Sainsbury Natural Yoghurt

FlyingDonkeys

Sainsbury's natural yoghurt. Seems to be only natural yoghurt with the live bacteria that makes it so good for you!!! The price is down to 45p today

Not sure I understand the other supermarkets who don't offer this at a reasonable price. Where else you can get 500g of live yogurt for around 45?

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RHYSDAD

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

What's happened to Sainsbury's natural yoghurt. They seem to have removed the live bacteria that made it so good for you!!! Taken the price down to 45p today but taken out the good stuff.

Gawd these damn supermarkets they just can't be trusted to look after the consumer when it comes to food. So now where you can get 500g of live yogurt for around 70p?

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Have you tried making your own? Very easy and takes 5 minutes prep once a week.

You will need:

1 litre container with lid (i use a springtop kilner jar)
Whisk
Basic cooking thermometer
Saucepan

Ingredients:

1/2 litre whole organic (if you wish) milk
1 small pot of natural 'live' yoghurt, you'll need three tablespoons (as a starter)
25g dried milk powder (for a thicker resulting yoghurt)

Method:

Pour milk into pan and whisk in the milk powder.
Heat the milk, whilst slowly stirring, to exactly 46°c then whisk in the three tablespoons of yoghurt. Pour the yoghurt mixture into the kilner jar, wrap in a towel and place somewhere warm for approx 12 hours until the yoghurt has thickened sufficiently.
Chill in fridge and Hey Presto! 500g or so or fresh organic yoghurt without any of the added muck supermarkets seem so insistent on lacing our food with!! Keep three tablespoons back for your next batch and repeat process.

Go on! Have a go!

FlyingDonkeys

Hi Rhysad,
Thanks
I don't have a thermometer maybe I can do it using a clean finger instead of being so exact?

Don't supermarkets have some sort of responsibility code of ethics to adhere to so that the basics get covered properly. What's the point of yoghurt without the live bacteria? It's just a sugar sweet then.

RHYSDAD

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Hi Rhysad,
Thanks
I don't have a thermometer maybe I can do it using a clean finger instead of being so exact?

Don't supermarkets have some sort of responsibility code of ethics to adhere to so that the basics get covered properly. What's the point of yoghurt without the live bacteria? It's just a sugar sweet then.

Ebay is a good place to start but the temperature is fairly important in yoghurt making. Too hot and you'll kill the 'live' bacteria, too cool and it won't fire it up. Beales do a good one for a few quid although it's a jam/sugar type it still registers the temp okay.

As for the supermarkets, i don't think there's a regulation concerning the bacterial goodness in youghurt!!!

FlyingDonkeys

Hi All,
Damn, I must have gremlins in my eyes.
I own a BIG apology to Sainsbury - just looking again & it does have live bacteria!!! -Will work out a way to take this down this thread. To my mind they seem to be only the one doing a basic yoghurt with goodness in it. Will see if I can edit it or remove. Not easy for a non techie person.

thanks

RHYSDAD

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Hi All,
Damn, I must have gremlins in my eyes.
I own a BIG apology to Sainsbury - just looking again & it does have live bacteria!!! -Will work out a way to take this down this thread. To my mind they seem to be only the one doing a basic yoghurt with goodness in it. Will see if I can edit it or remove. Not easy for a non techie person.

thanks

First rule of moaning...get your facts right!!! (but still, go on, make your own!!)

FlyingDonkeys

yup I am going to make my own - some do it using a crockpot!

fionajbanana

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Have you tried making your own? Very easy and takes 5 minutes prep once a week.

You will need:

1 litre container with lid (i use a springtop kilner jar)
Whisk
Basic cooking thermometer
Saucepan

Ingredients:

1/2 litre whole organic (if you wish) milk
1 small pot of natural 'live' yoghurt, you'll need three tablespoons (as a starter)
25g dried milk powder (for a thicker resulting yoghurt)

Method:

Pour milk into pan and whisk in the milk powder.
Heat the milk, whilst slowly stirring, to exactly 46°c then whisk in the three tablespoons of yoghurt. Pour the yoghurt mixture into the kilner jar, wrap in a towel and place somewhere warm for approx 12 hours until the yoghurt has thickened sufficiently.
Chill in fridge and Hey Presto! 500g or so or fresh organic yoghurt without any of the added muck supermarkets seem so insistent on lacing our food with!! Keep three tablespoons back for your next batch and repeat process.

Go on! Have a go!

My mum makes her own yoghurts with a yoghurt maker with the individual pots like this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEL-YOGURT-MAID-MAKES-6-INDIVIDUAL-YOGHURTS-INCL-INSTRUCTIONS-BRAND-NEW-BOXED-/200914001278?pt=UK_HGKitchen_SmallApp_RL&hash=item2ec7685d7e and uses Sainsburys Basics Skimmed milk powder which costs £1.01 for a bag (Marvel costs 3 times as much) and when she goes on holiday, she buys a small pot of yoghurt to start again.

sweetilemon

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Sainsbury's natural yoghurt. Seems to be only natural yoghurt with the live bacteria that makes it so good for you!!! The price is down to 45p today

Not sure I understand the other supermarkets who don't offer this at a reasonable price. Where else you can get 500g of live yogurt for around 45?

http://static.moneysavingexpert.com/images/forum_smilies/angry-smiley-030.gif

I know tesco ASDA and morrisons all do basic natural yogurt although its usually around the 50/55p mark. I buy it a lot to eat for breakfast with honey/granola/fruit or for chicken tandoori. Dont think I eat enough to warrent home made. One tub lasts me all week.

FlyingDonkeys

sweetilemon wrote: »

I know tesco ASDA and morrisons all do basic natural yogurt although its usually around the 50/55p mark. I buy it a lot to eat for breakfast with honey/granola/fruit or for chicken tandoori. Dont think I eat enough to warrent home made. One tub lasts me all week.

Not sure about Morrisons but Asda basics is not live yoghurt - so doesn't have the good bacteria.

sweetilemon

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Not sure about Morrisons but Asda basics is not live yoghurt - so doesn't have the good bacteria.

Oh, didn't know that. Had sainsburys last week, got morrisons this week. It says 'low fat yogurt with lactobacillus acidophilus' so who knows!