High Protein Yoghurt For Kids and Me Too – Chobani Yoghurt Review
Our family’s favourite ever yoghurt is not found on supermarket fridge shelves.
It was the yoghurt we sent our driver, Piyari, to buy when we lived in Karachi. Piyari would head off to find the yoghurt man and return with a plastic bag full of yoghurt which I’d then decant into a Tupperware bowl and store in the fridge.
Plain, real yoghurt so thick you could stand a spoon up in it.
Oh happy yoghurty memories!
I often sag when I look at yoghurt on the supermarket shelves. Am NOT a big fan. Most of it tastes totally artificial.
However, we are nothing if not broadminded when it comes to food and eating. So when I first heard about Chobani yoghurt, I was interested. Mainly because it was in one of Susie Burrell’s weekly emails.
I reckon that Susie knows both her onions and her yoghurts and, honestly, if we all followed what Susie advises we’d be a lot healthier and happier.
Actually I more or less do, and I am.
Anyway, I saw some Chobani yoghurts in my local Woollies and bought a few and tried them.
And I liked them. They’re pretty solid, you could stand a spoon up if the pot were deeper. They taste like real yoghurt.
The Chobani PR people got in touch and sent a sample of all the flavours for the kids to try.
And some information. Which explained EVERYTHING.
Chobani Yoghurt – The Back Story
Chobani is a relatively new and hugely succesful yoghurt company, founded in the US by a Turkish immigrant, Hamdi Ulukaya.
Hamdi brought over a master yoghurt maker, Mustafa Dogan, from Turkey to perfect the yoghurt.
That’s why it’s so thick and creamy. And yes, I remember eating yoghurt in Turkey too and loving it.
Chobani Yoghurt – higher protein content
Chobani makes great mention of the fact that their yoghurts have twice the protein of traditional yoghurt.
When I went all squinty-eyed and checked the figures on the nutrition panels with some others this was certainly the case with the plain yoghurts. Not exactly twice as much protein with the fruit flavours though, but it’s certainly higher.
I asked a Chobani nutritionist how this is done, she replied:
The authentic straining process we use to make Chobani requires three times the amount of milk to make a given quantity of yogurt. During the straining process the liquid whey is removed, leaving the whey protein intact and resulting in the unique thick texture and deliciously creamy taste!
The stand out for me is the plain yoghurt, for me it makes the ideal mid-meal snack. I might mix in some passionfruit, or mango myself. Or no.
Children’s Taste Test
All four of the children tried various flavours of Chobani.
However, when Dexbox tried it he reckoned; ‘It’s really an adult type of yoghurt.’
I have to be honest and say that, if given the choice, they would probably go for a more artificial, sweeter yoghurt with a picture of a Disney character.
The trick is not to give them the choice.
I much prefer them to have a good solid yoghurt with higher protein. So I’d happily pack that in my basket for the after school snack at the playground.
The cost?
Now that’s the question. At the moment, my local Woollies has Chobani yoghurts for $1.99 a pot, that’s on special, the regular price is $2.14. Compared to other yoghurts it’s expensive. My Aussie Farmers costs $2.95 for two pots.
But then I’m getting more bang for my buck, or protein for my pennies in fact. I’m especially keen on the plain version as it’s so low carb.
Do you check out the protein content of your yoghurts?
Happy slurping
NB Chobani Kitchen has recipes here.
This is an updated version of a post which was first published on my old blog The Mum’s Diet.
Disclaimer: Chobani sent me a box of yoghurts to try. Many thanks. I’d bought my own before and have done since too.
NB On issues of low fatness. Chobani yoghurts are low fat, some 0% and some 2%. They still taste great. But I’m not averse to a bit of fat in yoghurts. We all need a bit of fat in our diet.
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