Erivan Yogurt

I was looking through the yogurt section at Whole Foods the other day and was amazed at how hard it was to find whole milk yogurt that did not have a lot of stuff in it. Actually, to just find whole milk yogurt was a challenge as most of it seems to be low or no fat. Anyway, I was impressed by Erivan; they don't add anything and it's locally made in Pennsylvania. It seems like a very ma and pa shop, so much so that they don't even have a website at this point. I bought mine at Whole Foods, but if you are a yogurt eater check out the ingredients next time: crazy shit goes into that stuff, even the organic.

Oh and while we are on it, the whole "low fat/no fat" thing is a bunch of hooey. First of all, it's an additional process to remove fat from milk, which is naturally occurring. Secondly, it increases the carbohydrates in the yogurt, thereby making it more caloric and more of a simple sugar.

Keeping it as a whole milk product means it has more fat and breaks down slower in your system; thus if you are on a diet or concerned about health the full fat product is better for you since the "low fat/no fat" product is more fattening because it contains more carbohydrates. It's a total scam by big food to appeal to people who think they are buying something that is good for them. And these little individually sized fruit and flavored yogurts? Dessert. Pure and simple. Nothing more than little sugar bombs.