Dannon All Natural Yogurt

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Mar 22, 2007

Dannon is one of the biggest players in the yogurt business and we have reviewed a lot of their products including Activia, Carb Control , Fruit Blend Low Fat, Light n Fit, Light 'n Fit with Fiber and Light and Fit Crave Control. The latest Dannon yogurt to come across my path is All Natural No Artificial Anything Yogurt. I just love the concept. Nothing artificial - no sweeteners, no chemical additives, and yet this is only 110 calories for the 4 ounce container.

I tried the Blueberry variety and quite liked the taste, although I must say that there was not a very strong blueberry flavor - but I am probably used to artificial flavors added to products - but this still has a smooth, creamy, rich, yummy taste. It was maybe a bit too sweet for my tastes and I thought here Dannon could have reduced the sugar (which may lead to reduced calories too - and that's always a good thing). The blueberries are also few and far between - I am just going to assume that some got blended into the yogurt because it does have a very vibrant purple color to it (if that's not the case, then I would have liked to have a few more of the actual fruit in this).

But what is also great is that without the artificial sweeteners or anything else, they were still conscious about making a wholesome product without too much fat. The yogurt is 99% fat free, with only 1 gram of total fat and 110 calories. One area they could definitely improve upon is the 19 grams of sugars, since it is added sugar (and not from the blueberries) - and the yogurt is too sweet anyway.

There is also 5 grams of protein and 15% of your daily requirement of calcium in the Dannon All Natural Yogurt. The "all natural" ingredients are cultured grade A low fat milk, sugar, blueberries, water, less than 1% corn starch, natural flavor, pectin, locust bean gum, lemon juice concentrate and active yogurt cultures including L. acidophilus.

One pack of 4 x 4 ounce containers was on sale for $1.50 at Meijers when I bought it. I think I would get this yogurt again - I try to go a couple of weeks without artificial sweeteners in my diet.

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