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So here’s why that ain’t true.

Yoghurt.

You can buy zero fat Greek yogurt that has very low sugar. It’s perfect for losing weight. It’s about 50kcals per 100g. And also super high in protein.

Or you can buy yoghurt that is full of sugar and is 100kcals per 100g and has lots of fat and hardly any protein.

Even a human expert could not tell the difference without tasting them.

This is just one example of many.



I wanted to examine this numerically.

* Great Value Original Vanilla Lowfat Yogurt, 32 oz

Serving size 3/4 cup (170g)

1.5g fat

26g carbs (21 of which are sugar)

5g protein

130 kcal

* Great Value Greek Plain Nonfat Yogurt, 32 oz Tub

Serving size 2/3 cup (170g)

7g carbs (7 of which are sugar)

17g protein

100 kcal

* Great Value Light Vanilla Nonfat Yogurt, 32 oz

Serving size 3/4 cup (170g)

15g carbs (12 of which are sugar)

5g protein

80 kcal

If it's only got 50kcal per 100g, then I assume you've got to be relying heavily on indigestible gelling agents to keep the texture reading to the customers as yogurt. I assume that the developer would suggest that a zero-calorie bowl of water and indigestible gelling agents that reads to YOU as yogurt, is not accurately summarized as yogurt, and that this would be a case of user error.


https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/fage-total-0-nat...

This is the yoghurt I was talking about. It’s a high quality brand here in the UK

54kal per 100g and 10g protein

3g carbs (zero of which sugar)

Ingredients: Pasteurised Skimmed Milk, Live Active Yoghurt Cultures (L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Casei)


My mistake. This is very close to the greek yogurt I mentioned, but the serving size is different - I was using 170g recommended serving size instead of the standard 100g comparator. Also - all 3g carbs are sugar (naturally occurring).




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