How many calories in yoghurt
A pot of plain whole milk yoghurt has about 95 kcal, and a fruit yoghurt about 150.
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Plain yoghurt is milk that's been fermented, so it's thick and a bit sour. A pot has 5 g of protein, 7 g of carbs and 5 g of fat.
Fruit yoghurt is 55 kcal more, and the difference is almost all sugar: 22 g of carbs against 7.
Neither is a problem. It's just worth knowing that the strawberry one is closer to a pudding than the plain one.
Tips
- 1Buy plain and stir in your own fruit or a drizzle of honey, you control the sugar.
- 2Greek style or skyr gives you more protein if that's what you're after.
- 3Use it instead of sour cream on chilli or a jacket potato.
Where it comes from
Nobody knows who made the first yoghurt. Milk probably soured and thickened by itself in warm pots thousands of years ago, likely somewhere in Western Asia, possibly in what is now Turkey. The word comes from Turkish yoğurt, linked to a verb for thickening. In 1905 Bulgarian Stamen Grigorov found the bacterium that does the work, still named after Bulgaria.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, yogurt
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Questions
Is Greek yoghurt the same as plain yoghurt?
Greek yoghurt is strained, so it's thicker with more protein. Full fat Greek is also higher in calories.
How much sugar is in fruit yoghurt?
A pot has about 22 g of carbs, most of it sugar, against 7 g in plain.
How many calories in yoghurt with granola?
The yoghurt is 95 to 150 kcal, and granola adds a fair bit more on top.
Does heating yoghurt kill the live cultures?
Most of them, yes. Cooking with it or stirring it into something very hot kills the live bacteria, but the calories and protein stay the same.
How many calories in yoghurt with honey?
A teaspoon of honey adds about 20 kcal, so a pot of plain yoghurt with honey is around 115, still less than a fruit yoghurt.
