Re: Best Commercial Yogurt?

[Guest guest]

Tom,

Have tried 7 Stars biodynamic. Am in East. Do believe its a better product

than Stonyfield but not for culture in my experience anyway. Stonyfield's

cows aren't necessarily pastured from what I understand. If I'm buying

yogurt only to use to make my own buying a quart of 7 Stars doesn't make

sense. Can get Stonyfield by the cup. Its all at least pasteurized. Why the

commercial culture sounds good for consistent viability.This was discussed

while back when Janet Brunner needed consistent viability for successful

yogurt all the time for her customers. Maybe Janet has the link explaining.

Archives would take time with all the yogurt discussions we've had.

Wanita

>Stonyfield Organic is pretty good, but have you tried Seven Stars

>(biodynamic)? Of the yogurts I've tried, it's my favorite and seems

>the healthiest. I'm just curious if you haven't tried Seven Stars, or

>if you have and believe Stonyfield to be superior to it (at least

>bacteria-wise).

>

>Anyone else have opinions on the best or healthiest yogurt

>commercially available? I know Seven Stars is avaible in the East and

>Midwest, but perhaps the West has its own good brands?

[Guest guest]

Cool, good to know that Stonyfield has the best culture. I'll keep

that in mind when I make my first batch of homemade yogurt. Thanks,

Wanita.

Tom

--- In , Wanita Sears <wanitawa@b...>

wrote:

> Tom,

> Have tried 7 Stars biodynamic. Am in East. Do believe its a better

product

> than Stonyfield but not for culture in my experience anyway.

Stonyfield's

> cows aren't necessarily pastured from what I understand. If I'm buys

the West has its own good brands?

[Guest guest]

Wanita,

I have given in to the fact that raw yogurt is going to remain a drinkable

consistency. We now bottle our yogurt in bottles and call it " Yogurt To Go " .

Flavored or plain the customers love it!

I've been using a freeze dried yogurt culture from Danlac.com and have found the

consistency I was striving for. This makes a wonderful yogurt and it's so easy.

Most of all I know that the culture I'm using has all of the beneficial live

cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbruckii subsp. Bulgaricus

Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactic). That's what is listed on

the information anyway. I just feel better using the freeze dried culture over

the pasteurized and nearly dead yogurts available in the stores. One can

actually feel the difference when you drink it too!

Janet

Tom,

Have tried 7 Stars biodynamic. Am in East. Do believe its a better product

than Stonyfield but not for culture in my experience anyway. Stonyfield's

cows aren't necessarily pastured from what I understand. If I'm buying

yogurt only to use to make my own buying a quart of 7 Stars doesn't make

sense. Can get Stonyfield by the cup. Its all at least pasteurized. Why the

commercial culture sounds good for consistent viability.This was discussed

while back when Janet Brunner needed consistent viability for successful

yogurt all the time for her customers. Maybe Janet has the link explaining.

Archives would take time with all the yogurt discussions we've had.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

>>>>Most of all I know that the culture I'm using has all of the beneficial

live cultures (streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus delbruckii subsp.

Bulgaricus Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactic).

---->hmmmm...out of curiosity isn't streptococcus thermophilus the one that

jordan rubin warns against consuming? or am i remembering the name wrong?

and i don't recall why he said to avoid it.

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

>---->hmmmm...out of curiosity isn't streptococcus thermophilus the one

>that jordan rubin warns against consuming? or am i remembering the name

>wrong? and i don't recall why he said to avoid it.

I wondered about that too. In his book Restoring Your Digestive Health, he

says, " Studies have shown that people who suffer from autoimmune diseases

such as rheumatoid arthritis run the risk of aggravating the symptoms of

their disease if they consume more than two cups of yogurt that contains S.

thermophilus. What's more, S. thermophilus can cause a shift in immune

function known as a Th2-dominated immune system. People with Th2-mediated

immune systems have higher incidences of allergies and other illnesses. "

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[Guest guest]

I must have missed that thread Suze - hmmm - you have me thinking now if I'm

really using a good culture or not. This makes the best yogurt I've ever tasted

too!

Janet

---->hmmmm...out of curiosity isn't streptococcus thermophilus the one that

jordan rubin warns against consuming? or am i remembering the name wrong?

and i don't recall why he said to avoid it.

Suze Fisher

[Guest guest]

Both Jordan Rubin and Donna Gates advise avoiding S. Thermophilus.

Chris