Ideal Bite

I totally agree with the idea of promoting consumption of organic yogurt instead of the regular kind. It has a positive impact on the environment as well as on personal health, especially in kids with developing bodies that are vulnerable to chemicals found in conventional products. HOWEVER, I do wonder how wise it is to recommend/advertise a product exported all the way from Australia (!!!!). I thought being green also meant consuming food that hasn't traveled thousands of miles to reach your plate. On a side note, it would have been nice to see a DIY "Make your own organic yogurt" note. There are quite inexpensive yogurt makers out there, and there are recipes aplenty on the net. You can even find instructions for making yogurt without a yogurt maker! And it can be a fun project to get kids hooked on biology!

Aisha, Wallaby is actually made in Northern California. We drove by a Wallaby farm on our last trip to Marin County! It's just Australian-style. It's my son's favorite, though I prefer Oregon-made Yami. The problem with all of these yogurts is they have so much sugar in them! They're all way sweeter than they need to be. If you look at the nutritional info for the Nancy's, the amount of sugar average about 30g, all the way up to 43 grams. 43 grams of sugar!!! Crazy. I've switched to plain yogurt but haven't quite gotten my son there yet. Wish I would have started with plain!

After a little more careful look, it seems like Nancy's uses unsweetened yogurt for these fruit mixers and the fruit itself has a little honey mixed in. I guess that's where all the sugar comes from. My bad!

Thanks for correcting me Betsy! My mistake, I should have done a little more research before pouncing on my keyboard at the mere sight of the word "Australia"... I hear you on the sugar. Although sugar from fruit and honey is a better option than refined sugar/high fructose corn syrup, I find that processed foods designed for kids contain too much of the stuff. They end up getting hooked on overly sweet foodstuffs early on. I don't have kids yet but it looks like it's going to be a challenge to tailor their taste buds to reasonable levels of sweetness. I'm glad my mom got us addicted to snacking on raw vegetables straight out of the fridge!

Honestly, making your own yogurt is not difficult and is even easier if you use a commercial yogurt maker though I just use any old pot, and my oven (no heat, but leave the light on). The best part? It's hard to decide... no plastic to throw-away or recycle, I know what's in mine (organic milk), my husband can flavour it with any organic preserves he likes, and I can make it any time I want -- I always have some in the fridge for whenever I get a craving. You should try it.