When choosing yogurt in a store, do you want to buy a tasty, healthy product that does not contain unnecessary additives, and even at a suitable price? It is quite real. Do not put the first boxes in the basket, do not succumb to promotions and carefully read the product labels.
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Instruction manual
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If you decide to purchase the most healthy yogurt, look for the inscription “Contains live bacteria” or “Contains live yogurt culture” on the packaging. Please note that such a product has a limited shelf life of not more than three weeks - and you need to look for it in a refrigerated display case.
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Read the label of your chosen yogurt carefully. The dietary product should have as few supplements as possible. Ideally, natural yogurt contains milk and yogurt bacteria. But more often casein, serum, emulsifiers can be included in its composition. All these additives significantly reduce the price of the product.
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If you are interested in a product with a minimum calorie content, choose yogurt without sugar and fruit additives. The list of sweeteners includes honey, fructose, maple or corn syrup. Please note that muesli added to yogurt may also contain sugar.
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Natural yogurt can be made from plain or skim milk. Accordingly, its calorie content can vary from 250 to 100 kcal. Calcium enriched foods are found - this information can also be found on the packaging.
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Pasteurized milk is quite acceptable as a raw material. But if the product was pasteurized after fermentation, there were no living bacteria in it. Therefore, see if there is a mark on the label of the selected yogurt that the product has been heat treated after fermentation.
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When choosing yogurt with fruit additives, pay attention to whether it contains natural fruits or only flavors and flavors.
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Inspect the selected box or jar. If the lid on it is swollen or the packaging is broken, refuse to purchase. Please note that even a quality product deteriorates when stored improperly.
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Check the expiration date of the product. Try not to buy a product that is about to expire. If you need to purchase several identical packages, check the date on each. It happens that goods from different lots are displayed on one shelf and one of the boxes you bought may well be overdue.
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Take special care to study yoghurts sold at a special price. It is possible that in this way the store is trying to get rid of the stale illiquid goods.