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I just made Soy Yogurt! I have seen a few brands of Soy Yogurt in Singapore already, mostly from Cold Storage. Seems that Cold Storage serves a slightly “sophisticated” class of people then the rest of us eh? Anyway it is no different from the regular yogurt made from dairy milk, just that you substitute the dairy with Soya (or Soy) milk. I need to say it out first that I am not a fan of Soya (or Soy) milk. I just don’t think that Soya milk is healthy. In fact, some might even say that Soya milk is poisonous to humans regardless of whether they are using genetically modified beans or not.  I think to agree with them. However fermented Soy products are a different case – we do have many examples of fermented soy products like those fermented bean curd that old people loves so much, which have been consumed since I don’t know when. How about Miso? Also a fermented soy product. What about Tempeh? Also a fermented soy product. The introduction of Soya milk has only been recent. My grandmother never drank Soya milk before she came to Singapore. In fact, she had told me that she never even heard of Soya milk. I am not scientist nor a nutritionist but I just don’t think unfermented Soy products are fit for human consumption.

Anyway, since Soy Yogurt is made the same way as diary yogurt, the bacteria doing the fermentation of the milk should help somewhat. So I am not worried about Soy Yogurt. And very importantly, Soy Yogurt can be made in Singapore pretty cheaply – you will be able to find cheap Soya Milk in most local supermarkets. However, it is important to get those with sugar since Soya milk does not contain any lactose, hence there is nothing for the bacteria to eat to produce lactic acid and actually ferment. Don’t worry about the sugar, they will be consumed by the bacteria and you will get the health benefits. And do not buy the milk from the hakwers – buy from the ones in the cartons. Remember, you are doing fermentation and I won’t say that hawkers are that unhygienic but it is better to be safe than sorry. You don’t know what types of bacteria were introduced during the transport and subsequent purchase of the Soya milk from hawkers. Those from cartons have either been heat treated to last on the shelf for a few weeks. So go for the cartons ones in the supermarket.

The rest of the steps should be the same – either you buy a dried yogurt culture or just get some yogurt (with live cultures) from the store. I usually don’t worry if it comes from some dairy yogurt because I have nothing against dairy. But for those who are worried about dairy, you can try those Soy Yogurts (with live cultures) from Cold Storage. The result should be the same since they are using the same types of bacteria. In the end, you will get a slightly tangy yogurt which looks and feel like bean curd. The smooth silky type you buy from hawkers or from Mr Bean. It would never be as creamy as dairy yogurt. Think of it as a slightly tart bean curd. The taste is quite refreshing though. I think I might be making more of this Soy Yogurt but I have to be convinced first of its health benefits. No point making something which will result in me getting sick right? There just aren’t enough research for me to make any definite conclusion about Soy Yogurt.

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My old yogurt maker (Easiyo Yogurt Maker) died on me. It didn’t actually die but I could see that it wasn’t working properly. I think the insulation is not working well anyone. Perhaps it is because I often forget to ensure that the water inside the yogurt maker is removed after the yogurt is done. And the insulation was damaged or something. But anyway, I found that my yogurt didn’t turn out great or I had to add more warm water during the fermentation process (yogurt is supposed to be left alone to ferment). However, I have to admit, the Easiyo Yogurt Maker did last me more than 2 years, so it is worth it. And the price is pretty reasonable – S$36 for the starter pack which comes with two Easiyo yogurt sachets. Of course I could just go and buy another Easiyo Yogurt Maker but I wanted to try something different and more convenient – an electronic yogurt maker!

One of the problems with the Easiyo Yogurt Maker is that you will need to add boiling water to the fermentation jar to provide the heat. A bit troublesome. Yogurt bacteria requires a certain temperature in order for it to start fermenting – however too hot and you kill the bacteria. Too cold, they just do nothing. So you will need to get the perfect temperature for the bacteria to start doing their magic which is turning milk into yogurt. Anyways, since I am sort of addicted to online shopping from all those Chinese online retailers, I guess why not buy an electronic yogurt maker from them. The only one that sold such things is Dinodirect. The price is pretty reasonable for a 1litre yogurt maker. Basically the electronic yogurt maker is just a heater with a timer. You put your milk and yogurt cultures into the bowl provided (about 1.2litre of milk), start the device and in a few hours (around 8-10 hours) it will be done. It is that simple folks!

The package from DinoDirect. Although it was supposed to be sent via DHL, it took about 2 weeks from the time I paid for the device and when I received the goods. I guess because I am a first-timer, they want to ensure that I am a real buyer. But 2 weeks via DHL is just a bit long if you ask me. I had expected it to arrive at my house in just 3 or 4 days. A bit disappointed.

Quite well packed. A box inside a box with bubble wrappings. Good. That is how such electronics should be packed. You will never know what happen during the transit. It is always good to have solid protection.

Out it pops.

Yes, the DNJ-203 yogurt maker. And if I am not wrong, you can make rice wine with this but I have no idea how and what kind of rice wine are they talking about. Maybe it is to “heat-up” the rice wine instead of making the rice wine. I have no idea. My mandarin I have given back to my teacher years ago.

Multi-function yogurt machine. Cool. See rice wine “can also”.

Some information. 1.2L of delicious yogurt waiting for you!

This is where you put the milk and the yogurt cultures in. This device heats up the milk/culture mixture and this allows the bacteria to start eating up lactose in the milk to create lactic acid and you will get yogurt.  Yes, it is this lactic acid that makes the yogurt tangy (sour). Hence it is often called sour milk. Not spolit milk. I love fermentation.

The entire set-up. Yes, the power plug is for those in China I think. They did provider an adapter for those who live in other countries. I use the UK plug.

You press the buttons and adjust how long you want to ferment the yogurt. The longer, the more tangy it will get but I think the maximum you should go is 24 hours. Longer than that I think other bacteria might take over and you will get something that looks like Swamp Thing. And as with all fermented process, please ensure that anything to comes in contact with the milk is very clean, including the spoon and the fermentation vessel. I cannot stress how important this is.

Anyway, I used this device twice already. Works perfectly every time. It is easy to use, convenient and most importantly, it doesn’t cost that much. So why not make your own yogurt – it will be cheaper in the long run. And of course homemade yogurt are always much healthier and you know the ingredients you are using.

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Yes, it has been a while since I did a review on Easiyo Yogurt Sachets. The reason is because I have been making yogurt the old fashion way – milk and a commercially available yogurt purchased from the store. The problem with this is I have to add flavours myself or I eat them plain. No, it is not bad or anything, just sometimes you just need something different. Eating plain yogurts can get real stale after a while. And what better way to get a fresh yogurt then from Easiyo? It comes with everything you need to make yogurt, just add water and let it ferment for a few hours – you get great tasting yogurt for your entire family to enjoy. And yes, it is fresh! The thing about eating yogurt, you should always ensure that you are getting the freshest yogurt. If not, you are losing out on the great benefits of “probiotics” in the yogurt. So remember when purchasing yogurt from the stores, get the one with the longest “due date”. Or even better, make one yourself. It is very very easy!

Here we have the Easiyo Yogurt Base & Culture – Lemon Flavour. I have never tried this flavour before. Why? Well, I often find it lemon flavour weird for yogurt because yogurt is already tangy. Why add something which will make the yogurt even more tangy. Anyway, this would be pretty interesting. Can’t wait to taste it!

See – it is Lemon Flavour!

We have the back of the sachet.

Hmmm…..makes 1kg of perfect yogurt every time! Billions of “live” cultures in every spoonful, including acidophilus! At least 38% of your recommended daily intake of calcium in every serving! No artificial colours or preservatives, gluten free, non GM, low Glycaemic index and halal certified. Muslims should not have any problem with this.

Here we have directions to make the yogurt. You will need the Easiyo Yogurt Maker set. I bought mine from Phoon Huat for S$36. Pretty expensive for just some plastic cups and containers. But what to do? Everything in Singapore is expensive!

This Len Light (Inventor of Easiyo) guys speaks – “The benefits of yogurt cultures depend on them being alive! As they have a limited lifetime (of days), you need to eat your yogurt freshly made. So Easiyo yogurt not only tastes great, it is the very best for you!”. Well, making your own yogurt ensures that you get the freshest yogurt, so I have to agree with him. He is smiling because of all the money he is making from selling us Easiyo scahets which probably cost us five times it is worth. Thanks.

The ingredients are pasteurised whole and skim milk solids (60%) from free range cows, sugar, flavouring, live lactic cultures like l.bulgaricus, s.thermophilus, l.acidophilus and natural colour. Nothing to spectacular in terms of ingredients. They have other varieties of yogurt sachets which cost more for “spectacular-some”.

Made in New Zealand. For that I am really glad. Lets hope the milk is also from New Zealand. You will be surprised to realize that even manufacturers in New Zealand will find sources of milk from other countries due to one reason or another.

Anyway, I will get back to you on the taste of the Lemon yogurt once it is done.

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Well guys, I am back! Finally came back from my reservist (that is 2 weeks of my life wasted) and will be continuing to do some more reviews. This time, it is the Nestle Bliss Low Fat Yogurt Drink – Guava flavoured! I have to admit, I used to hate yogurt drinks since they are just to “sticky” for me. I am not talking about Yakult or Vitagen, but real yogurt drinks – aka diluted yogurt. These felt a little weird to me as well. But as I continued to consume them, I find that after a while, they do taste quite decent. Maybe they just need a little getting used to. I had always felt that yogurt was meant for eating. And the new flavours really help a lot on my little conversion. Furthermore, they are now readily available in our local supermarkets.

I have reviewed the Cucumber Lime flavoured yogurt drink from Nestle previously. Now this is the Guava flavoured one. As with the Cucumber Lime yogurt drink, this is still quite interesting. Although I would not say that the Guava drink is better, but it is quite close. Thumbs up for Nestle to come up with unique flavours. I think we are all bored with Strawberry or Blueberry flavoured yogurts already. Come up people, we need more variety!

Here we have the Nestle Bliss Low Fat Guava Flavoured Yogurt Drink!

Yes, this is “low-fat“. The “low-fat” label sells, so manufacturers have to make low fat yogurts/yogurt drinks. For me I think that low fat milk is more harmful than full cream milk. Health conscious people will have to read up more on what is really “low fat” milk. This low fat craze has to stop. It is hurting our health.

Some nutritional information for you. Nothing too impressive.

Ahh….the ingredients are Guava Juice Concentrate, sugar, milk solids, Inulin, Fructose, Stabiliser, Citric Acid and Mixed Live Cultures (l.acidophilus, Bifidobacterium and s.thermophilus).  Again, nothing too special about the ingredients. I was hoping for more variety of lactic cultures (probiotic) to boost our health, but that would be probably out of Nestle’s league. Anyway, at the very least, they have l.acidophilus culture in the drink. This is manufactured in Malaysia. Yes, it weighs 700g but I guess the majority is just water? Interesting enough, the ingredients list does not state “water”. Hmmm……

Same thing – Inulin is prebiotic, which are non-digestible stuff, providing stimulation for the probiotic cultures in the yogurt drink. In other words, they are good for the lactic cultures.

Anyway, I hope that you have enjoyed my little review. If you have not tried yogurt drinks before, perhaps it is a good time to do so. Nestle do have a nice selection of flavours for you to choose from. I really like the cucumber lime one.

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I have to admit, I am not a fan of yogurt drinks. They tend to be too sticky and most are just too sweet. I mean, when you are thirsty, you can’t really drink a yogurt drink. And it can’t eat it like normal yogurt since they are so watery and not filling. Yes, there are some “probiotic” milk based drinks like Yakult and Vitagen which is kind of like yogurt drinks but they feel somehow different. But Nestle Bliss Yogurt Drinks kind of surprises me, especially the newer flavours. Previously, they had the normal Strawberry and whatever berry flavour. And of course, these are just too sticky and sweet. I usually cannot drink finish one bottle because of that. But this cucumber and lime flavour, it is very refreshing. Yes, it is still a bit too sticky but overall, it gives a great mouth-feel, especially when you are thirsty. I am rather impressed with Nestle – they have made use of the tropical flavours well. Interesting combination as well. Too bad, the yogurt drinks are not exactly cheap, considering that they are mostly water. Regular yogurt would probably be of better nutritional value than such drinks.But if you are into yogurt drinks, why not? Tastes great and rather convenient as well.

Sorry took the photo of the wrong side – this has Malay wordings on it. This is the Nestle Bliss 0% fat yogurt drink. Yes, this is 0% fat version.

Another view. Look – lime and cucumber! You know that it is going to be very refreshing!

Hmmm….with real fruit juice? Nice. I believe that it states inulin + live (yogurt) cultures = good digestion. Insulin is prebiotics, which acts as food for the probiotic bacteria. And live cultures do help maintain a healthy digestive system in your body. I would highly recommend everyone to consume some probiotics once in a while, if not everyday.

Here we have the nutritional table. Nothing too impressive here but this is yogurt drinks – basically diluted yogurt.

Some fun facts for you – Inulin is prebiotic. It helps increase intestinal Bifidobacteria. Well, to a certain extent prebiotics are great but do not over-do it. What is good for the probiotics can also be good for the bad bacteria in your body. I guess if you are feeling fine, there should not be any problem with consuming prebiotics.

Okay, the ingredients are sugar, fruit juices (lime & cucumber), milk solids, fructose, Inulin, Citric Acid, Mixed Live Cultures (l.acidophilus, Bifidobacterium and s.thermophilus), stabilizer and flavourings. So, since they claim that there is no artificial flavourings, where does these “flavourings” come from? I guess it could mean that the flavourings are from plants or naturally occurring. Oh, please keep this refrigerated at 4°C or it will go bad on you. Or the yogurt cultures in the drink will go bonkers and start eating all the sugars in the drink? Whatever. Enjoy the drink.

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What a name! Sometimes I wonder what those people in the marketing arm of companies do. Perhaps they just sleep the entire day and when it is time for them to do some work, they come up with long tedious names which nobody really cares. But actually the label “BioMum” does give the consumer a sense that this yogurt is meant for pregnant mothers and that it is very healthy. Well, I am not pregnant. And I am of course a male with no intention to ever get pregnant, unlike that Arnold Schwarzenegger show. But hey, what is good for pregnant mums should be good for everyone else right? Yes, that is way Easiyo has came up with this yogurt base. Yogurt is good for everybody but it seems that nutritional fortification is the main draw for this BioMum series. Well, if you believe that fortification is good for your health, then by all means, this yogurt base seemed to be full of them. Me? Well, I would prefer to go for the all-natural stuff then straight-up fortification.

Okay, we shall begin the little review!

Check it out. Brand new just for mums! This is for use in the Easiyo Yogurt Maker. Makes 1 kg. The Easiyo Yogurt Maker really makes making yogurt much easier. Just add the mixture with water into the yogurt jar, add boiling water to the insulated container, put the jar into the container and wait for 8-12 hours. You will have some great tasting yogurt in no time.

Well….the mum looks kind of cute actually. BioMum, remembers me of bionic woman.

Wow, in this BioMum series, they have probiotic abc, folic acid, calcium, iron and fibre! The probiotic abc means that good lactic cultures in the yogurt. This one comes with l.acidophilus, bifidobacteria and l.casei – thus “abc”. Most “probiotic” yogurt comes with these additional good bacteria to help maintain a healthy gut.

The back of the yogurt base pack.

Wow, with the benefits of live & active probiotic acidophilus, bifidus and casei cultures. Oh, folic acid is included as well, these are essential for growth and division of cells. Comes with calcium and iron. And finally, all natural ingredients, low Glycaemic Index, Gluten free, non GM and hala certified. Muslims should not have any problems consuming this yogurt.

Yes, we know. 220g of probiotic nutritional base! This will result in a very thick yogurt, which I like. Something like the creamy Greek yogurt.The resulting yogurt was a bit tangy but not sour. In fact, the tartness is just right. That is the reason why I always go for  Easiyo base. Very very nice.

The bald guy speaks – when pregnant, a wholesome diet is most important for both your wellbeing and your baby’s development. Easiyo BioMum may assist with digestion, uptake of nutrients, immunity and nervous system function, in this new life experience. Not too sure what the bald guy means but hey, it sounds cool.

Ahhh the ingredients are pasteurized milk solids from free range cows, sugar, dietary fibre (inulin), choline I-bitartrate, live cultures (l.bulgaricus, s.thermophilus, i.acidophilus, bifidobacteria, l.casei), ferric pyrophosphate and folic acid. The first two bacteria are just the normal yogurt cultures which most yogurts are made of. They are responsible for the tangy flavour of the yogurt. Without them, you cannot make yogurt. It would be just milk.

Here are some nutritional values for you to compare. Seems that iron content is pretty impressive. Just hope that it is absorbable by your body. But from the ingredients list, it seems that it is not added or fortified. Thus, it could just be easily absorbable.

Anyway, this is made in New Zealand, which makes everyone happy. I doubt that if it is made in China, we all will be worried sick about the real ingredients that goes into the sachet. Good bye and have a nice week ahead.

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Yup, it is time for a new yogurt review. It has been a long time since I reviewed yogurt. Well, it is not because I have not been consuming yogurt. In fact, I am consuming yogurt nearly every day. The reason is because I have reviewed nearly all of the yogurt available at our local supermarkets. Furthermore, I am now making my own yogurt, so it is the same old boring sequence which is pointless to post in this blog. Just once is more than enough I guess. But however, it seems that there is a new yogurt in our local supermarkets – this Fernleaf Calci Yum yogurt. Fernleaf is famous for making the cheap “whole family” formula milk powder which it seems that no ones consumes.  I assume that adults don’t like drinking milk made from powder since it kinds of reminds them of childhood. But for me, as long as it is reasonably cheap, I will use it. What to do? I have not rich and my bank account is often empty.

Anyway, so I purchased this from Shop N Save. Pretty sure that it is available at NTUC, Sheng Siong, Giant and all those supermarkets. The price is pretty okay, but there are cheaper ones out there. I had expected them to market a very cheap yogurt for the masses but I was wrong. This might be targeted at parents wanting some calcium for their kids.

Here we have the Fernleaf Calci Yum Yogurt. 2 flavours! Mango and Strawberry. Each cup is about 60g, so beware, the total is just 240g. The cup is actually pretty small. Check out the cheating giraffe playing hoops. I mean, who can beat the giraffe at hoops? It is tall and…..

Wooohooo! Contains live and active cultures. This is very important when buying yogurt. Without these “probiotic” cultures, it will be less benefical to consume yogurt. These cultures help to maintain a healthy gut flora and we know that the gut is extremely important when fighting against diseases. It is estimated that 70% of your immune ssytem depends on your gut. So remember, probiotics is very important!

Okay, the ingredients are water, milk solids, sucrose, maltodextrin, tri-calcium phosphate, vitamin D3, live cultures (lcatobacillus bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophilus), permitted emulsifiers/stabilisers, flavourings and coloutings. The extra calcium is probably from the tri-calcium phosphate. Yes, there might be a lot of calcium in the yogurt but it does not mean that your body can absorb it. I always believe that adding “tri-calcium phosphate” or any chemicals into a food product (called fortification) is pointless since these might not be make used by your body. It is better to go the natural way. And vitamin D3? Yes, Vitamin D does help in calcium absorption but it is better to get Vitamin D from exposing your body to the sun rather than as a oral supplement. Exposing to sunlight is the natural way our bodies get Vitamin D.

Oh, the milk is from New Zealand! This yogurt contains 2 times the calcium compared to normal full cream milk. Again, this is great and all, but how about the absorption rate? Can your body make use of those extra calcium. I am pretty sure that it is unlikely.

4 small cups of yogurt. 2 mango and the rest are strawberry.

Fernleaf Calci Yum!

2 X calcium of milk gram for gram.

Mango flavoured yogurt from Fernleaf. And yes, check out the amount of colouring needed to get that kind of nice yellowish colour.  The mango flavour isn’t really that nice either.  I was hoping that they would make something which beats the rest of the yogurts available at our local stores. I was disappointed. Their yogurt is nothing spectular. In fact, I think it is downright boring and dull.

The strawberry flavoured yogurt. Again, check out the amount of colouring needed to get that nice pinkish colour.

Well, sadly, the Fernleaf Calci Yum yogurt does not impress me one bit. Taste-wise it is just plain dull. The texture is okay but again, it is probably in the middle of the pack compared to the rest of the yogurt. One thing I find good about this brand of yogurt is that it is not too sweet. Some of the yogurts are pretty darn sweet. Your choice I suppose. I am very disappointed. Fernleaf needs to come up with something special if they want to survive in the yogurt market.

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Well, I believe that I am getting old. So hey, why not? Taking Anlene’s milk and milk products, those experts in bone nutrition is nothing to be ashamed of. As I said, I am no longer young and due to my poor diet in the past, I am guessing that my bones aren’t that good. Although I have started taking kefir and yogurt, I am still a bit worried about my bones. Just look among my family and relatives, a lot of the older folks have problems with their bones. So, I guess we don’t need to wait till the problem comes before we start eating foods that are good for our bones. Let’s start early (that would mean NOW!).

I just only recently realized that Anlene do manufacture yogurt. We all know that they produce some bone enhancing formula milk for elderly. As for the taste, I would say that it is pretty decent. Nothing spectacular though. Seriously, it is very difficult to cock up making yogurt. Just add a good amount of sugar, a little fruit flavour and you are done. Making a superb tasting yogurt is difficult. Making a decent one is easy. However, for me, I am more interested in how this yogurt will help strengthen my bones. I don’t want to grow old with all sorts of problems. I have seen how fragile our bones can be, and when we get old, our bones health much slower than before.

Hmm….the Anlene Hi Calcium Low Fat Yogurt – Mango flavour!

Yes, they are the experts in bone nutrition. They have this formula for strong bones. I hope for strong bones too!

Hmmm….Nano-Calcium which is more than 100x smaller! Is that good? I have no idea. Most likely they meant that such the calcium is smaller, they are more easily absorbed by the body? Well, what can we do except to hope for the best. We are no bone nutrition experts. Oh by the way, there are 2 packs of 120g delicious yogurt.

Check out the nutrition table.

The ingredients are water, milk solids, sugar, mango, minerals (tri-calcium phophate, nano-calcium carbonate, magnesium phosphate), vitamin d3, live cultures (s.thermophilus, l.bulgaricus). Contains permitted stabilizers, flavouring and colouring.  Good? Well, I don’t know. But I would prefer them to use more types of probiotic cultures to make their yogurt. Nowadays, as consumers start to realize the importance of probiotics in their diet, it would be more appealing to consumers to get more probiotic cultures. I am also guessing that the milk they use (milk solids aka milk powder) is the same as those they use for the formula milk?

Made in Malaysia.  Fonterra is a New Zealand based company and they are big! Well, not as big as some of the multinational giants but still quite big.  And of course, Anelene is part of the group, and they specialize in dairy products for adults’ optimal bone health.

There, you have 2 cups of yogurt. And they are small. Just 120g of yogurt per cup.  Takes about 3-4 scoops to finish the entire thing.  Well, that is Singapore for you. Everything is puny and expensive. Sometimes you feel so helpless like the world is about to collapse and you can’t do anything about it. That is the feeling what the common Singaporeans are feeling nowadays.

Anyway, it is my opinion that eating yogurt is better than drinking milk. The cultures or bacteria in yogurt has helped break down the lactose in milk and helped create various nutrients and vitamins in the process. Thus your body does less work when you consume yogurt. And this will help your body absorb the nutrients, minerals and vitamins better. Furthermore, it is just a very tasty snack which you can take anytime of the day. So, next time when you past the dairy shelves, remember to pick up some yogurt tubs.

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Yes indeed. I bought two of them. If you remember, I had just recently reviewed the Fantasy Paradise flavour from Nestle. As I mentioned, they were on offer, so I bought the “Fantasy Paradise” and this “Luscious Strawberry“. All in all, I think both of them are quite delicious. The only problem I see is their packaging. It does not look appealing at all. Just imagine this on a shelf full of other brands of yogurt with superb eye catching packaging. It just doesn’t stand out enough. Heck, I am pretty sure that very few Singaporeans knew that Nestle even has yogurt in their line-up. When you talk about Nestle to most people, they would immediately think of formula milk. Furthermore, the lack of advertisement on their part is hindering their advance into the yogurt business. My opinion, sooner or later, more and more people will look at yogurt as an alternative snack. Hopefully, it is a beginning of a health revolution!

By the time I wrote this, I had already eaten the entire tub of yogurt (both of them). I don’t know why, but I can’t get enough of yogurt. Yes, I can even eat plain yogurt straight up. And if you have eaten plain yogurt, you would know that it tastes pretty tart aka sour. Well, at the very least it is much healthier than the other snacks that I used to consume.

There you have it, the photo of the Nestle Luscious Strawberry Yogurt. Just a fancy name for Strawberry Yogurt. Yup, plain old strawberry yogurt, nothing special. But good effort on the labeling there.

Huat ah! This yogurt is extra creamy and fruity. In my opinion, it would definitely be creamy if it was not for the big pieces of fruits in the yogurt. I guess the liquid in the fruits had made the yogurt slightly runnier. But hey, it is reasonable creamy still. And check out those really luscious strawberries on the label.

Yes, comes with Calcium. Good for your bones.

Source of calcium and low in fat. Wonderful. I would prefer that it is made from full cream milk rather than low fat milk, which in my opinion is basically “white water”, nutrition-wise. The net weight of this tub is 500g.

No artificial colouring! Live Cultures! Calcium! It’s Good! And if you are interested, check out the nutritional table, especially the highlighted parts.

Ahhh…the ingredients list – milk solids, sugar, strawberry fruit (strawberry, berry concentrate),mixed live cultures like l.bulgaricus and s.thermophilus, stabilizers and flavouring. Nothing too special about their ingredients. As I mentioned in my previous review, I would rather they have more types of probiotic live cultures in their yogurt. Too bad, it just comes with the normal yogurt cultures.

Nestle Yogurt -rich, creamy yet low in fat and your source of calcium.

Anyway, if you have any comments or complaints, you can contact them at the above contact numbers or just visit their websites. I wonder what kind of Singapore telephone number they have? Their contact number starts with 800? Anyway bye, see you later!

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Huh? What is Fantasy Paradise? Well, judging from the label, it most likely mean a mix of strawberries, raspberries and pineapples. A bit of an unorthodox mix of fruits, but I like it. I am bored with all these normal flavours you see everyday in the stores. Singaporeans don’t seem to like the more exotic flavours, sticking to the same old ones. It is just too bad. If Singaporeans were more adventurous, we would be seeing more and more flavours coming in to our stores, which is a good thing. Can’t always stay the same always right? Oh well…..

Anyway, I bought this from Tampines NTUC a few days ago. As most of the stuff I buy, it was on offer for about S$2.95 per 500g tub of yogurt. Quite reasonable, but still not the cheapest. You can get Marigold 1kg tub for S$5.60 if you are lucky. I have been eating Marigold yogurt on and off for the last few weeks, so I thought I should really go for something else. Nestle seems to be a good choice. Not as expensive as Dairy Farmers and it is around the same league as Marigold yogurts. Furthermore,it does have some very interesting flavours.

Sorry about the slightly blurred picture. The lighting isn’t that good. This is the Nestle Fantasy Paradise Yogurt. Yum yum!

Ahhhh….extra creamy & fruity. Yes, in my opinion, it is pretty creamy. Much creamier than the Marigold yogurt. And best of all, it is not too sweet! This is something which you seldom find in our commercial yogurt these days. Most are just loaded with sugar to mask the tartness of the yogurt. Good job there, Mr Nestle Person. However, I have a major complain – you can hardly taste any fruits in the yogurt. Sure you do get small pieces of fruits here and there, but other than that, it is just yogurt. To me, there is absolutely no strawberry, raspberry or even pineapple flavour in the yogurt other than the bits and pieces of fruits. However, this could be the result of just adding fruits and no additional flavours, which in it’s own way, is good for us. I really don’t care for artificial flavourings in my food anyway. The problem is that we are so used to eating highly flavoured yogurt that it might feel a bit strange to taste just plain (although sweetened) yogurt. If they do add flavourings, I didn’t taste any in the yogurt.

Errr….I think it means added Calcium. The words are in Malay.

Hahaha, good to know. Nestle yogurt is rich, creamy yet low in fat and your source for calcium. The ideal daily indulgence! Well, in a way this is true. Yes, very likely. I believe that the calcium in the yogurt is better absorbed by your body than compared to drinking milk.

Okay, we got it. See, 500g of delicious and heavenly yogurt for you to enjoy.

Ya, comes with live culture and has no artificial colouring. Hmmm….how about flavourings? Do they add flavourings to the yogurt.  And I think their maths fail – 135g x 3 (servings) = 405g. This tub is supposed to contain 500g of yogurt what!

Ingredients are milk solids, mixed fruits like pineapple, strawberry, rapsberry, mixed live cultures like l.bulgaricus, s.thermophilus, stabilizers and flavourings. Damn, I was wrong. They do add flavourings in their yogurt. And why don’t they add probiotic cultures in their yogurt like l.acidophilus?

Anyway, this yogurt should be made in Malaysia and hopefully, the “milk solids” they use are from Australia or New Zealand and not from China. Even if it has been a year or so since the poisioning case, I am still very much afraid of stuff made in China or contains ingredients from China. Ciao, see you next time and remember to keep on eating healthy foods.

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