Greek Yogurt - it's not all high protein

On my way to work today, I stopped by Sobey's in the Meadowlands (Ancaster).  I found the Liberte Greek, which is what I was looking for, but the woman who was restocking the yogurt section said she also likes Astro Greek.  I took a look at it.  It only has 6 - 8 grams of protein per serving, versus Liberte (and/or PC) which has 16 - 18 grams.

This is just a recommendation that you really do need to read the labels.  Just because it says "Greek" doesn't mean it's what you need.

Were the serving sizes the same, out of curiosity?

Sorry, I forgot to add this.

I believe they are both 1/2 cup servings.

I also found, in searching that Yoplait is also coming out with Greek yogurt in several different flavours, in individual sizes (but the website didn't say what size "individual" was in measurement.)

You also have to watch the flavoured greek yogurts, as they are often NOT sugar free and high in carbs.  The Liberte are notable for having 16-20 g of carbs per serving.

Best to buy the plain and sweeten/flavour it on your own...

Liberte is 0%fat and Astro is 10% fat.  Liberte stats are for 175 grams vs Astro stats 125 grams.

Liberte stats

Serving Size: 175g (3/4c)

Amount per Serving

• Calories 110 Calories from Fat 4

% Daily Value *

• Total Fat 0.4g 1%
• Saturated Fat 0.3g 2%
• Cholesterol 2mg 1%
• Sodium 95mg 4%
• Total Carbohydrate 6g 2%
• Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
• Sugars 5g  
• Protein 20g 40%

• Calcium25%

Est. Percent of Calories from: Fat 3.3% Carbs 21.8% Protein 72.7%
Astro stats

Thanks for posting this, Tracey.

The way I figured it out, Liberte is better for you than Astro (in the Protein dept.) if you used equal serving amounts, as well as it has fewer calories at their current serving structure.

Has anyone tried making their own at home? I googled it and saw an interesting way of making greek yogurt using your slow cooker.

Tracey has made her own -nothing about a slow cooker though. You drain it through cheese cloth, or even a coffee filter.

I tried the slow cooker one and wasted all that milk, it didn't work.  All greek yogourt is, is drained yogourt.  I had a hard time finding it up here for the longest time so I bought the Astro zero fat regular yogourt and put a coffee filter in my sifter and then dumped the yogurt in it and let it sit over a bowl at room temp for 3 hours and it was perfect.  You end up with about half of what you started with and all the rest is the whey liquid.

Did you take the temperature of the milk? I have a yogurt maker and in the book it says that the milk has to be at certain temperatures at certain stages. I was looking at the method where you use the slow cooker to heat the milk and then put it in the oven with just the oven light on. I did an experiment monitoring the temp of my stove, I heated it up to 170 C and then turned it off and left the oven light off. The temperature dropped and I don't think it would have stayed warm enough to incubate. I'm wondering though with your method you'd still get the protein as in the store bought greek yogurt. This method is described in the book that came with my yogurt maker as making 'yogurt cheese' which I have done before and used it to make veggie dips.