Chobani Yoghurt.....here I come for a quick breakfast....

I needed a quick breakfast today and normally I drink buttermilk made of fat free natural Greek style yoghurt with 1 tablespoon flaxseed powder in it. 

Today I had Chobani fat free Greek style yoghurt waiting for me in the refrigerator. So but obvious I was going to have that for breakfast today!! 

I particularly like Greek style yoghurt...

Greek yoghurt are normally robust in protein, calcium content and active cultures. 

So what makes Chobani special?

The philosophy behind making Chobani is "Yogurt should be simple". Yoghurt is made the same way for thousands of years, and so they do not change it! 

That’s why Chobani yoghurt is made with just milk and cultures which is then authentically strained so that it’s thick, creamy and chocked full of health benefits:

Chobani has: 

• Only natural ingredients. No preservatives & artificial flavors.

•  5 live cultures. 
• 3 types of probiotic cultures in Chobani: Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidus, and Lactobacillus case. Probiotics (often called “good bacteria”) are living organisms found in certain foods that help replenish and strengthen the bacteria naturally living in your body.

• Made with real fruits present at the bottom. No jelly! 

• Two times more protein than regular yoghurt.The one that I usually eat contains 4.5 gm of protein per 100 gm. Whereas Chobani contains 8.2 gm of protein per 100 gm. 

• A good source of calcium.

• Gluten-Free and Kosher-Certified.

• Naturally low in lactose: 95% lactose free



Strawberry flavour has been aways my favourite. So I start with a spoon full of it for tasting. It was rich and creamy with the slush of strawberry at the bottom. The strawberry taste was a little jammy, but it balanced well once mixed with the yoghurt. 



It contains cane sugar which imparts the sweetness.. The total sugar content at first seems considerable being 11 gm per 100 gm of yoghurt but most of it is lactose which is milk sugar. 


The secret behind the creaminess? 


Well, it's hardly a secret, but Greek yoghurt is strained. Straining removes more water from the yoghurt  making it more dense, firm and creamy. The end result is a satisfyingly thick and tangy your that's perfect with fresh fruit. 

 

I made my breakfast with strawberry yoghurt with apple pieces in it. I added 1 tablespoon of cereal flakes to it for crunchiness. 

 

The Plain flavour yoghurt contains no added sugar. The nutritional fact shows 4 gm of sugar which is Lactose i.e. natural milk sugar again. I will use the plain yoghurt to make a nice mint flavoured raita to eat with my lunch. (Will share with you all in the next post). 

Flavours: It is available in six delicious fat free flavours – Strawberry, Peach, Black Cherry, Blood Orange, Pomegranate and Plain.  Chobani is now available at selected Tesco stores across the UK.   
To learn more, visit www.chobani.co.uk 

Unexpectedly, Pomegranate is clearly my favourite.  The sweet-tart flavors integrate well into the yoghurt.

A very useful chart which helps to substitute high fat products like butter, cream, mayonnaise with yoghurt. After all it is all about eating healthy and tasty! ;-)

This was all till now about the nutritional facts and flavours of Chobani Fat Free Greek style yoghurt! 

But here is an ....

An Inspiring Story: The Man Behind Chobani Greek Yogurt.

 

Hamdi Ulukaya is the CEO President and Founder of Cobani. He has been dubbed as“the Steve Jobs of yoghurt” by Forbes in 2011. Hamdi stumbled upon a classified ad on his desk for a Central New York yoghurt plant that had recently been closed by Kraft. After initially throwing the ad away, “there were a million reasons not to buy it,” Ulukaya trusted his gut and fished it out of the trash. He went to see the plant that day, decided to buy it on the spot and officially founded Chobani in 2005. Hamdi immediately hired four ex-Kraft employees and began updating the plant facilities. It took over 18 months to perfect the recipe for Chobani and in October 2007, the first cups hit store shelves. Initial retail interest for Chobani primarily came from high-end, specialty stores. Despite his need for revenue, Hamdi held out for placement on mainstream yoghurt shelves based on his belief that everyone deserved access to “good” yoghurt. And in 2009, Hamdi’s conviction paid off when Stop & Shop, New England’s largest retailer, signed on. Other major retailers quickly followed suit. Today, Chobani is the number one yoghurt brand in America.