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Going Greek.


Stonyfield Farm Stonyfield Farm is an organic yogurt maker located in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in the USA. The company makes the number-one selling brand of organic yogurt and number-three overall yogurt brand in the United States.  is shaking up the dairy case with its Oikos Organic 0% Fat Greek Yogurt.

For centuries, the Greeks have strained their yogurt to remove extra liquid (whey whey

liquid residue from milk after the removal of cheese curds in the manufacture of cheese. An excellent protein supplement but difficult to handle in the liquid form, except to pigs maintained close to the cheese factory. Dried whey is easy to handle but processing costs are high.
). That gives each 6-ounce cup of Greek yogurt roughly twice as much protein (16 grams) as ordinary yogurt.

Since a little calcium gets tossed out with the whey, plain Greek yogurt has slightly less (20 percent of a day's worth) than plain ordinary yogurt (30 percent).

But the key difference is taste. Greek yogurt is tangy tang 1  
n.
1. A distinctively sharp taste, flavor, or odor, as that of orange juice. See Synonyms at taste.

2. A distinctive quality that adds piquancy.

3. A trace, hint, or smattering.

4.
 and much more creamy. One spoonful and you'll check the label to see if it's really fat-free (yup yup  
adv. Slang
Yes.



[Alteration of yep.]
), and if it really has just 100 calories (if it's plain, it does).

What's more, Oikos Vanilla has fewer calories (120) than, say, Dannon All Natural Vanilla (150), in part because it's got less added sugar.

Want yogurt that's even thicker and richer tasting? Try Fage Total 0% Greek Strained Yogurt. You could use it instead of real sour cream and no one would know. (Fage is avail able at Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of September 2007, Trader Joe's has a total of 284 stores.[1] , Whole Foods, and a raft of regional supermarket chains. Just be careful not to grab Fage's fattier Total, Total Light, or Total 2% Greek Yogurt by mistake.)

Top any fat-free Greek yogurt with a handful of berries and dig in. Or eat it by the spoonful, right out of the tub.

It's food fit for the gods.

Stonyfield Farm: (800) 776-2697

Fage: (718) 204-5323
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Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Date:Jul 1, 2007
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