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Yoghurt maker

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Pete H

Pete H

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Just skipping through tv channels and saw something about easiyo yoghurt makers, have any of you guys tried them? Are they a healthy option ? And are they easy to use and do they work out cheaper ?
 
Hi Pete, I have tried Easyo but have given up on it. It's much easier and better to get a yogurt maker from the likes of lakeland which makes 1 ltr of yogurt from 1ltr long life milk (slightly more expensive than the Easiyo starter kit). Just chuck it in with some milk powder (if you like thick yogurt) and some bio yogurt to start it going, plug it in and next day you have a ltr of yogurt. keep a little bit back to start your next batch. It's nice to know whats in your food I think)
P.S. long life milk is cheaper than ordinary milk so bonus there (about 66p/ltr).

You need to add your own flavorings of course, I found I actually liked the natural flavour. But you can still buy the easiyo fruit flavours and use them.
 
I warned my daughter before she bought her Easiyo that she'd use it twice. I was wrong, she made three batches! You can make perfectly decent yogurt without any special equipment, if you can be bothered.
 
They're OK, but I understand the packets have a fair bit of sugar in them. I have a Lakeland yoghurt maker I bought for about ?20, makes about a litre at a time, no additives and I can put whatever I want in it. I love the thing.
 
Just use a vacuum flask, some live yogurt for the culture and away you go. Tis a lot cheaper that way 🙂
 
Just had a look at the Easyo website, the ones I looked at were about 15% sugar but they do do a reduced lactose one which is 6.5%. but at ?2 for a litre it's a lot more than doing it yourself, at the end of the day you are buying powdered milk, adding water and putting it in a thermos flask.
You should bear in mind that milk contains lactose (e.g. sugar) at about 11g per cup, so you might need a friend to eat your litre of yogurt.
 
Thanks for that, think I will keep my money in my pocket 🙂
 
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