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by bitL 3222 days ago
Last time I've been to US, in Cambridge, MA, it was next to impossible to buy a decent non-low fat yoghurt. It was like observing shelves full of junk food everywhere. Sigh.
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Same in the grocery stores in the US midwest. If you're lucky, the available options are 80% non-fat (loaded with sugar), 15% low-fat (most sugary, but not all), and 5% full fat. In smaller stores there's no full-fat option at all, typically.

The non-fat ones are the "healthy" single-serving cups advertised in commercials with skinny women eating them in really nice kitchens just before they go running, or whatever. Probiotics, yoghurt's supposed to be healthy I think, blah blah. They're fat-free sugary dessert cups. Candy.

The low-fat myth is still going strong, especially when it comes to consumer products.

My wife has a very hard time fining yogurt with normal fat content. We've settled on a product made with whole milk by Stonyfield that is available in most grocery stores in Colorado.

yes really hard to buy a fullfat yogurt... I try to buy them for my children and all they have is lowfat & nofat.