One of the fun things I enjoy is discovering new low carb products that are excellent in quality, relatively inexpensive, that taste great - and then sharing them with my friends and family.
There are those of us on the low-carb way of eating (or way of life), and others that are just simply looking to eat healthier and make better choices overall.
One of the products that I discovered not long ago is the Kroger Carb Master yogurts. I had been eating the Dannon Low Carb Yogurts to the point when they changed their packaging, and moved to smaller servings of their low carb yogurt products. They (Dannon) went from decent sized more round servings to taller and thinner product offerings that seemed to give you less for more (like many products nowadays). Whether that was the case or not in fact, I don't know - perception may be reality, but in any case I was somewhat disappointed with a product I had been satisfied with previously. In fact, it was sometimes hard to find the Dannon low carb yogurt in-stock, especially in more than just the strawberry flavor.
About the same time I noticed that Kroger had introduced a Carb Master line of yogurts. They are big, and full of chunky bits of fruit. They are tasty, ...just really delicious!. They seem to have runs on the product as well at my local Kroger's and when it is in-stock we load up (I am sure others are doing the same). I have witnessed others at our local Kroger's loading their shopping baskets (folks call them "buggies" down here) with the Carb Master yogurts and we usually do too. They come in several flavors that all seem to be in-stock (unlike Dannon where I could mostly find only strawberry and vanilla in stock) - Kroger's has Peach, Raspberry, and Strawberry - and I think they also have a Vanilla (I just don't go for Vanilla much myself).
This past weekend we shared Kroger's yogurts with others in my family, and even those not on low carb approved of the flavor, taste, and overall quality. On our prior visit they were shocked to find that they really appreciated the taste of Atkins low carb Chocolate bars - something else they had never tried before.
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Yep, I'm one of those people that doesn't go much for vanilla either - just seems too plain when there are flavors to be had, you know? BIG MISTAKE when it comes to Kroger Carbmaster.
You really need to give the vanilla a try - it'll make you forget the Peach, Strawberry and Raspberry flavors in a hurry!
FYI, yogurt by default is low-carb as long as you don't sweeten it (except with calorie-free sweeteners) or add anything else to it. A lot of people don't realize this; Dana Carpender wrote about it and said she heard it from the GO-Diet people. It makes a lot of sense, really. What turns milk into yogurt? Lactobacteria. How do they do it? They eat up the lactose and turn it into lactic acid. Lactic acid is not a sugar, hence will not make blood sugar spike.
I started buying full-fat plain yogurt after reading that (while I was still low-carbing--I intend to start again soon, I just couldn't stick with it for a while), and I would sweeten it with Splenda and add a little vanilla.
These days I'm discovering I like the plain stuff just fine, especially Greek yogurt. It's like eating sour cream, only milder.
But it makes me laugh at all the folks putting out "low-carb yogurts." The worst part is they also tend to be lowfat. Which, if you're low-carbing, you gotta get a lot of your energy from fat, so cutting it out of your diet's not a great idea.
When I lived in Los Angeles, The Ralph's supermarkets sold the Kroger brand. Vanilla was my favorite and Ralph's sold them 20 for $10. But I've moved to New Yory City and I can't find ANY low carb yogurts. Help me find where in NYC I can find low carb yogurt.
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