the live active cultures that yogurt is. Ricera is definitely a good alternative to the traditional yogurt and in my opinion it’s not bad tasting either. I tried the Organic Vanilla, and although there aren’t any fruits in it, I still enjoyed the taste. At $1.49 a pop it’s good to have every now and then.

Silk Live! Soy yogurt is a soy yogurt made by the Silk people, which appealed to me because I love their Soy milk. It includes live cultures as well, making it considered yogurt. I only tried their Strawberry Banana flavor, and in my opinion, it was kind of weird tasting and I didn’t really enjoy it much. The taste reminded me of plastic. I guess I’ll just stick to their soy milk.

Another yogurt that I absolutely love because I am a fruit yogurt person, is Pinkberry. They have locations in New York and California, and I’ve tried it in both places. It’s a pretty new company, so hopefully in the future they’ll branch out to other states. When I went to the Pinkberry in California the line was out the door! Pinkberry is frozen yogurt, but not ice cream type frozen yogurt. It’s non fat and light. There are two types of yogurt to choose from: Regular and Green Tea, and then you choose you choice of fruits and other toppings. The fruit toppings are fresh so of course when I went I got all fruit toppings. The taste of the yogurt is so refreshing and doesn’t taste artificial at all, especially with the fruit. I’ve heard and read about controversy of Pinkberry yogurt not really being yogurt on other websites but I think it’s just those who are yogurt haters.

Yogurt is definitely one of those healthy snacks that benefit your health, such as preventing osteoporosis, as well as helping your stomach, meaning your digestive system. Adding fruits to it, such as strawberries, blueberries and even mango and kiwi (yum!) makes it even more enjoyable to eat.