yogurt

[dingdong]

have found a recipie for lemon drizzle cake can get all the ingredients except sugar free yogurt anyone know where this can be bought have tried tesco & asda with no luck

 

[helli]

Does it have to be sugar-free?
My understanding is that full fat natural yoghurt is pretty low carb. In fact fat-free yoghurt (yes, I know you asked about sugar free but please indulge my tangent) is higher carb than full fat.

 

[Robin]

Does it just mean 'unsweetened' ie has had no sugar added to it? In that case, ordinary plain yogurt will be fine. The 'of which sugars' on the ingredient list will just be the naturally occurring sugar that all milk contains.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

I use kefir and quark.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Does it have to be sugar-free?
My understanding is that full fat natural yoghurt is pretty low carb. In fact fat-free yoghurt (yes, I know you asked about sugar free but please indulge my tangent) is higher carb than full fat.

They are both very similar now, that stopped being true about ten years ago, and the drive for no added sugar should have finished off the myth.
It still goes around on the internet I guess.

 

[helli]

They are both very similar now, that stopped being true about ten years ago, and the drive for no added sugar should have finished off the myth.
It still goes around on the internet I guess.

I still had a nag in the back of my mind so I checked the natural yoghurt I use - Yeovalley. Neither are what I would call high carb but the fat free is more than 40% higher in carbs (8.5 and 4.9).
I am not disputing your comment. I suspect like those of us with diabetes, different yoghurts are different 🙂
Maybe carb content is still worth considering if you are sensitive.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Kefir 5.4g carbs, 3.7g fat
Quark 2.1g carbs 0.1g fat.

It's been a while since I bought yoghurt, but as you say, even on those numbers I'd trade the fat off against two thirds of a teaspoon of sugar. I guess it depends on what you call "similar", there is no standard on nutritional value anyway.
(I suspect not a lot would be counting 3.6g of sugar to be honest)

Yeovalley 5.6g carbs 4.5g fats
Fatfree 8.5 g carbs, 0g fats

off their website so 2.9g, less than half a teaspoon it seems.

Which makes sense, as there is no added sugar, it's still just milk, but obviously the fat takes more space, so their is a slight increase is milk content.

Organic Natural Yogurt

This is the original, the one we’ve been making since, ooh, forever. From breakfast to bedtime, with compotes or curries,…

www.yeovalley.co.uk

I drink skimmed milk anyway, so I'm good with yoghurt made from it.

 

[rebrascora]

With low fat yoghurt they sometimes add thickeners to it even if they don't add sugars, particularly the flavoured ones.

I agree with @Robin that the recipe likely just means unsweetened yoghurt, not the naturally occurring sugars in plain yoghurt as I am not sure how you could extract those from milk and still have yoghurt!

 

[Deleted member 21371]

With low fat yoghurt they sometimes add thickeners to it even if they don't add sugars, particularly the flavoured ones.

I agree with @Robin that the recipe likely just means unsweetened yoghurt, not the naturally occurring sugars in plain yoghurt as I am not sure how you could extract those from milk and still have yoghurt!

No.
Mostly an internet myth.
(I agree if you bring a different yoghurt into the equation, you can change the rules, but not for a sugar free yoghurt for a lemon drizzle cake)


No added ingredients. No added sugar. This yogurt contains only milk’s naturally occurring sugar (lactose). Contains milk.

Organic Fat Free Natural Yogurt

Want all the thick-and-creaminess of our natural yogurt, but without even an ounce of fat? This is the one for…

www.yeovalley.co.uk

Quark is lower carb, as they do indeed remove some of the liquid, and hence the lactose in the natural (cheese making style) process.

 

[nonethewiser]

Agree not much between low full fat yogurt, our fridge has both low fat for wife full fat for me, we buy Aldi's own brand.

 

[Martin62]

have found a recipie for lemon drizzle cake can get all the ingredients except sugar free yogurt anyone know where this can be bought have tried tesco & asda with no luck

Hi
I do a lot of baking , and I use the normal Greek yoghurt from lidl , not the sugar free one .
Regards Martin

 

[42istheanswer]

I still had a nag in the back of my mind so I checked the natural yoghurt I use - Yeovalley. Neither are what I would call high carb but the fat free is more than 40% higher in carbs (8.5 and 4.9).
I am not disputing your comment. I suspect like those of us with diabetes, different yoghurts are different 🙂
Maybe carb content is still worth considering if you are sensitive.

Maybe because Yeo Valley being an organic brand isn't chucking loads of sweeteners in?

 

[harbottle]

Fage Greek yoghurt - use it for breakfast and cooking. Occasionally use Quarg to make loaves of bread.
Fage comes as 5%, 2% and 0% fat.
I prefer the 2% fat one.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Let us know how the bake goes @dingdong !

I’m not sure what the rest of the ingredients are, but bear in mind that if it contains little or no added sugar, there may still be a significant potential BG increase from the flour?

 

[Martin62]

Let us know how the bake goes @dingdong !

I’m not sure what the rest of the ingredients are, but bear in mind that if it contains little or no added sugar, there may still be a significant potential BG increase from the flour?

When I make my cakes I use almond and coconut flours

 

[Jodee]

I posted an article link just now, it explains the plain natural yogurt has natural sugars not added sugars.

https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/yogurts-dairy-and-plant-based.104648/

I don't think you will be able to get sugar free only no added sugars, even plant based yogurts will have plant sugars just as an apple would.