Is there 'fake' yogurt?

[JCMostert]

This might be a stupid question, but I bought this yogurt last week, but realise no where on the packaging appears the word 'yogurt', not even on the ingredient column. Surely if you produce real yogurt you would want to advertise it? Do they make 'fake' yogurt, like fake coffee?

[mullerza]

This might be a stupid question, but I bought this yogurt last week, but realise no where on the packaging appears the word 'yogurt', not even on the ingredient column. Surely if you produce real yogurt you would want to advertise it? Do they make 'fake' yogurt, like fake coffee?

a lot of changes recently on product definitions, you may have notice that some items previously labelled as feta is now called modified cheese because they clamped down on what can be called feta. So probably nothing has changed in the product, it just no longer complies to the new definition.

[jadranko]

it stops being yogurt once fat is removed and replaced with sugar.

in any case i personally will take fat over sugar any day.

[duncang]

Do the 1kg tubs with fruit have any live cultures to fix stomachs?

[Jacques_Nel]

This might be a stupid question, but I bought this yogurt last week, but realise no where on the packaging appears the word 'yogurt', not even on the ingredient column. Surely if you produce real yogurt you would want to advertise it? Do they make 'fake' yogurt, like fake coffee?

According to the website, it is yoghurt based, now if that is a play on words, I can't tell
Another thing, they don't have blackberry on their website as part of their product offerings

https://www.clover.co.za/product/yog...range=Flavours

[Jouko]

That stuff is not yogurt.

Fortunately they clamped down on that Feta cheese. Some was useless white blocks.

[mullerza]

it stops being yogurt once fat is removed and replaced with sugar.

in any case i personally will take fat over sugar any day.

https://www.gov.za/sites/default/fil...007gon1510.pdf

details are probably in here somewhere

PS agree that "low fat" is a big marketing ploy

[Olyfboer]

a lot of changes recently on product definitions, you may have notice that some items previously labelled as feta is now called modified cheese because they clamped down on what can be called feta. So probably nothing has changed in the product, it just no longer complies to the new definition.

Just like Ricoffy, Frisco and Koffiehuis can no longer call themselves coffee because they aren't.

[New]

Just like Ricoffy, Frisco and Koffiehuis can no longer call themselves coffee because they aren't.

What? Where is MANDREAS?! He will be outraged about this!

[allandell]

This might be a stupid question, but I bought this yogurt last week, but realise no where on the packaging appears the word 'yogurt', not even on the ingredient column. Surely if you produce real yogurt you would want to advertise it? Do they make 'fake' yogurt, like fake coffee?

Hi

I am a cheese maker by trade.

This is a product that has water and milk combined in it. It is not actually yoghurt.

The feta that has another name is also not really cheese.

Melrose is not cheese

Processed cheese is not cheese made from milk

The only yoghurt that has good for your gut properties are the ones that state with pro biotic otherwise it is normal yoghurt.

Please read labels on dairy products carefully. Chemicals used in imitation dairy products will calcify your organs, but not all the exact names of chemicals used are on the label. Companies use salt as salt petre (preservative) or acidifier as citric acid.

The dairy industry is not regulated the same as meat or eggs. So terms like free range is not permitted and there are next to no farmers which do not use grains in the feed for the cows and the grains are all gmo. This does come through in the milk just as whatever your wife eats effects the baby beast feeding it effects you.

More than welcome to pm me for more info if wanted.

[Olyfboer]

Hi

I am a cheese maker by trade.

This is a product that has water and milk combined in it. It is not actually yoghurt.

The feta that has another name is also not really cheese.

Melrose is not cheese

Processed cheese is not cheese made from milk

The only yoghurt that has good for your gut properties are the ones that state with pro biotic otherwise it is normal yoghurt.

Please read labels on dairy products carefully. Chemicals used in imitation dairy products will calcify your organs, but not all the exact names of chemicals used are on the label. Companies use salt as salt petre (preservative) or acidifier as citric acid.

The dairy industry is not regulated the same as meat or eggs. So terms like free range is not permitted and there are next to no farmers which do not use grains in the feed for the cows and the grains are all gmo. This does come through in the milk just as whatever your wife eats effects the baby beast feeding it effects you.

More than welcome to pm me for more info if wanted.

Thanks Allandell. The dishonesty of the marketing profession is one of my pet peeves. Since sugar has been recognised as one of the greatest risks to health, they have given it alternate names on labels. Here are some:

Alternative names for Sugar

Agave nectar
Agave Syrup
Anhydrous Dextrose
Barbados sugar
Barley malt
Barley malt extract
Barley malt syrup
Beet juice concentrate
Brown cane sugar
Brown rice syrup
Beet sugar
Blackstrap Molasses
Brown sugar
Brown cane sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane crystals
Cane juice
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carbitol
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Coconut nectar
Coconut palm sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner’s sugar
Corn sweetener
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Crystal Dextrose
Crystalline Fructose
D-xylose
Date sugar
Dehydrated cane juice
Demerara sugar
Dextran
Dextrin
Dextrose
Diglycerides
Diastatic Malt
Diatase
Disaccharides
Erythritol

Ethyl Maltol
Evaporated cane juice
Florida Crystals
Free-flowing brown sugars
Fructan
Fructooligosaccharides
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Galactose
Glucitol
Glucoamine
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Granulated Sugar
Grape Juice Concentrate
Grape sugar
Hexitol
HFCS
High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Honey
Icing sugar
Inversol
Invert sugar
Isomalt
Lactose
Liquid Fructose
Malt extract
Malt syrup
Malted Barley
Maltitol
Maltodextrin
Maltol

Malts
Maltose
Mannitol
Mannose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado
Muscovado Syrup
Nectars
Palm sugar
Panocha
Pear Syrup
Pentose
Powdered sugar
Raisin syrup
Raw cane sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner’s syrup
Ribose Rice syrup
Rice malt
Rice maltodextrin
Rice syrup
Rice syrup solids
Saccharose
Sorbitol
Sorghum Syrup
Sucanat
Secanet
Sucrose
Sugar
Sugarcane Molasses
Sweet Sorghum
Syrup
Table Sugar
Tapioca Dextrin
Treacle
Trehalose
Turbinado sugar
Wheat dextrin
Xylose
Xylitol
Yellow sugar
Zylose

[Nabs]

Please read labels on dairy products carefully. Chemicals used in imitation dairy products will calcify your organs, but not all the exact names of chemicals used are on the label. Companies use salt as salt petre (preservative) or acidifier as citric acid.

So is this where kidney stones come from?

[allandell]

So is this where kidney stones come from?

I think kidney stones are more from products like coke and beer etc and then not drinking enough water to compensate for the high sugar and alcohol intake.

[bigboy529]

I learned the other day that they even make fake vitamin C.

[Nabs]

What are we eating these days
@allandell since you're a cheese guy...
What is this 'pizza cheese' sold all over. I had it twice and it becomes tough plastic once cooked. Hate the stuff but mozzarella has become so expensive.

[allandell]

What are we eating these days
@allandell since you're a cheese guy...
What is this 'pizza cheese' sold all over. I had it twice and it becomes tough plastic once cooked. Hate the stuff but mozzarella has become so expensive.

There is a company in Durban called ethekweni cheese that makes tons of mozzarella every day from chemicals only. They do nit ever received 1 drop of milk but they do out some milk powder in their products.

The very nice and popular cheese, Philadelphia was made by their chemist / cheese maker and it is all chemicals.

There are very few places now that make cheese without all the added stuff as it is all about profits now days.

[Nabs]

There is a company in Durban called ethekweni cheese that makes tons of mozzarella every day from chemicals only. They do nit ever received 1 drop of milk but they do out some milk powder in their products.

The very nice and popular cheese, Philadelphia was made by their chemist / cheese maker and it is all chemicals.

There are very few places now that make cheese without all the added stuff as it is all about profits now days.

Eish
Sometimes I wish for simpler times. Almost get a feeling that my soul needs it.

[Olyfboer]

I was on a French flagged drillship. Naturally they had a wonderful selection of cheeses on their cheeseboard. One of the Americans from Alabama asked what they were. I replied that they were cheeses. He looked sceptical and said that cheese in America is yellow, comes in squares and is put on burgers. He took a bit of Camembert and some blue mould cheese I recommended to him. He refused to eat them at the table. I asked why. He said because they smell like a-ss.

[bigboy529]

What? Where is MANDREAS?! He will be outraged about this!

Why do you think he left the forum and came back with a different username?

[bigboy529]

I was on a French flagged drillship. Naturally they had a wonderful selection of cheeses on their cheeseboard. One of the Americans from Alabama asked what they were. I replied that they were cheeses. He looked sceptical and said that cheese in America is yellow, comes in squares and is put on burgers. He took a bit of Camembert and some blue mould cheese I recommended to him. He refused to eat them at the table. I asked why. He said because they smell like a-ss.

Reminds me of my favourite saying about "Merican beer, American beer is like sex on a canoe... F#$%ing close to water.