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YOGURT Diving for Cultured Pearls.


In 1916, Isaac Carasso Isaac Carasso (1874- April 19, 1939) was a doctor and member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family of Ottoman Selanik (modern Thessaloniki, Greece). He went on to found a yoghurt factory which became Groupe Danone.  of Barcelona introduced packaged yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk.
yogurt

Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world.
 to Europe. (He dubbed dub 1  
tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs
1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.

2. To honor with a new title or description.

3.
 it Danone, his son Daniel's nickname (1) An alternate name used to identify yourself in a chat room.

(2) A shortcut for identifying a recipient in an e-mail address book.
.) It didn't come in key lime pie Key lime pie is a dessert made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust. The pie is topped with meringue, then baked until the meringue is a golden brown.[1] Some key lime pies use other types of whipped toppings or none at all. , cappuccino cap·puc·ci·no  
n. pl. cap·puc·ci·nos
Espresso coffee mixed or topped with steamed milk or cream.



[Italian,
, apricot mango mango (măng`gō), evergreen tree of the Anacardiaceae (sumac family), native to tropical E Asia and now grown in both hemispheres. The chief species, Mangifera indica, is believed to have been cultivated for about 6,000 years. , or any other flavor. The tart plain yogurt, which reached U.S. shores in the 1930s, didn't take off until Dannon--Danone's U.S. incarnation--and its competitors started adding sugar and fruit.

Now Dannon, Yoplait, and other companies are changing not just the flavors, but the way we eat (or drink or slurp) our yogurt.

The Plain from Spain

With protein, calcium, magnesium magnesium (măgnē`zēəm, –zhəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Mg; at. no. 12; at. wt. 24.305; m.p. about 648.8°C;; b.p. about 1,090°C;; sp. gr. 1.738 at 20°C;; valence +2. , riboflavin riboflavin: see coenzyme; vitamin.
riboflavin
 or vitamin B2

Yellow, water-soluble organic compound, abundant in whey and egg white. It has a complex structure incorporating three rings.
, vitamins B-6 and B-12, and more, plain low-fat or non-fat yogurt is as nutritious nutritious /nu·tri·tious/ (noo-trish´us) affording nourishment.

nu·tri·tious
adj.
Providing nourishment; nourishing.



nutritious

affording nourishment.
 as skim milk skim milk
n.
The milk from which the cream has been removed.



skim milk

the residue from whole milk after the cream has been skimmed off. In today's usage it is the residue after the butterfat is removed.
. In fact, yogurt does milk one better, because its "active cultures" help digest the naturally occurring sugar (lactose) in milk that can cause bloating bloating Vox populi A lay term for post-prandial abdominal fullness or swelling  and diarrhea diarrhea (dīərē`ə), frequent discharge of watery feces from the intestines, sometimes containing blood and mucus. It can be caused by excessive indulgence in alcohol or other liquids or foods that prove irritating to the stomach or  in some people. (On the downside On the Downside is an EP by the San Diego, California band Counterfit, released by Alphabet Records in 2000. It was the band's first EP, recorded shortly after the members had relocated to San Diego from Fairfield County, Connecticut. , milk is fortified fortified (fôrt´fīd),
adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient.
 with vitamin D vitamin D

Any of a group of fat-soluble alcohols important in calcium metabolism in animals to form strong bones and teeth and prevent rickets and osteoporosis. It is formed by ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) of sterols (see steroid) present in the skin.
; yogurt rarely is.)

Mixing plain low-fat or non-fat yogurt with fresh fruit is still your best bet. But most people don't. In a typical yogurt aisle, the plain yogurt is elbowed aside by a panoply pan·o·ply  
n. pl. pan·o·plies
1. A splendid or striking array: a panoply of colorful flags. See Synonyms at display.

2.
 of trays, tubs, and tubes in which sugar, granola, and even candy candy: see confectionery.
candy

Sweet sugar- or chocolate-based confection. The Egyptians made candy from honey (combined with figs, dates, nuts, and spices), sugar being unknown.
 have replaced some of the yogurt. The result: sugar and calories are up, nutrients are down.

For the best yogurts, see our Best Bites. Per ounce ounce, in zoology
ounce, in zoology: see leopard.
ounce, unit of measurement
ounce: see English units of measurement.
 of yogurt they have no more than a quarter of a gram of saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , 30 calories, and five grams of total sugar, plus at least three percent of a day's worth of calcium. They're also free of the artificial sweetener artificial sweetener: see sweetener, artificial.  aspartame aspartame: see sweetener, artificial.
aspartame

Synthetic organic compound (a dipeptide) of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It is 150–200 times as sweet as cane sugar and is used as a nonnutritive tabletop sweetener and in low-calorie
.

That's the only way we could compare the standard eight-ounce (one-cup) container with its two-ounce, fourounce, and six-ounce cousins. If our cutoffs seem picky pick·y  
adj. pick·i·er, pick·i·est Informal
Excessively meticulous; fussy.


picky
Adjective

[pickier, pickiest] Brit, Austral & NZ
, multiply mul·ti·ply
v.
1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.

2. To breed or propagate.
 by eight. A quarter of a gram of sat fat per ounce becomes two grams in an eight-ounce serving. That's a tenth of a day's worth--plenty for a Best Bite.

Here are six new trends in the yogurt aisle:

yogurt.

1 Spoon-free yogurt.

If you're old enough to use a spoon spoon,
n an instrument with a round or ovoid working end; designed to be used for scraping or scooping.
, you may wonder why anyone needs to eat yogurt out of a tube. Tubes do make life easier for people who want to grab a yogurt as they run out the door without having to carry a dirty spoon around all day. But convenience isn't their only plus. Spoon-free yogurts are also suitable for freezing. M-m-m.

Anything frozen can melt away some of a hot late summer day's misery. And frozen yogurt's calcium and protein put it a notch notch (noch) incisure; an indentation on the edge of a bone or other organ.

aortic notch  dicrotic n.

cardiac notch 
1.
 above low-fat ice cream and other frozen desserts.

Just keep in mind that the three spoon-free yogurts on the market are far from perfect. Stonyfield Farms 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.  YoSqueeze meets our Best Bite criteria, but replaces the fruit with fruit flavors. Excess sat fat and calories knocked Yoplait's Expresse and Go-Gurt out of the Best Bite running. But don't cross Expresse off your shopping list.

Unlike the other two kid-centered lines, it's got real fruit and comes in grown-up grown-up  
adj.
1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion.

2.
 flavors (like "mixed berry Berry, former province, France
Berry (bĕrē`), former province, central France. Bourges, the capital, and Châteauroux are the chief towns.
" instead of "cool cotton candy"). If you eat one (or even two) two-ounce tubes as an occasional snack, the sat fat won't matter much. Just don't assume that you can keep going back for more. (And don't assume that the fruit on the package is the fruit in the tube. The Mixed Berry, for example, has blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries outside, but only raspberries inside. Some mixture.)

2 Drinkable yogurt.

Who needs a spoon when you can drink your yogurt? Dannon's new Frusion Fruit 'n' Yogurt Smoothies are essentially the classic Dannon Fruit on the Bottom yogurts with added water and fruit juice. The liquids dilute di·lute
v.
To reduce a solution or mixture in concentration, quality, strength, or purity, as by adding water.

adj.
Thinned or weakened by diluting.
 the calcium enough to miss our Best Bite cutoff, but you still get a quarter of a day's worth plus vitamins B-2, B-6, and B-12. (With Frusion Fruit 'n' Yogurt Smoothies you also get the red dye carmine carmine /car·mine/ (kahr´min) a red coloring matter used as a histologic stain.

indigo carmine  indigotindisulfonate sodium.


car·mine
n.
, which is made from the dried bodies of cochineal cochineal (kŏchĭnēl`, kŏch`ĭnēl), natural dye obtained from an extract of the bodies of the females of the cochineal bug (Dactylopius confusus) found on certain species of cactus, especially  insects Insects
See also ants; bees; biology; butterflies; zoology.

acarophobia

a fear of itching or of the mites or ticks that cause it.

aeroscepsy, aeroscepsis

perception by means of the air, said to be a function of the antennae of insects.
 and which has caused severe allergic reactions allergic reaction
n.
A local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized.
 in a small number of people. Carmine is also used in many other spoonable and "spoon-free" yogurts.)

If you live on the East Coast, Natural by Nature Lowfat Yogurt Shake is another possibility. It's organic ... and free of carmine.

Dannon's kid-oriented Drinkable Danimals were the only drinkable yogurts to get a Best Bite. But to an adult, the three-ounce serving size may not seem worth the plastic container it comes in. At least it and other drinkable yogurt containers are recyclable re·cy·cle  
tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles
1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment.

2. To start a different cycle in.

3.
a.
. Most spoonables aren't.

3 Yogurt plus toppings.

few years ago, started adding sprinkles to some of its yogurts marketed to kids. No doubt, millions of parents were thrilled thrill  
v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills

v.tr.
1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly.

2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture.
 to have (Continued on page 14)

Sprinkl'ins--yet another healthy food heading down the path to Junkville.

Now, at least one adult brand, YoCrunch, has gotten into the yogurt-as-ice-cream act. The flavors with Nestle Candy Pieces, Chocolate Crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching.

(2) To compress data. See data compression.

1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way.
, or Oreos supply extra calories and saturated fat at the expense of protein, calcium, and vitamins. A Strawberry strawberry, any plant of the genus Fragaria of the family Rosaceae (rose family), low herbaceous perennials with edible red fruits, native to temperate and mountainous tropical regions. The European everbearing strawberry (F.  YoCrunch with Nestle Crunch has 240 calories, for example. The same amount of low-fat fruit yogurt has 160 to 180.

4 Full-fat yogurt.

Only in the U.S. is the market dominated by low-fat yogurt. So it's no surprise that Dannon would take a stab at marketing the full-fat version to Americans.

The elegantly packaged la Creme n. 1. Cream; - a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.  is indeed "incredibly creamy cream·y  
adj. cream·i·er, cream·i·est
Rich in or resembling cream.



creami·ly adv.
." But the "touch of cream" means three grams of saturated saturated /sat·u·rat·ed/ (sach´ah-rat?ed)
1. denoting a chemical compound that has only single bonds and no double or triple bonds between atoms.

2. unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance.
 fat--15 percent of a day's worth in a four-ounce serving. Again, you're trading nutrients for calories. The eight-ounce cups of Brown Cow
  • Brown cow is a synonym of a root beer float, but more often refers to a similar cola float.
  • Brown Cow (yogurt) is a brand of yogurt from Antioch, California.
  • A Brown Cow is a mixed drink made with Kahlua and milk or cream
 Farm Cream at the Top Whole Milk Yogurt use up 20 percent of a day's sat fat. It's just not worth it.

5 Soy yogurt Soy yogurt is yogurt prepared using soy milk, yogurt bacteria, mainly Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus and sometimes additional sweetener, like fructose, glucose, honey or raw sugar [1]. .

Whether your aim is to avoid milk or to eat more soy, you can now find "cultured soy" tucked in among the milk products in the yogurt aisle.

Soy does have some advantages: It has virtually no saturated fat, it may help lower cholesterol levels, and some brands--like Silk and Whole Soy--are made from organic soybeans. Whether soy reduces (or raises) the risk of breast cancer and whether it can prevent or tame prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men.  or menopausal men·o·pause  
n.
The period marked by the natural and permanent cessation of menstruation, occurring usually between the ages of 45 and 55.



[New Latin m
 symptoms is still unclear.

But for many people, the taste takes some getting used to. And remember that soy doesn't have as much calcium, magnesium, protein, or B-vitamins as milk. Silk and Stonyfield Farm fortify for·ti·fy  
v. for·ti·fied, for·ti·fy·ing, for·ti·fies

v.tr.
To make strong, as:
a. To strengthen and secure (a position) with fortifications.

b. To reinforce by adding material.
 their brands with calcium. Whole Soy doesn't.

6 Lower-calorie yogurt.

Dannon recently cut the calories in its flagship Fruit on the Bottom line. Most flavors now have 210 calories, down from the earlier 240. But for serious calorie-counters, all major brands now have "light" lines that use the artificial sweetener aspartame instead of sugar. That slices the calories by at least a third.

The problem with diet or light yogurts: it's hard to say with certainty that aspartame is safe, and the calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;.  savings are fairly modest (unless you're eating two or three yogurts a day). That's why we gave no Best Bites to artificially sweetened sweet·en  
v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens

v.tr.
1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance.

2. To make more pleasant or agreeable.
 yogurts.

Other than that, you won't find many differences between the regulars and lights. One exception: Dannon Coffee Yogurt has caffeine caffeine (kăfēn`), odorless, slightly bitter alkaloid found in coffee, tea, kola nuts (see cola), ilex plants (the source of the Latin American drink maté), and, in small amounts, in cocoa (see cacao).  (about half a cup of coffee's worth in each eight-ounce container). Dannon Light 'n Fit Cappuccino Yogurt uses decaf de·caf  
n. Informal
Decaffeinated coffee.



decaf adj.
, as does Stonyfield Farm Cappuccino.

The information for this article was compiled by Heather Jones Heather Jones (born October 8, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team.  DeMino and Jackie Adriano.

The Culture Club

Per ounce, our Best Bites have at least three percent of a day's calcium and no more than a quarter of a gram of saturated fat, 30 calories, and five grams of total sugar (that includes added sugar plus naturally occurring sugar in the yogurt and any fruit). For an eight-ounce yogurt, that translates into two grams of sat fat, 240 calories, 40 grams of sugar, and a quarter of a day's calcium. Best Bites are also free of candy, cookies, sprinkles, and artificial sweeteners.

Within each category, yogurts are ranked from best to worst--from least to most saturated fat, then most to least calcium, then least to most calories and sugar.
                                                              Saturated
                                                   Calories      Fat
Yogurt Tubes (2 oz.)                                           (grams)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yosqueeze(1)         60         0.50
                 Yoplait Expresse(1)                  70           1
                 Yoplait Go-Gurt(1)                   70           1

Yogurt Drinks (3 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Dannon Danimals Drinkable
                   Lowfat Yogurt(1)                   90           1
                 Dannon Frusion Fruit `n' Yogurt
                 Smoothie (10 oz.)(1)                270           2
                 Natural by Nature Lowfat
                 Yogurt Shake (8oz.)(1)              210           2

Yogurt (4 oz.)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yobaby(1)           110           0
[check][check]   Dannon Blended Nonfat(1)            100           0
                 Dannon Sprinkl'ins Lowfat(1)        130           0
                 Breyers Light Nonfat(1,2)            60           0
                 Dannon Light'n Fit Nonfat(1,2)       60           0
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Planet
                   Protectors Lowfat(1)              100           1
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yoself
                   Lowfat(1)                         110           1
[check][check]   Dannon Danimals Lowfat(1)           110           1
[check][check]   Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat(1)                         110           1
                 Jell-O Kid Pack(1)                  110           1
                 Breyers Smooth & Creamy
                   Blended Lowfat(1)                 120           1
                 Yoplait Trix Lowfat(1)              120           1
                 Breyers Light N' Lively
                   Lowfat(1)                         120           1
                 Yoplait Yumsters Lowfat(1)          120           2
                 Dannon la Creme(1)                  140           3

Yogurt (6 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy Fat
                   Free, Plain                        80           0
[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy Fat
                   Free, flavored(1)                 140           0
                 La Yogurt Light Nonfat(1,2)         100           0
                 Yoplait Light Nonfat(1,2)           100           0
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Fruit Blends
                   Lowfat(1)                         160           1
[check][check]   La Yogurt Lowfat, except
                   Cherry Vanilla(1)                 170           1
                 La Yogurt LowFat, Cherry
                   Vanilla                           180           1
                 La Yogurt Sabor Latino Lowfat,
                   except Strawberry Kiwi(1)         180           1
[check][check]   Yoplait Original Lowfat,
                   except Coconut
                   Cream Pie and Lemon(1)            170           1
[check][check]   Dannon Double Delights Lowfat,
                   Strawberry Cheesecake             170           1
                 Dannon Double Delights Lowfat,
                   except Strawberry
                   Cheesecake(1)                     190           1
                 La Yogurt Custard Classics
                   Lowfat(1)                         190           1
                 YoCrunch, with Granola
                   (6.5 oz.)(1)                      220           1
[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy
                   Blended(1)                        160           2
[check][check]   LaYogurt Sabor Latino,
                   Strawberry Kiwi                   180           2
                 YoCrunch, Cookies n'Cream
                   (6.5 oz.)                         190           2
                 Yoplait Custard Style
                   Lowfat(1)                         190           2
                 Yoplait Original Lowfat,
                   Coconut Cream Pie and
                   Lemon(3)                          190           2
                 Brown Cow Farm Whole Milk(1)        170           4
                 YoCrunch, Strawberry with
                   Nestle Crunch (6.5 oz.)           240           4
                 YoCrunch, Vanilla with
                   Chocolate Crunch (6.5 oz.)        240           5

Yogurt (8 oz.)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Nonfat, Plain       100           0
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Nonfat,
                   flavored, except
                   Chocolate Underground(1)          160           0
[check][check]   Dannon Fat Free, Plain              130           0
                 Colombo Light Fat Free(1,2)         120           0
[check][check]   Brown Cow Farm Fat Free,
                   flavored(1)                       180           0
                 Stonyfield Farm Nonfat,
                   Chocolate Underground             200           0
                 Brown Cow Farm 99% Fat Free,
                   Chocolate                         220           0
                 Dannon Light 'n Fit
                   Nonfat(1,2)                       120           0
                 Breyers Light Nonfat(1,2)           120           0
[check][check]   Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, except French
                   Vanilla Raspberry, French
                   Vanilla Strawberry, and
                   Tropical Peach(1)                 210           1
[check][check]   Breyers Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, Peach, Raspberry,
                   and Strawberry(3)                 220           1
                 Breyers Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, Black Cherry,
                   Blueberry, Mixed Berry,
                   Pineapple, and Strawberry(3)      230           1
                 Colombo Classic Fruit on the
                   Bottom Lowfat,
                   except Banana Strawberry(1)       220           1
                 Colombo Classic Fruit on the
                   Bottom Lowfat, Banana
                   Strawberry                        230           1
                 Breyers Smooth & Creamy
                   Blended Lowfat(1)                 240           1
[check][check]   Dannon Premium Reduced Fat,
                   Plain                             150           2
[check][check]   Dannon Lowfat, Coffee,
                   Cranberry Raspberry,
                   Lemon, and Vanilla(3)             220           2
                 Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, French Vanilla
                   Raspberry, French Vanilla
                   Strawberry, and Tropical
                   Peach(3)                          240           2
                 Breyers a la Mode Lowfat(1)         280           2
[check][check]   Colombo Classic Lowfat, Lemon
                   and Vanilla(3)                    180           2
                 Dannon Natural, Plain               170           5
                 Brown Cow Farm Cream at the
                   Top Whole Milk, flavored(1)       220           5

Soy Yogurt (6 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Silk Cultured Soy, Plain
                   (8 oz.)                           150           0
[check][check]   Silk Cultured Soy, flavored(1)      160           0
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm o'Soy
                   (4 oz.)(1)                         90           0
                 Whole Soy(1)                        150           0

                                                   Calcium     Sugar(*)
Yogurt Tubes (2 oz.)                                (% DV)      (grams)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yosqueeze(1)         10          10
                 Yoplait Expresse(1)                  10          10
                 Yoplait Go-Gurt(1)                   10          10

Yogurt Drinks (3 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Dannon Danimals Drinkable
                   Lowfat Yogurt(1)                   15          15
                 Dannon Frusion Fruit `n' Yogurt
                 Smoothie (10 oz.)(1)                 25          49
                 Natural by Nature Lowfat
                 Yogurt Shake (8oz.)(1)               20          39

Yogurt (4 oz.)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yobaby(1)            30          14
[check][check]   Dannon Blended Nonfat(1)             15          18
                 Dannon Sprinkl'ins Lowfat(1)         15          21
                 Breyers Light Nonfat(1,2)            10           9
                 Dannon Light'n Fit Nonfat(1,2)       10           9
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Planet
                   Protectors Lowfat(1)               20          17
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Yoself
                   Lowfat(1)                          20          18
[check][check]   Dannon Danimals Lowfat(1)            15          18
[check][check]   Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat(1)                          15          19
                 Jell-O Kid Pack(1)                   10          20
                 Breyers Smooth & Creamy
                   Blended Lowfat(1)                  10          19
                 Yoplait Trix Lowfat(1)               10          19
                 Breyers Light N' Lively
                   Lowfat(1)                          10          21
                 Yoplait Yumsters Lowfat(1)           20          18
                 Dannon la Creme(1)                   15          18

Yogurt (6 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy Fat
                   Free, Plain                        25          11
[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy Fat
                   Free, flavored(1)                  25          26
                 La Yogurt Light Nonfat(1,2)          20          14
                 Yoplait Light Nonfat(1,2)            20          14
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Fruit Blends
                   Lowfat(1)                          25          28
[check][check]   La Yogurt Lowfat, except
                   Cherry Vanilla(1)                  25          27
                 La Yogurt LowFat, Cherry
                   Vanilla                            25          31
                 La Yogurt Sabor Latino Lowfat,
                   except Strawberry Kiwi(1)          25          32
[check][check]   Yoplait Original Lowfat,
                   except Coconut
                   Cream Pie and Lemon(1)             20          27
[check][check]   Dannon Double Delights Lowfat,
                   Strawberry Cheesecake              20          30
                 Dannon Double Delights Lowfat,
                   except Strawberry
                   Cheesecake(1)                      20          30
                 La Yogurt Custard Classics
                   Lowfat(1)                          20          32
                 YoCrunch, with Granola
                   (6.5 oz.)(1)                       15          30
[check][check]   Horizon Organic Dairy
                   Blended(1)                         25          29
[check][check]   LaYogurt Sabor Latino,
                   Strawberry Kiwi                    25          30
                 YoCrunch, Cookies n'Cream
                   (6.5 oz.)                          25          24
                 Yoplait Custard Style
                   Lowfat(1)                          20          28
                 Yoplait Original Lowfat,
                   Coconut Cream Pie and
                   Lemon(3)                           20          29
                 Brown Cow Farm Whole Milk(1)         25          19
                 YoCrunch, Strawberry with
                   Nestle Crunch (6.5 oz.)            25          32
                 YoCrunch, Vanilla with
                   Chocolate Crunch (6.5 oz.)         25          29

Yogurt (8 oz.)

[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Nonfat, Plain        45          15
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm Nonfat,
                   flavored, except
                   Chocolate Underground(1)           45          31
[check][check]   Dannon Fat Free, Plain               40          17
                 Colombo Light Fat Free(1,2)          35          15
[check][check]   Brown Cow Farm Fat Free,
                   flavored(1)                        35          34
                 Stonyfield Farm Nonfat,
                   Chocolate Underground              35          44
                 Brown Cow Farm 99% Fat Free,
                   Chocolate                          30          41
                 Dannon Light 'n Fit
                   Nonfat(1,2)                        25          16
                 Breyers Light Nonfat(1,2)            20          17
[check][check]   Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, except French
                   Vanilla Raspberry, French
                   Vanilla Strawberry, and
                   Tropical Peach(1)                  30          37
[check][check]   Breyers Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, Peach, Raspberry,
                   and Strawberry(3)                  30          40
                 Breyers Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, Black Cherry,
                   Blueberry, Mixed Berry,
                   Pineapple, and Strawberry(3)       30          42
                 Colombo Classic Fruit on the
                   Bottom Lowfat,
                   except Banana Strawberry(1)        20          35
                 Colombo Classic Fruit on the
                   Bottom Lowfat, Banana
                   Strawberry                         20          42
                 Breyers Smooth & Creamy
                   Blended Lowfat(1)                  20          39
[check][check]   Dannon Premium Reduced Fat,
                   Plain                              35          17
[check][check]   Dannon Lowfat, Coffee,
                   Cranberry Raspberry,
                   Lemon, and Vanilla(3)              35          35
                 Dannon Fruit on the Bottom
                   Lowfat, French Vanilla
                   Raspberry, French Vanilla
                   Strawberry, and Tropical
                   Peach(3)                           30          41
                 Breyers a la Mode Lowfat(1)          30          55
[check][check]   Colombo Classic Lowfat, Lemon
                   and Vanilla(3)                     25          26
                 Dannon Natural, Plain                30          13
                 Brown Cow Farm Cream at the
                   Top Whole Milk, flavored(1)        25          30

Soy Yogurt (6 oz., unless otherwise noted)

[check][check]   Silk Cultured Soy, Plain
                   (8 oz.)                            70          13
[check][check]   Silk Cultured Soy, flavored(1)       50          25
[check][check]   Stonyfield Farm o'Soy
                   (4 oz.)(1)                         20          13
                 Whole Soy(1)                          8          18

[check][check] Best Bite.

(*) Includes added sugar plus naturally
occurring sugar from the yogurt and any added fruit.

(1) Average of the entire line.

(2) Contains the artificial sweetener aspartame.

(3) Average of the flavors listed.

Daily Values (DVs--limits per day for 2,000 calories):
Saturated Fat--20 grams. Calcium--l,000 milligrams.

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