At Whole Foods today I decided to branch out and try a new yogurt.
While browsing through dozens of organic, non-fat, low-fat, low-sugar, low-carb, low-you-name-it varieties, Siggi’s caught my eye. I started to read the front: “Icelandic-style skyr strained non-fat yogrt. Grade A. 0% Milkfat”. I wasn’t sure what that meant — Icelandic/Skyr yogurt? It sounded interesting. ::Turns Container:: “All natural. Milk from grass fed cows. No aspartame. No sucralose. No gelatin. No artificial colorings. No preservatives. No high fructose corn syrup”.
Next up were the nutrition facts. I compared them against the yogurt I usually get (Stonyfield’s Organic YoCalcium). Siggi’s had less sodium (65 vs 135), less carbs (13 vs 22), less sugar (10 vs 21) & more than twice the protein (7 vs 16)! Though it’s lacking in the potassium and calcium department, I eat enough dairy and fruit each day where it doesn’t really matter too much.
If you can get past Siggi’s being thick (which is what I found out Icelandic-style sky is) you might just be loving this very healthy strain of yogurt. Oh, you’ll also have to get past it costing 2x as much. You win some, you lose some….
