Woolworths No Added Sugar Greek Style Blueberry Yoghurt | Chewsday Review
Just when I thought we couldn't possibly need any more pouch yoghurts, we've got ourselves another fruit-flavoured pouch option with no added sugar! Let's see how Woolworths No Added Sugar Blueberry Yoghurt compares to the big brands.
- Milk, Blueberry Puree (5.0%), Milk Solids, Water, Apple Puree, Cream (Milk), Rice Starch, Natural Flavour, Enzyme (Lactase), Live Yoghurt Cultures (Milk).
- Interestingly they’ve added lactase to this pouch, which is an enzyme that breaks down lactose (the sugar found in milk), so this yoghurt is likely suitable for lactose-free families.
- Allergens: cow’s milk.
- This pouch doesn’t contain any added sugar, so only contains naturally occurring sugar from dairy and the blueberry and apple purees and is well within guidelines.
- Calcium content is above 120mg per 100g, so gets a tick! Each pouch contains 140mg of calcium which is equivalent to 28% of a toddler’s and 20% of a younger school-aged child’s recommended daily calcium intake. Farmer’s Union yoghurt pouch still takes the top prize, with 188mg of calcium per pouch.
- Saturated fat is 2.6g per 100g, which is less than Tamar Valley pouches and Aldi’s Dairy Dream pouches (both ~4.5g per 100g), and similar to Yoplait Petite Miam pouch (2.5g per 100g) and Farmer’s Union pouches (1.9g per 100g).
- Buying home brand items are often a cheaper way to shop, and these are no exception! These are a cool $1.35 each, which works out to be $1.23 per 100g and is cheaper than pouches from big brands, like Tamar Valley, Petit Miam and Farmer’s Union. Buying a family sized tub is still a cheaper option though.
- If your child has graduated from smaller 70g pouches, you’ll be pleased that these are 110g. Woolworths also have a smaller 70g pouch available, but it is worth noting that the smaller pouch contains added sugar.
- For a “blueberry” yoghurt, these contain a tiny amount of blueberry puree! It works out to be 5.5g per pouch, which is pretty negligible when a serve of fruit is considered to be around 150g.
- These contain live cultures which is great, but we don’t know which strains and in what amount so it’s fairly meaningless information.
- As always, yoghurt pouches contribute to single-use plastic waste.
- Yoghurt pouches don’t support development of biting and chewing skills or allow for sensory exposure. Ideally these are kept for lunchboxes or when you’re out and about, and you can continue to use a large tub of yoghurt at home.
- “Source of calcium”. True, but technically this can be claimed by any food that contains any amount of calcium.
- “No artificial colours, flavours or preservatives”. This is true, but really this claim is applicable for most foods nowadays. It seems harder to find foods containing artificial additives than not!
- “4.5 health star rating”. This tells us that this yoghurt pouch compares well to others.
- “Made in Australia from 91% Australian ingredients”. I always try to buy local where possible.
- Overall, this pouch compares well against other flavoured yoghurts with no added sugar and contains a decent amount of calcium. This is a decent home brand option and it certainly gives the big brands some competition.
- We’re all still waiting for a family sized tub of fruit yoghurt with no added sugar though (Chobani does have one but the calcium content is significantly lower than most other yoghurts).
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The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
