Yogurt Nutrition Facts
Yogurt is one of dairy products which produced by adding bacterial cultures to milk. Many brands are promoted in the market and claim if their products with a lot of nutrition claims. But only few yogurt companies held on what they assure of.
However some yogurt is added by extra sugar like corn syrup with high fructose. You may be having twice amount of sugar in your yogurt cup if you savor like a tasteful dessert on it. When you find yogurt with label “fruit” in market is not really means it contains the real fruit, it is commonly fruit essence. Therefore, you can not get the healthy nutrition you need. Natural yogurt mostly contains sugar as much as 12 grams in a 6 ounce serving. So you may not really avoid all sugar due to the milk sugar in it. You should also note to eat yogurt that contains not more than 1.5 grams of saturated fat within a 6 ounce serving. Because saturated fat is a major of high cholesterol.
One of the criteria for best yogurt is they have a label says “live and active cultures”. The best yogurt should contain not less than a hundred million of live bacteria in every gram of it. Yogurt without the guarantee label may not give the same digestive benefits and nutrition like yogurt with it. The easiest and healthiest way to consume yogurt is to consume plain yogurt. Plain yogurt has good nutrition. Plain yogurt also usually has more potassium than flavored yogurt. If you want more tasteful of your yogurt, you may give seeds, wheat germ, fresh and natural fruits or a bit of hone
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