Before Christmas I was very kindly sent some Rachel’s Organic Yoghurt to try out:
I received the following flavours:
- Greek Yoghurt with Honey
- Greek Yoghurt with Coconut
- Greek Yoghurt with Cherry
- Rhubarb Low Fat Yoghurt
- Mango, Pineapple and Passion Fruit Low Fat Yoghurt
- Strawberry with a hint of lime Low Fat Yoghurt
I was very happy to try these varieties out, especially as I want to try and keep to eating organic dairy whenever possible. Rachel’s Organic is one of the fastest growing organic dairies in Britain and sells a range of diary products as well as yoghurt, such as milk, cream and butter. The company also prides itself on its environmental credentials.
I sampled these yoghurts over a few weeks in various meals such as:
Strawberry low fat yoghurt with cherries and almonds
Coconut Greek Yoghurt with sliced apple
Fruit Salad with Honey Greek Yoghurt
Chocolate Cherry ‘Ice Cream’ with Cherry Greek Yoghurt
Rhubarb, Pumpkin and Ginger Dessert
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed all of the flavours but my favourite has to be the Coconut Greek Yoghurt, it was divine! For Greek Yoghurt I would always use Total Greek Yoghurt as the bench mark in terms of the best, and I have to say this came very close, however this is considerably cheaper than Total.
There is a big difference between the Greek Yoghurt and Low Fat Yoghurts. Obviously the Greek Yoghurt is higher calorie and fat than the low fat yoghurts but it is much creamier. The low fat yoghurts contain added sugar, no doubt to improve the taste when the fat has been removed. Personally I would rather go for the fuller fat no extra sugar creamy version! Although these contain higher calories the added fat content means that your more likely to feel full after eating it.
I also think that these are reasonably good value for such a good quality organic product. A large 450ml tub costs between £1.50 and £2.00 and you will often find them on some kind of offer.
Overall these are great products, I will definitely be purchasing them again. My husband loves the strawberry yoghurt, but I will be going for the Greek Style yoghurts in the future when I feel like a treat!
Have you tried Rachel’s Organic Yoghurts before? What did you think?
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I love Rachel’s yogurts, at uni I use to sometimes eat a whole tub in one go :/
The coconut one sounds amazing, I will definitely try that out but will try to be a bit more restrained and make it last a few days! x
I have the Coconut Yoghurt in my fridge right now. I had to buy it after you blogged about it. It is heavenly andso creamy. Yum!!! :D
I really like their yoghurts, and I try to only get organic dairy, so I stopped having fage as it was not organic. I liked their pouring yoghurts too as they are lovely on cereal. :)
I love the organic rice pudding dessert – absolutely gorgeous :)
These have disappeared from my grocery store :( I miss the chai one
Katherine
Omg I LOVVVE the coconut one, it is sooo gorgeous! It’s yumm put on top of fruit too or with a crumbled digestive when you want a little dessert :D
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I really want to try the coconut one, I imagine it tastes gorgeous!
I must say, good Greek yoghurt is the one thing that I miss being vegan – there really is no substitute. I wish I could force myself to like soy yoghurt but it upsets my tum and is pretty vile to me unless disguised with copious amounts of nut butter. None of the agar-thickened replicas seem to work either.
I’d never tried any yoghurt other than Total before, but I love the sound of all the Greek flavours. I used to adore coconut ice cream when I was little :)
I second Jess’ comment about Greek yoghurt — in fact yoghurt in general. Greek is a really great source of protein though too. Oh dear, I’m making myself drool slightly!
I agree though that if this is cheaper version that is almost as good as Total then it sounds like a good buy :-)
Oh I LOVE Rachel’s ORganic! I’v not tried all of the flavours, but I have tried the coconut flavour, and I agree, it is divine!
Hey Laura: just a heads up that I tagged you in a post to answer some questions :-)
Axx
I completely agree with the Rachel’s Dairy Greek-style coconut yoghurt(spotted one in the fridge in Wholefoods at a special promo price prior to Christmas £1.29 and had to try it, I was not disapointed:).