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I eat the Fage 0% flavored yogurts because they are not that high in calories, and they taste so good.

But I like your system- I do that sometimes.

The sugar content is milk sugar, aka lactose, which is different from refined sugar. You'll be fine with the Greek yogurts.

the flavored ones do contain lactose, of course, but other sugars as well.  For instance, black cherry chobani contains evaporated cane juice - that's another name for sugar.  Oikos strawberry contains both sugar as well as lactose from the milk and fructose from the fruit.

I use the plain also and flavor it myself.

I'm with you on this... I only buy the plain and flavor it up myself.  It's also awesome to always have some on hand when you're cooking (I regularly substitute plain greek yogurt of sour cream in recipes) and I've found that when I add Splenda, SF French Vanilla syrup and a tablespoon of SF seedless blackberry preserves that it's the absolute best yogurt I've ever had...

Best thing?  I get the generic brand of plain greek yogurt from the Harris Teeter grovery store down here (NC)... cheap, often on sale (so even cheaper!) and really nice texture once stirred up!


tori

I eat both the plain and the flavored....just depends on what my schedule is like for the day, if I'm going to have an intense gym workout or if I'm just plain lazy.  Some day's I just don't have the extra 3-5 minutes to flavor and repackage the plain yogurt into my individual serving containers.  I need the grab and go of the pre-flavored ones.

Mary is right though, both the Fage and the Chobani flavored yogurts have sugar....regular sugar (sucrose) added.  If you read the ingredient labels, Chobani's has "cane juice" listing in the ingredients of its fruit filling....that's SUGAR folks.  Fage has straight sugar listed as one of the ingredients of the fruit filling stuff.  While a majority of the sugar in the flavored yogurts is more than likely lactose, they DO contain regular sugar (sucrose).  I'm not saying don't eat it (because I do) but let's not pass out incorrect information. 

Yogurt naturally has sugar in it because of the lactose in the milk used to make it. There's no way to get a sugar-free yogurt (maybe soy yogurt but I am fairly certain there's still naturally occuring sugar). There is yogurt that has no added sugar but it will still have about 10-15g of sugar in a container.

I'll eat both flavored and unflavored.  I use the unflavored for cooking, ranch dip, and as a sour cream substitute.  When I get the fruit flavored ones, I only stir in a little of the sugary fruit.  I prefer to eat a little bit of actual sugar as opposed to a lot of artificial sweeteners (my preference). 

Since about six months out, I have been eating a generic (Shoprite) fat free vanilla Greek yogurt. 130 cals, 15 gms protein, and 17 gms of sugar.  Before that, I used to use the plain Greek yogurt and use SF puddings and syrups and whatnot.  Since I switched over to the flavored, I haven't looked back.  I'll typically eat two of them with a 1/4 cup Ancient Grains granola mixed in.  One for breakfast, and one usually as a late night snack four hours after dinner.

I LOVE Chobani flavored Greek yogurt and have one almost every day with fresh blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries.  Since it's my afternoon "at work" snack, I like the convenience of having it ready to go, with no add-ins needed.  In addition, I do not like artificial sweeteners, both because of the taste and because of the chemicals.  I eat very little sugar (other than the natural sugars in fruit and milk), so it's my big treat for the day!