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See why.Low-Fat Greek Yogurt
Low-fat Greek yogurt can be a nice compromise between the über-rich full-fat version and the leaner nonfat style. We tasted four brands to find our favorite.
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Low-fat Greek yogurt can be a nice compromise between the über-rich full-fat version and the leaner nonfat style. We sampled four brands of plain, unflavored low-fat (2%) Greek yogurt, comparing them in blind tastings straight from the container and mixed with cucumbers, garlic, and herbs in our recipe for tzatziki sauce. While all four brands received “recommended” scores from our tasters, our favorite was “super-creamy” with “great dairy flavor” in both applications. Other brands fell short for being slightly too tangy or even sour and sharp. (Note: For comparison, fat and protein levels are shown for a 6-ounce serving.)
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Like its nonfat sibling, this “super-creamy” yogurt was big on “milky richness” and “great dairy flavor” but particularly “mild.” Several tasters “liked the mellowness”; others called it “boring and bland,” even in tzatziki sauce.
When tasted plain, this yogurt earned top billing for its “über-creamy,” “buttery” taste, which had a “really nice balance of creamy flavor and tang.” However, it fared less well in the tzatziki sauce, in which it struck tasters as “very tangy” and “lean.”
Tied for second place with Chobani, this low-fat version of our favorite nonfat Greek yogurt was deemed “exceptionally creamy and pillowy,” with “bold, complex flavor” both plain and in the tzatziki sauce. However, a few tasters picked up on a “funny lemony undertone” and “a sourness that seems off.”
While some tasters liked this yogurt’s “balance of creaminess and tang”—especially in the tzatziki sauce—several thought that its flavor was uneven, “sharp,” and “far too tangy to eat plain,” perhaps due to its slightly lower fat content.
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