Dare Connoisseur--First post!
Since this is the very first post in my "Dare Connoisseur" category, I want to explain a little about the "rules" I plan to follow from now on. I think this will keep the posts well-arranged and easy to follow.
Every "Dare connoisseur" post will review one or more products. It contains mainly 3 parts:
1. Fundamental Info including prices, nutritional facts and places where I purchased etc.
2. In-depth analysis including comments on flavor, texture, wrapping design etc.
3. Summary at a glance. I will give "stars" out of 5 to:
Overall value;
Flavor/taste;
Worth of the money;
Then some highlights including both positive and negative. I will keep this as succinct as possible.
At last, the bottom line that whether I would buy it again or not.
So, if you are kinda "in rush", just read the first part and scroll all way down.
I hope you enjoy the coming food adventures in this category!
OK, today I want to share a yogurt product I found recently.
Cow and Goat Nonfat Greek yogurt from Kroger
I like browsing around the "Nature's market" food aisles in Kroger so much! It's like exploring treasures buried in the mine.
As a Diary lover (Maybe prone to fermented side a little bit more like yogurt and cheese), it 's impossible to miss the diary fridge. And this passing weekend, I found this kinda interesting Greek yogurt which is a mixture of Cow and Goat milk.
For cheeses, I usually don't like goat cheese or those made with sheep milk that much. But I am quite OK with mixed cheese so I thought why not give this guy a try.
Firstly with some fundamental info:
Flavors choice: Peach; Strawberry; Black cherry; Blueberry and pomegranate; Honey
Price: $1.39 without any sale ($1 on sale if you are lucky)
Weight: 150g
Calories: 150, 180 for the honey flavor (with the jam/honey I assume. But it's not very professional for it didn't give separated nutrition fact reference. You will know why I particularly pointed this out later.)
OK here we go! I bought the only "mixed" flavor which is Blueberry and pomegranate because that sounds fancier...
It comes with the typical "Mix as you like" type container and aluminum foil seal.
The image looks pretty fresh, clean and "organic".
Open it!
Without adding the jam, the taste is already pretty balanced. A little bit tangy-ness from the sheep milk but not too much. Honestly it's almost covered by the cow milk but you can tell the difference from regular greek yogurt. As for the sourness, I would say it's within a reasonable range. Not too sour but maybe still need some sweet to pleasant it up.
I am impressed by the texture though. It is very creamy and smooth. Because remember this is a NON-fat GREEK yogurt. Usually this combination can make a quite grainy even crumbly yogurt. Plus the overpowered sourness. Unless you use it in recipes, it's really not for snacking.
Actually regarding this, I couldn't help to babble a little bit more. I am sorry but the "big name" in Greek yogurt FXGX is kind of disappointing in this aspect for their nonfat variety. I admit the taste is outstanding yet the texture and overall sourness is...just...too much.
But this one did a really good job. I didn't taste pure sheep/goat yogurt before so I don't know whether it was because of that.
Then I added the jam. First of all, I would applause for the combination of blueberry and pomegranate which makes a mellow "berry-ish" flavor. But it is maybe a little too sweet and syrupy/runny. Of course, it is supposed to mix with the yogurt. Here you go!
As we can see, the texture of the jam is quite thin and there were few berries in the container. I end up with mixing in only about 1/3 of the jam which was already pretty sweet. But I would say the mixture tastes really good! Here speaks to the question I raised earlier. I believe there are people like me who don't like just dump in and mixing everything. So It would be nice if I can have an idea how does the nutrition facts look like only for the yogurt part.
Summary at a glance:
Overall value: 4 stars
Flavor/taste: 4 stars
Worth of the money: 4 stars
Highlight: kinda unique niche for its "mixed background" of cow and goat, and the yogurt has quite an outstanding texture as a nonfat player
Bottom line: I would buy it again but maybe only occasionally
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