Yogurt

[cjsmith]

What's your favorite no-sugar-added active culture yogurt?

Dannon Light & Fit has a bitter taste to it, although that might be just the one flavor I've tried so far. (I also seem to taste bitterness unusually strongly. I can't put broccoli stems in my mouth, and there's no way I'll ever like coffee.) But just about everything else in my local supermarket has so much sugar in it that I might as well eat a candy bar.

Recommendations?

[edit: Wow, you guys are great! I've got a big pile of good ideas already!]

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

They're nasty. Now I understand a little of why I find them so nasty!

Most artificial and artificially-concentrated smells are WRONG to me, too, and I would describe the WRONG just like you have described artificial sweeteners here. There's a point behind my nose and just under my eyes that aches when I smell most perfumes and stuff. I call this component of scent "the Smell smell", and it's why I am very fond of unscented just-about-everything. Actual flowers, though, and fruit, and eucalyptus trees, and the like, smell lovely to me. See how wordy I am? I can't explain this at all! :-)

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

If you are trying to cut down on sugar and don't like the aftertaste of artificial sweetners - try stevia (http://www.stevia.net/index.htm). I know Trader Joe's used to carry a brand of stevia, so you might want to check there first.

The nice thing about stevia is that, even though it is a powder like the artificial sweetners, it is all natural and zero calories. The downside is that, since it doesn't have the bulk of sugar, cooking with it is problematical. I also like the fact that it dissolves in cold drinks (iced tea) much easier than sugar and even artificial sweetners. Although I did try one brand once that used talc or corn starch as a carrier and made the tea cloudy.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

If I find some yogurt sweetened with stevia, I'll give it a shot. Heck, I'd rather not have it sweetened at all -- this whole artificial sweetener thing says a lot about addiction in our culture, I tend to think -- but at least stevia wouldn't be offensive.