Re: Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

[Guest guest]

Sorry, Jill.... that yogurt is absolutely illegal. Gotta read those labels...

before you buy!

If you use a yogurt as a starter, it cannot have any of those additives, and

also cannot have any bifidus bacteria (bifidum, bifidi, anything " bifi- " ).

Patti

Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

Hi all! I was just about to try making yogurt when I realized the

plain goat yogurt I purchased has tapioca and pectin in it. Does this

mean I can't use it as a starter?

Thanks in advance for your help!

-Jill

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help Patti. I went back to the store and just made

my first batch of yogurt with cow's milk and regular yogurt. I hope

it works out!

-Jill

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> Sorry, Jill.... that yogurt is absolutely illegal. Gotta read those

labels... before you buy!

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> If you use a yogurt as a starter, it cannot have any of those

additives, and also cannot have any bifidus bacteria (bifidum,

bifidi, anything " bifi- " ).

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> Patti

> Tapioca and pectin in yogurt-is this legal?

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> Hi all! I was just about to try making yogurt when I realized the

> plain goat yogurt I purchased has tapioca and pectin in it. Does

this

> mean I can't use it as a starter?

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> Thanks in advance for your help!

> -Jill

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Lorilyn! Do you know what greek style yogurt is? I'm in

southern CA too and I went to Trader Joe's last night to check on the

goat yogurt but was unnsuccessful.

-Jill

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> The only yogurt I found that is okay is Fage, which is at Trader

Joes, at least in southern CA ( and I also saw it at a Pikes Place

deli in Seattle.) The Dannon yogurt I have seen recently is not

okay. Straus would be okay if it didn't have bifidus, and all the

others I have seen have tapioca or pectin or gum or worse in them.

> Lorilyn

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> Just make sure the cultures listed in your " regular yogurt " are

limited to these three:

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> L.acidophilus, S.thermophilus, and L.bulgaricus.

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> I think Dannon brand plain yogurt is one of the few that are

okay. I order the Yogourmet starter from Lucy's.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Lorilyn and Patti,

> Lorilyn, That's good to know about the Dannon plain. What was the

illegal ingredient in it... do you remember?

Could it have been the Dannon Natural Plain NonFat or LowFat, they

both have pectin? (I was looking at all the yogurt in the refrigerator

case at the grocery and was completely mesmerized - Low fat, Non fat,

Sugar free, stirred, extra creamy, not to mention all the flavours)

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Hi Lora,

>They told me it

> is not in there, and there is still only the three I mentioned.

> I am crossing my fingers that the regular (not low or non fat)

Dannon is

> still ok,

It does sound okay (to use as starter), enjoy your homemade yog!

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 22yrs, Moderator

mom of and