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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / March 2004dannon carb count yogurt
I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not real impressed. First off the servings are only 1/2 cup instead of 1 cup of regular yogurt. Nutritional breakdown is 1/2 cup = 60 cals 3g carbs (sugar) 5g protein Now, compare that to a plain fat free: 1 cup = 120 cals 12g carbs (sugar) 12g protein But as for taste - the carb count is missing somethign. Missing alot of something..... It was dull. I think for as little as I actually eat yogurt and the fact that I don't watch my carbs super closely, I'll stick to plain yogurt sweetened with splenda. Now, if they came out with a larger container of the plain carb counting yogurt, I might try that in place of the regular stuff, to cut down on the sugar. > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > yogurt, I might try that in place of the regular stuff, to cut down on the > sugar. I just like the texture of it - a little thicker than the fat free and it has good mouth feel to me. Even though it's a smaller serving, I end up feeling satisfied with it. I still use the plain stuff w/ splenda. Jenn You know, I never though of that. Do you put any flavoring into the yogurt besides Splenda? Not only would buying a plain huge tub save money, I prefer the flavor of Splenda. The favorite flavor in my house is, sigh, plain vanilla (what boring kids). Can you put off the shelf vanilla into the yogurt? > > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > > real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Jenn In article <7ZE3c.14687$PY.1433@lakeread05>, "Elise Converse" <eeconverse@removethis.cox.net.nospam> wrote: > You know, I never though of that. Do you put any > flavoring into the yogurt [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > shelf vanilla into > the yogurt? I buy the Dannon Low Fat, Plain yogurt and add either fresh or canned fruit, a tablespoon of flax meal, and a packet of sweetener (Equal). I'll sometimes make "yogurt cheese," letting the yogurt drain through a coffee filter for a couple of hours to make it a thicker consistancy--it's pretty good, and a little closer to sour cream this way. Don't forget that yogurt is great with vegies as well--mix with cukes and tomatoes for a great summer salad. Today I have yogurt with mangos. Yumm. Amy > You know, I never though of that. Do you put any flavoring into the yogurt > besides Splenda? Not only would buying a plain huge tub save money, I > prefer the flavor of Splenda. The favorite flavor in my house is, sigh, > plain vanilla (what boring kids). Can you put off the shelf vanilla into > the yogurt? Extracts for one thing. I have used coconut extract in plain yogurt w/ splenda and then ate it poured over a sliced banana or some pineapple. A little caramel extract and it's a dip for apples. Chocolate syrup (don't knock it until you try it) - I use sugar free. I tried cocoa powder, but it didn't mix well. Jenn >Chocolate syrup (don't knock it until you try it) - I use sugar free. I >tried cocoa powder, but it didn't mix well. I think the Walden Farms sugar-free chocolate syrup is quite good. And -- another "don't knock it until you try it" -- I like it mixed with f/f cottage cheese. Chris > >Chocolate syrup (don't knock it until you try it) - I use sugar free. I > >tried cocoa powder, but it didn't mix well. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Chris I eat it with cottage cheese all of the time. :) Add some almonds or walnuts to that one. Jenn >> >Chocolate syrup (don't knock it until you try it) - I use sugar free. I >> >tried cocoa powder, but it didn't mix well. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Jenn Ooh -- good idea! Chris I need to finally go to Waldens farm's site and buy some of their items. It just has been low on my priority list lately!! > >> >Chocolate syrup (don't knock it until you try it) - I use sugar free. I > >> >tried cocoa powder, but it didn't mix well. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Chris I just placed my 1st order before I forgot again: Chocolate Syrup X 2 DIP-Bleu Cheese DIP - Chocolate X 2 DIP-MARSHMALLOW SD-Creamy Bleu Cheese SD-Original Caesar SD-Balsamic Vinaigrette DIP-Ranch I hope I like them!!! > I need to finally go to Waldens farm's site and buy some of their items. It > just has been low on my priority list lately!! [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Chris > I just placed my 1st order before I forgot again: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I hope I like them!!! I'm looking forward to your review :-)  Signaturejmk in NC So am I! I've been meaning to buy some of the Walden Farms products for months! > > I just placed my 1st order before I forgot again: > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > jmk in NC Hark! I heard jmk <jmk446NOT@yahoo.com> say: > > I just placed my 1st order before I forgot again: > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I'm looking forward to your review :-) So am I -- I hadn't heard of Walden Farms before today, but their stuff looks quite interesting. Please let us know what you think... SignatureJ.J. in WA State (251/243/150) Definately! www.waldenfarms.com "J.J. in WA State" <newsreader@REMOVExpost.net> wrote in > So am I -- I hadn't heard of Walden Farms before today, but their > stuff looks quite interesting. Please let us know what you think... > > -- > J.J. in WA State > (251/243/150) I can't find the ingredient list for their chocolate syrup ;( Does it contain sugar alcohols?? could you let us know? Thanks -- AmyB LC since 12/01/03 238/211/165 > > I just placed my 1st order before I forgot again: > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > jmk in NC There are other people here that have bought it... maybe they can answer that? Chris? JMA? > I can't find the ingredient list for their chocolate syrup ;( > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > LC since 12/01/03 > 238/211/165 > There are other people here that have bought it... maybe they can answer > that? Chris? JMA? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > LC since 12/01/03 > > 238/211/165 Ingredients: triple filtered purified water, defatted cocoa powder, maltodextrin, caramel color, natural flavors, salt, food starch modified, xantham gum, sucralose, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), polysorbate 60, vanilla, citric acid. HTH Jenn > You know, I never though of that. Do you put any flavoring into the yogurt > besides Splenda? Not only would buying a plain huge tub save money, I > prefer the flavor of Splenda. The favorite flavor in my house is, sigh, > plain vanilla (what boring kids). Can you put off the shelf vanilla into > the yogurt? My favorite is Stonyfield Farm plain yogurt with blueberries (frozen, thawed), ground flaxseed and cinnamon. I also really like the frozen mixed berries with this. (The strawberry didn't work too well though.) I have the ziplock 1-cup size containers and I portion the yogurt out and add the berries the night before I plan to take it to work. I put the flaxseed and cinnamon in a separate container and mix them in when I am ready to eat it. Signaturejmk in NC > > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > > real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Jenn I can't stand fat free yogurt. I get the Greek style, called Total. It comes with a little honey, which I use sparingly. It's wonderful. It's rich and creamy and yummy. Martha > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > yogurt, I might try that in place of the regular stuff, to cut down on the > sugar. I've been real interested in all these new low carb products. Some of them really suck, and some are decent. I just tried the Atkins brand bagels tonight - I bought the onion, and also cinnamon raisin. 200 calories, 20g of protein, 11g of fiber. I ate half of the onion toasted with a little lowfat whipped cream cheese, and it was great. My daughter had half of the cinn/raisin w/berry cream cheese, and I tried a bite of that too. It was really good. Some of the low carb bread I've tried doesn't have much flavor, and seems dry, while others you can't even tell the difference. I've tried that Dannon lowcarb yogurt, and it seemed weird to me. Not delicious, but edible. I think I'll stick to the sugar free/fat free yogurt for now. Also, Carb Countdown milk is very tasty, but I wouldn't probably drink it alone - I like it cooked in my oatmeal though. det >> I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So >> far - not real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > det Thomas makes low-carb bagels, smaller than the regular ones. I don't remember all the stats, bur only 85 calories, 5g fiber. I eat them with ff orange marmalade. Hark! I heard "determined" <btsylyn@comcast.net> say: > > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > > real impressed. <snip> > > But as for taste - the carb count is missing somethign. Missing alot of > > something..... It was dull. <snip> > I've tried that Dannon lowcarb yogurt, and it seemed weird to me. Not > delicious, but edible. That's a great way to describe it. I wonder if Dannon's R&D people read this group. ;-) > I think I'll stick to the sugar free/fat free yogurt for now. I want to try that, with some Splenda, but the Dannon low carb has Splenda and as you said, it's kinda weird tasting. Sort of a chemical taste -- at least to me. At first I had assumed it was the Splenda, but I remember having it on fresh strawberries and liking it, so the taste must be from something else... SignatureJ.J. in WA State (251/243/150) >Hark! I heard "determined" <btsylyn@comcast.net> say: > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >but I remember having it on fresh strawberries and liking it, so the >taste must be from something else... I added a packet of splenda to the vanilla this morning and had that. It was more palitable to me that way. One thing I can compare it to. Recently we were on our trip to New Zealand and Australia. While there, we picked up some yogurt, as DH loves the stuff. The texture and taste of their yogurt was very similar to the low carb versions being sold now. We noticed alot of the foods were not nearly as sweet as what we are used to in the states. Even products sold under the same brand names and labels have much less sugar in them. Personally, I think it would be nice to have the less sugar products available here. <snip> > I think for as little as I actually eat yogurt and the fact that I > don't watch my carbs super closely, I'll stick to plain yogurt [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > counting yogurt, I might try that in place of the regular stuff, to > cut down on the sugar. You might be interested in this article. http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/yogurt.html SignatureJeri 265/189/120 Atkins since 11/5/01 "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." --Henry Ford > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > But as for taste - the carb count is missing somethign. Missing alot of > something..... It was dull. That's because the so-called "yogurt" is mostly water, thickened with cornstarch and gelatin, a bit of skim milk ingredients for "milk" color, then artificial colors up to the wazoo, and I couldn't even find actual fruit in the list of ingredients. Oh, and they do actually throw in a bit of bacterial culture so they can call it yogurt instead of pudding :) Read the ingredients, you'd be hard pressed to find any. I am not making this up. CM > I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not > real impressed. I tried the Dannon stuff as well as the Hood/Atkins stuff, and wasn't real impressed either. The Hood stuff was downright awful, I thought-- it had the texture of wall spackle and a strange flavor. I ended up throwing most of the 12-pack out. The Dannon was better (I ended up eating what I bought), but I doubt I'll get it again. It also had that weird texture. I'm sticking with the regular Dannon Light & Fit yogurt when I want yogurt. The flavor and texture is *much* better, and at 11g of carbs for the 4-oz size (vs 3 in the LC stuff), it's not going to throw me off track eaten in moderation. Some of the low-carb stuff has been terrific (the Vita's Tortillas come to mind... what a killer Chicken Caesar wrap!), but both the yogurt products have been a disappointment, at least for my taste buds. >> I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not >> real impressed. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >to mind... what a killer Chicken Caesar wrap!), but both the yogurt >products have been a disappointment, at least for my taste buds. I haven't tried it yet - but Entemans (how ever you spell that) the company that makes the boxed cakes, brownies, donuts, is now peddling low carb stuff. Its right as you walk in the door to my local grocery, they are really pushing it hard. >>I purchased some of the dannon carb count yogurt tonight. So far - not >>real impressed. > > I tried the Dannon stuff as well as the Hood/Atkins stuff, and wasn't > real impressed either. The Hood stuff was downright awful, I thought-- > it had the texture of wall spackle I about lost my coffee on that one! <VBG> Do you eat wall spackle often? :-) > and a strange flavor. I ended up > throwing most of the 12-pack out. The Dannon was better (I ended up > eating what I bought), but I doubt I'll get it again. It also had that > weird texture. Yeah, that's what happened with the Dannon Fit and Trim beverage thing. It tasted like chalk to me -- or rather it tasted to me the way that wet chalk smells. (No, I don't often eat chalk.) Signaturejmk in NC |
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