I have a complicated relationship with dairy. While I
regularly cook with butter, and consider ice cream to be a major food group, milk
and creams can be tricky. Sometimes even the powdered stuff can incite gaseousness.
Then there's yogurt. Despite sticking to 0% milkfat, it's a once
a month affair, if that. Upon venturing into the arena of concentrated dairy
protein, I usually gather an assortment of Chobani Greek flavors. This time, I
decided to try Siggi, an Icelandic style yogurt. I had this coupon, see.
This stuff is thick. Looking like you could stick a spoon in
it and turn the container upside down kind of thick. Vigorous stirring didn't
produce much slackening, either. Unexpected for 0% milkfat.
Siggi's not very sweet, regardless of whether the flavor is
vanilla or a fruit such as blueberry, raspberry, or strawberry. It has the
unmistakably sharp tang of plain yogurt. Most would probably be inclined to add
honey or some sort of sweetening thing.
As for those fruit flavors, the fruit doesn't sit on the
bottom of the container like a syrupy pie filling. It's already blended into
the yogurt, tinting it an appropriate color, chunks of fruit visible.
Unfortunately, I couldn't taste the fruit; for me, it was overpowered by that
plain yogurt tang.
Would I buy it again?
I don't think so. I like the thickness, and while the relative
lack of sweetness aligns with my efforts to reduce my sugar intake, it's not
sweet enough for me. In the long run, I would overcompensate by adding too much
honey or agave syrup, diminishing any healthful benefits this brand and style
of yogurt may be able to bestow.
However
Siggi Vanilla + freshly diced mango + ice cubes + favored
liquid blended into a smoothie?
Probable deliciousness.
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