Dairy-based, Plant-based, Greek, Icelandic, French, and Traditional – let’s break it down!
- Whole milk, low-fat milk, and nonfat milk yogurt
- Whole Milk Yogurt
- Has the most amount of calories and saturated fat; which makes it have a creamy, velvety texture
- Has the least amount of protein and calcium
- Low Fat Yogurt
- Falls in between whole milk and nonfat yogurts as far as fat and calorie content
- It has half the amount of saturated fat as whole milk yogurt
- The amount of protein and calcium is 30-35% higher than whole milk yogurt
- Nonfat Yogurt
- Thinner and waterier than whole or low-fat yogurts
- The taste is more tart than whole or low-fat yogurts
- It has 30-40% more protein and calcium than whole or low-fat yogurts
- Whole Milk Yogurt
- Dairy Yogurt
- Traditional or Unstrained Yogurt (Stonyfield, Bellwether Farms)
- Comes in whole milk, low-fat, and nonfat versions
- Has half the amount of protein of Greek or Icelandic yogurts
- Has the highest amount of calcium
- Greek Yogurt (Fage, Dannon Oikos, Nounos Creamery, Chobani)
- Has a thicker consistency than traditional yogurt
- Has twice the amount of protein as traditional yogurt
- Has more calories than traditional yogurt
- Has less calcium than traditional yogurt
- Icelandic (Skyr) Yogurt (Norr Organic, Icelandic Provisions, Siggis)
- Thicker than Greek yogurt
- Has more protein than Greek yogurt
- Has less calcium than traditional yogurt
- French Yogurt
- Made and sold in glass jars
- Made with whole milk
- Similar to traditional, whole milk yogurt in calories, fat, protein, calcium
- Traditional or Unstrained Yogurt (Stonyfield, Bellwether Farms)
- Plant-Milk Yogurt
- Almond or Cashew Milk Yogurt
- Low in saturated fat
- Less protein than dairy yogurts
- Less calcium than dairy yogurts
- Coconut Milk Yogurt (Harmless Harvest)
- Has a creamy texture
- Low in protein and calcium
- Contains the most saturated fat of all the yogurts
- Oat Milk Yogurt
- Contain added protein
- Low in calcium
- Almond or Cashew Milk Yogurt