First of all, I like to thank my web hosting company for making me write this article twice. For the second time this week, I am facing problems with my web host. Apparently, the new HDD they had changed a few days ago failed and as luck has it, they had backed up the data recently. Of course, all the NEW data on the system is no where to be seen. So, here I am again writing this article. Thanks again Hostpc.

Anyway, I went to Sheng Siong Supermarket to look for some cheap milk powder to make some yogurt. But sadly, I could not find any. Looks like the cheapest milk powder is the Fernleaf family milk powder and it cost about S$7 for 600g of milk powder. Yes, it is that expensive in Singapore. Even Sheng Siong pricings are not much (if any) lower. Milk prices seem to be going up and up these few months and even now with the China milk imports coming in, the prices are still so high. What can I say about Singapore?

However, even when I could not find any cheap milk powder that isn’t tainted with Melamine, I found something else. Yes, it is commercial yogurt. Surprisingly, Sheng Siong has a number of yogurt brands on their shelves and some of which cannot be found in other supermarkets (either that or I didn’t look hard enough).

I bought the Nestle Fat Free Yogurt. The flavours are Mango and Mixed Berries. And it is very cheap. You get two cups for S$1.50. And from the Sheng Siong receipt, you can see that there is a total savings of S$0.70! Wow! Let’s celebrate by eating the yogurt!

Ahh…..the photos showing the two yogurt cups I bought. The packaging itself is quite nice considering the number of yogurt makers who couldn’t be bothered to make their packaging a little more attractive. Of course, I am not really interested in the packaging and eye candy, but if you are going to attract the majority of Singapore consumers to eat your yogurt, you need to follow what the Japanese does. Make everything look prettier. Don’t you hate those yogurt packaging you see in the stores that look like they taken a paint brush and simply brush the cup a few times and then sell it to us? lol.

This is the Nestle Fat Free Mango Flavoured Yogurt. Plus Calcium. The words Kalsium & Kultur are Malay. So I guess this is indeed meant for the Malaysian market instead of the Singapore market. But who cares? I am guessing that Fat Free means no fat in their yogurt.

Ya, the Nestle Fat Free Mixed Berries Yogurt. Did you guys notice the shining thing behind the Nestle brand? Makes you inspired to eat more yogurt and lead a healthy lifestyle? Oh, this one comes with Calcium as well!

The nutrition value of the Nestle yogurt.

The live cultures they have is just l.bulgarius and s.thermophilus. The two most common lactic bacteria. In fact, I would imagine all yogurt must have these two cultures in order to turn milk into yogurt. Nothing special here. However, I am wondering if we can use other live cultures to make yogurt.

This is for the Mixed Berries flavoured yogurt.

Ya, due on the 29th of December! This top label is to remind consumers that it contains calcium for strong bones and comes with live cultures! One thing weird about this is that this label is being blocked by the translucent cover on top with the spoon. So most likely, nobody is able to see the due date of the product unless they open the cover and peek inside. Oh well….

Here we have the yogurt itself. This is the mixed berries flavoured yogurt. Looks very tempting isn’t it? And I have to say, it tastes great. However, it is important to note that this yogurt doesn’t have the yogurty taste one would expect. It seems to be very very creamy and although it is not very sweet, I can’t feel the tangy yogurt taste. I am guessing that it is most likely due to the amount of starch they add (as stabilizers).  But if you don’t like the yogurt taste, this should be a great alternative for you to try out yogurt again.

The photo of the mango flavoured yogurt. Very creamy and delicious.

The truth is, I really enjoyed eating the Nestle Fat Free Yogurt. Two flavours were extremely delicious. However, I am not entirely convinced of it’s health benefits. In fact, I think that a good portion of this product is not yogurt at all. There is just too much additives that it overwhelms whatever yogurt that remains and it taste like some very cream dessert (a bit like those fillings you find in donuts). And for most yogurt makers, to get the creamy texture, they will be using full cream milk instead of no fat milk. But for Nestle Fat Free Yogurt to be so creamy and thick, they will need to add a lot of starch or gelatin to get that kind of texture.

For me, I would recommend you to eat this Nestle yogurt as a dessert. But if you are looking at something with a ton of health benefits, I think you should look somewhere else.