Easiyo Low Fat Yogurt – Berries & Apricot
1082 days agoIt is time again for yet another yogurt fest! Yes, I have been making yogurt all this while but not as regularly as I would like. I am a fan of yogurt. Even those plain natural yogurt which nobody in Singapore likes to eat. If you hand me a cup of yogurt, as long as it is fresh, I will eat it! I am a yogurt maniac! And yes, I have been making yogurt using the Easiyo Sachets and the Easiyo Yogurt Maker. The Easiyo Yogurt Maker is a very low cost equipment for making Yogurt. Unlike those electric yogurt makers which can cost like 100 over dollars, the Easiyo Yogurt Maker cost about S$30 or so. And with it comes 2 sachets of yogurt mix. And you don’t need to boil or measure the temperature like other non-electric Yogurt Maker. You merely add boiling water to the flask and add the mix to room temperature water. That’s it! And you get perfect yogurt every time. In fact, I have been making Yogurt since October and never once did I fail using the Easiyo Yogurt Maker and the sachets. I would highly recommend it to everyone. The only problem is that the Easiyo Yogurt Sachet is a bit on the expensive side. One sachet costs about S$5.60 to S$6.10. I guess this is how they make money. Sell the Yogurt Maker at cost and make money from the sachets.
Oh, this time I purchased the low fat variety of Easiyo sachets. No, I am not worried about my weight. I am a skinny dude. In fact, I am looking to increase my weight significantly. But I am interested to see how the taste of the low-fat yogurt would be. Something new for me. All these while I have been eating Easiyo’s other varieties and the low-fat yogurt comes with several flavours which are not found in other varieties. Cool. The flavours I purchased are the Berries and Apricot flavours.
Expensive or not? For 2 packs of Easiyo low fat yogurt sachets, it cost S$11.00 cash. Come on, it is expensive! Brands like Marigold Yogurt are cheaper than that. Of course there are brands which are more expensive but those are like gourmet-kind of Yogurt. It is not like the Easiyo yogurt’s taste is ultra tasty or anything like that. Yes, it does taste nice, but the price is seriously a bit on the high side.
Yes, Low Fat Yogurt! Yum yum! Check it out, this is unsweetened which means that there is no sugar added. I am guessing that this will be as sour as natural yogurt you find in the local supermarkets. Might not be something a lot of Singaporeans like. Actually, this seems quite healthy, especially if you are watching your weight.
Ahhh….the back of the Yogurt Sachet. Yes, the smiley Ang Mo man is still there and it seems that he doesn’t stop smiling. I actually like Low Fat yogurt, makes me feel less guilty when I eat a lot of the stuff.
Check it out. This is about 140g of unsweetened real yogurt base & culture. And if you check out the sweetened variety of yogurt mix, you will find that it contains about 240g of yogurt mix. This means that 100g of the yogurt mix consists of sugar! Yup, something to think of when you make yogurt. You really need a lot of sugar to make the yogurt taste like what we find in the stores. So you should really go and try to make your very own yogurt and avoid all those sugars. Think “healthy” my friends!
The ingredients are pasteurised semi skim milk solids, flavouring, live lactic cultures like l.bulgaricus, s.thermophilus, l.acidophilus and natural colour. If you are looking for more live cultures, you will have to purchase the BioLife series of Easiyo yogurt sachets. It cost about S$6.10 per pack and comes with limited flavours. However, you do get the additional benefits of those probiotic cultures. Remember fresh yogurt means more probiotic cultures in the yogurt!
Now, it is the Apricot flavour Easiyo Low Fat Yogurt mix. Yes, unsweetened as well. And it makes 1kg of wholesome yogurt.
The back of the Eaiyo Yogurt Sachets. Nothing much of a difference from the Berries flavoured one.
Low Fat Apricot Flavour Real Yogurt Base & Culture. Basically this is the milk and the culture with apricot flavours added to it. The cultures are the live lactic good bacteria which helps to turn the milk into yogurt. And it is Halal certified! If you are a Muslim, this should be okay for you to consume. Many of my Muslim friends are worried about using this Yogurt mix since it comes from New Zealand, but I tell them it is Halal certified.
Basically the ingredients are the same as the Berries flavoured one. The only changes should be the type of flavourings.
I will be making both of them next week and I will definitely try to post a report on it soon. As I said, I will consume yogurt as long as it is fresh. I don’t mind much the taste of the yogurt. I want to be healthy what. And if you are thinking of improving your health, I can think of no other easy ways than to eat fresh (unsweetened) yogurt everyday! Even if you don’t want to spend a few minutes everyday making your own yogurt, you can easily go to the store and buy a few cups of yogurt. They are good for you too.
I just went to phoon huat today and was shocked at how much a pack of easiyo mix cost. just wondering, since it’s roughly the same price as ready made yogurt that you buy in the supermarket, is there any point in buying the easiyo mix? can’t decide if it’s worth buying the easiyo mix or not. i bought it in nz for less than $3 a pack. super mark up in phoon huat!
Ya, definitely more expensive in Singapore.
However, I think it is worth it. There may be some brands of commercially available yogurts in Singapore selling for like S$5.50 but I believe that the amount of additives are just too much. So get the real thing. Or you can make your own with just milk and some yogurt starter.
ya its too expensive in singapore…its cost just $1.50 in australia…i think admin should notice the price of sachets of easiyo yogurt so customers can buy easily ….i cant understand y the same thing is three times expensive in singapore than other countries….it should be notice……..