Magnolia Alive Low Fat Yogurt – Strawberry Flavour
1138 days agoI really can’t help myself. No seriously, it is like something in me that needs to go and just buy yogurt from the stores. I believe that it is an addiction. Is there anyone out there who is addicted to store bought yogurt? And worse still, is anyone out there addicted to trying out different types and flavours of yogurt? Most people I know usually stick to one type or brand of yogurt. They taste something they like and they will continue to buy that. For me, even if I enjoy one particular brand of yogurt, I will have this little urge to go and buy some other brand of yogurt to taste. So here we have what is yet another little review on yet another brand of yogurt. This time, it is on the Magnolia Alive Low Fat Yogurt. The problem with Magnolia brand of yogurt is that you can’t find it at Sheng Siong or at Shop N Save. From what I know, it is only available at NTUC and even that, not all NTUC supermarkets carry them.
Perhaps it is an more exclusive brand? However, I have seen Magnolia Alive Yogurt selling at some smaller supermart stores which aren’t popular or that well-known like NTUC or Sheng Siong. Of course, they carry the smaller size cups instead of what I have purchased – the 1 kg tub. Yes you heard me right, I purchased a 1 kg tub of yogurt and all the yogurt is meant for me. My family members don’t like yogurt, even store bought ones. No matter how I try to convince them on the health benefits of eating yogurt, it seem to me that fermented foodstuff doesn’t appeal to them at all. I had hoped that by making my own yogurt, they would get interested in yogurt and learn to appreciate eating the probiotic cultured milk product but alas it didn’t work. They are still averse to yogurt as before. Well, this is their loss.
Anyway, I was an NTUC and I bought myself a 1kg tub of Magnolia Alive Low Fat Yogurt – Strawberry Flavour!
Boohooo! No discount or anything. The price is S$6.60 for the tub of yogurt. Costly unlike the Marigold one I purchased a few days back for S$5.10. That’s about S$1.50 difference.
Low Fat Yogurt with Strawberries! Cool. And did you know that F&N owns Magnolia? I have absolutely no idea. And yes, it has indeed a very nice packaging. I guess that we are so used to flimsy yogurt packaging that this time of firm and attractive plastic yogurt packaging easily catches our attention among the huge array of yogurts on the supermarket shelf.
Food that does more? What the heck does that mean? Well, at Alive, they understand the effects foods have on each other and so they combine foods that have the right benefits for you. Combinations are specially created for your body. So I guess that means that they mix foods to help complement each other and provide you with the maximum health benefits. Furthermore, strawberries are great tasting fruits with an antioxidant. The Yogurt contains live probiotic cultures for a healthy digestive system. So this combination will awaken your taste-buds. Okay, good deal here.
And who in the world does not like strawberries? They should be shot! Probably the only fruit out there that is put on everything from pancakes to jams to ice cream to cakes and yes, of course in yogurt. I had always enjoyed Strawberry yogurt since I was young.
Now let’s check the ingredients – Milk solids, Strawberry fruits, sugar, permitted stabiliser, Halal gelatin, Antioxidant (vitamin C), Yogurt Cultures like s.thermophilus, bifidobacterium, l.acidophilus and l.bulgaricus. Cool, 4 live cultures in the yogurt! If I am not wrong, the Easiyo Yogurt comes with these 4 yogurt cultures as well. Must be probiotic heaven. Only if did they contain l.casei bacteria, then it would be a “complete” probiotic food for everyone to enjoy. And oh, the Alive Yogurt does not come with preservatives! Another plus for Magnolia Alive Low Fat Yogurt. It also contains real fruit pieces! Of course, like most commercial yogurts, they contain stabilizers and gelatin.
This yogurt is made in Malaysia by the way.
View from the top. Nothing interesting here but I like the slogan – uncover the goodness! Just below is the yogurt.
Ahhh….scooped out the yogurt into a bowl. Just look at the yogurt and envy, my friends! It tastes great without any lingering yogurt (tart) flavour. I doubt that they can go wrong with adding strawberries to yogurt. However, I need to point out that the Alive yogurt is a bit watery( or runny). One would expect that the resulting homemade yogurt is runny IF the milk used is low fat. But in this case they have added additives like stabilizers and gelatin, it just shouldn’t be so runny. Well, then perhaps the reason is because they are fruit pieces in the yogurt?
That’s all for now, so good bye guys and have a happy new year!
hey thx for ur picture.i used the one with the ingredients in it.i needed it for my science project about milk and stuff…haha…thanks again…nice story by the way.i like ur humour.