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I always buy Colombo yogurt, it taste good. But i just noticed it has High Fructose corn syrup in it. i heard thats not a good thing.
is it??

High Fructose corn syrup is just another form of sugar. If you want to limit the sugar in your diet, you should avoid products with that in it.

I think it's just a way for products to put in hidden sugars under other names. I buy yogurt for my kids actually that's made for babies and is organic but it has no added sugar.

You should read the book Ultrametabolism. The author dedicates a lot of time to discussing hidden sugars in foods we purchase. I really recommend that book. It's a lot about how to eat healthy, rather than just a "diet" book.

I've had Colombo yogurt before and it does taste good. I didn't realize that it had added corn syrup. You could always buy plain yogurt and add a little honey and fresh fruit. In fact it sounds so good, I think I will try it myself!

I was in fact just going to post about my Dannon yogurt because it's so tasty. Usually I don't like yogurt much but this one is nice and smooth. I have the "light & fit" variety which only has 3g carbs, 0g added sugar and 60 calories. It is REALLY scary how much sugar and corn syrup a lot of yogurts have in them. Stay away from those!!

yes, we like the light and fit or the plain where we add the "sweets" to it.

I also love organic yogurts as those tend to have more beneficial bacteria in them and I tend to digest those better being a lactose intollerant person myself. So when I want to eat pizza or something, I always make sure I eat some yogurt.

I have never noticed the contents in my yogurt but since I was drinking a smoothie (made with yogurt) while reading this post, I thought I would check it out. I buy the store brand yogurt to make smoothies and the label says it has less than 2% of high fructose corn syrup. I guess that's better than having 'greater than 2%' but I think I will see if I can do better on my next purchase. Thanks for the heads up Rosie!

Rhonda - if you look at the nutrition label it should tell you the actual grams of carbohydrates which are pretty much sugars (unless it actually has a fiber value listed, in which case you can subtract that out). So that is an easy way to figure out how many of any sugar (raw cane sugar, corn syrup etc) is in the item. Sometimes a product will take out sugar and just substitute in corn syrup or visa versa.

We were in the store today so I was looking through the yogurt options - it is SCARY how much sugar a lot of them have!! These are healthy foods, supposedly!! Definitely read the label before you buy.

I have in my son's feeding file a Feb 2007 newsletter from Dr. Weil that lists the stats for yogurts:

Nonfat yogurt - 80 cals, 11 g sugar
whole milk yog 130, 11
greek style non fat 90, 7
greek style whole milk, 225, 5 g
goats milk yogurt, 95, 3 g
sheeps milk yog, 140, 3 g
water buffalo milk yog, 150, 3 g
soy yogurt, 125, 12 g

this is based on six ounces of plain yogurt. It also listed the fat, protein and calcium %. Nonfat and sheepy yogurt have the highest calcium at 30%

Bonnie - That's a great guideline!

My Dannon is regular milk yogurt but it is 60 calories and 3g sugar - so there definitely are milk yogurts that are lower than 11g out there. It all depends on which one you go for. Those numbers you listed are probably averages, but there are much lower than 11g options without having to track down soy or goat varieties.

Definitely read the labels to see what your options are!