Fage 0% Greek Yogurt

Alf Veedersane · 19-01-2015 9:45pm

€3 for the big tub in Tesco in Bloomfields in Dublin Laoghaire now as well. Fage a new introduction to the shelves there.

Daemonic · 19-01-2015 9:57pm

Tesco Celridge has it for the same price too so looks like Tesco are jumping on the Fage bandwagon in most stores. First time I've had it and prefer it to Liberte, but what the hell is with the clear wax paper over the top... that was a surprise when i dug a spoon into my first pot!

Alf Veedersane · 19-01-2015 10:14pm

Daemonic wrote: »

what the hell is with the clear wax paper over the top... that was a surprise when i dug a spoon into my first pot!

It's parchment paper. Ever open a yoghurt and there's 'water' sitting on top of the yoghurt? That's whey that's separated out. The parchment paper absorbs the little bit left after straining.

You can eat it for gainz.

leck · 19-01-2015 10:51pm

Daemonic wrote: »

Tesco Celridge has it for the same price too so looks like Tesco are jumping on the Fage bandwagon in most stores. First time I've had it and prefer it to Liberte, but what the hell is with the clear wax paper over the top... that was a surprise when i dug a spoon into my first pot!

As Alf said above it absorbs the whey.

Food Republic have the answer for you

Precious flower · 20-01-2015 1:07pm

Yep, Tesco seems to be stocking it!:) For how long though I don't know. First time I tried it too but I can't say I noticed a different from Liberté though the wax paper surprised me. The Liberté yoghurt doesn't seem to have that, I wonder why?

leck · 20-01-2015 1:35pm

Precious flower wrote: »

Yep, Tesco seems to be stocking it!:) For how long though I don't know. First time I tried it too but I can't say I noticed a different from Liberté though the wax paper surprised me. The Liberté yoghurt doesn't seem to have that, I wonder why?

My local Tesco has had it for months but usually small quantities on the shelf and it takes up very little shelf space so easy to miss it unless you are specifically searching for it. Also available on tesco.ie.

As for the difference between Fage and Liberte, I believe that Tesco only sell "Greek-style" Liberte - it is thickened with skim milk powder: Liberte Strained Greek Style contains Skimmed Milk, Skimmed Milk Powder, Lactic Cultures. By contrast Fage is made from only milk and live cultures. It's thickened naturally by straining it as opposed to many "Greek style" yoghurts that are thickened by the addition of starch. I notice that Liberte doesn't promise that it has live cultures.

I wish the full-fat version of Fage was available here. It tastes much nicer than the 0% version.

Precious flower · 20-01-2015 1:59pm

leck wrote: »

My local Tesco has had it for months but usually small quantities on the shelf and it takes up very little shelf space so easy to miss it unless you are specifically searching for it. Also available on tesco.ie.

As for the difference between Fage and Liberte, I believe that Tesco only sell "Greek-style" Liberte - it is thickened with skim milk powder: Liberte Strained Greek Style contains Skimmed Milk, Skimmed Milk Powder, Lactic Cultures. By contrast Fage is made from only milk and live cultures. It's thickened naturally by straining it as opposed to many "Greek style" yoghurts that are thickened by the addition of starch. I notice that Liberte doesn't promise that it has live cultures.

I wish the full-fat version of Fage was available here. It tastes much nicer than the 0% version.

Thanks! However, I presumed all yoghurts have active cultures in them regardless?

Alf Veedersane · 20-01-2015 3:47pm

leck wrote: »

My local Tesco has had it for months but usually small quantities on the shelf and it takes up very little shelf space so easy to miss it unless you are specifically searching for it. Also available on tesco.ie.

As for the difference between Fage and Liberte, I believe that Tesco only sell "Greek-style" Liberte - it is thickened with skim milk powder: Liberte Strained Greek Style contains Skimmed Milk, Skimmed Milk Powder, Lactic Cultures. By contrast Fage is made from only milk and live cultures. It's thickened naturally by straining it as opposed to many "Greek style" yoghurts that are thickened by the addition of starch. I notice that Liberte doesn't promise that it has live cultures.

Macro-wise, there isn't a huge difference between Fage 0% and Liberté.

As Greek-style yoghurts go, Libvberté has the best nutritional profile.

Precious flower · 20-01-2015 4:20pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Macro-wise, there isn't a huge difference between Fage 0% and Liberté.

As Greek-style yoghurts go, Libvberté has the best nutritional profile.

Yeah I think protein wise there is about 1g difference and sugar is only 1g. Fage has slightly more sugar but also has slightly more protein and they are both zero fat.:)

power pants · 21-01-2015 12:46pm

had my first one today, hardly amazing like what everyone on here seems to rave about :rolleyes:

I prefer the DANONE at 1euro less and same amount of protein and taste

maybe its cool to like fage as people on the internet said so :rolleyes:

dastardly00 · 21-01-2015 12:58pm

power pants wrote: »

had my first one today, hardly amazing like what everyone on here seems to rave about :rolleyes:

I prefer the DANONE at 1euro less and same amount of protein and taste

maybe its cool to like fage as people on the internet said so :rolleyes:

What Danone product is it?

leck · 21-01-2015 2:02pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

What Danone product is it?

Wondering the same. I just looked at their website and couldn't see a Greek style yoghurt listed that is plain (without added fruit).

Wondering too about laws regarding labelling on some of these yoghurts. Was in Aldi yesterday and looked at the label on their Greek style yoghurt - ingredients just said yoghurt! Not very helpful.

I know Fage is expensive but at least you know what you are getting. My impression is that the many of the Greek style yoghurts out there are artificially thickened using dried milk powder or starch. It took a while for my taste buds to get used to Fage as I was used to eating yoghurt which was much sweeter due to added sugar and/or fruit. Also if you can find the full-fat version it has a much more satisfying taste and texture.

power pants · 22-01-2015 10:34am

Sorry, its called liberte but a Danone product

same cals per 100g as fage, same fat content, sugars and 9.6g protein per 100g compared to fages 10g

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-01-2015 10:50am

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Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 10:53am

Patww79 wrote: »

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Fat isn't the problem with most yoghurts. It's the sugar.

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-01-2015 10:55am

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power pants · 22-01-2015 10:57am

both have the same sugar content per 100g

fage is 58cals per 100g
liberte is 57cals

fage has 0.5g per 100g more in protein than liberte

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-01-2015 10:58am

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dastardly00 · 22-01-2015 11:00am

Patww79 wrote: »

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I don't think Alf Veedersane is saying that you should be eating Fage instead of Liberte. He just means that the fat content shouldn't be your biggest concern, it should be sugar.

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 11:02am

power pants wrote: »

Sorry, its called liberte but a Danone product

same cals per 100g as fage, same fat content, sugars and 9.6g protein per 100g compared to fages 10g

It's a Yoplait product and yes it's comparable in macros. That's why it turns up a lot in threads on Fage.

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-01-2015 11:02am

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dastardly00 · 22-01-2015 11:02am

power pants wrote: »

Sorry, its called liberte but a Danone product

Is Liberte a Danone product?

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 11:07am

I prefer the texture of Fage but I'll have either. Today, I will mostly be eating Liberte.

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 11:08am

dastardly00 wrote: »

Is Liberte a Danone product?

Yoplait.

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 11:10am

Patww79 wrote: »

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Low-fat typically has sugar to make up for the lack of taste due to fat removal.

Sugar is a far bigger problem than fat for anyone.

OldMrBrennan83 · 22-01-2015 11:11am

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dastardly00 · 22-01-2015 11:13am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Yoplait.

Yeah I was 99% sure myself that it is manufactured by Yoplait, but power pants seems to think it's Danone.

power pants wrote: »

had my first one today, hardly amazing like what everyone on here seems to rave about :rolleyes:

I prefer the DANONE at 1euro less and same amount of protein and taste

maybe its cool to like fage as people on the internet said so :rolleyes:

power pants wrote: »

Sorry, its called liberte but a Danone product

power pants · 22-01-2015 11:15am

dastardly00 wrote: »

Is Liberte a Danone product?

no, made a mistake. its actually nike

dastardly00 · 22-01-2015 11:16am

Patww79 wrote: »

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That's a fair enough reply, whatever works for you

I prefer the taste of Fage 0% compared to Liberte, but not by much. And as such, I regularly eat both

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 11:20am

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Be that as it may but it's not likely that the low-fat choices in your diet make or break it.

But in moost cases, people with an issue would be better off making choices that reduce the sugar content of their diet rather than the fat content. They don't have to be mutually exclusive.

USD Inflation Swap · 22-01-2015 12:30pm

My local supermarket sells the full fat Fage, Love the stuff.

Stench Blossoms · 22-01-2015 12:35pm

I don't like Liberte anymore. Much prefer fage.

leck · 22-01-2015 2:33pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Is Liberte a Danone product?

No, as another poster said, Liberte is a Yoplait product and so is owned General Mills.

It's very hard to see who owns who these days with all the multinational food companies. But as far as I can see there is no link between Danone and Liberte.

From Wikipedia:

Liberté originally entered the market in 1936 as a manufacturer of cream cheese and cottage cheese centered in Montreal, Quebec...At the end of 2010, Pineridge Group sold Liberté Natural Foods to the multinational yogurt producer Yoplait. In 2011 controlling interest of Yoplait was sold to General Mills. Liberté Natural Foods was subsequently renamed Liberté Inc.

Groupe Danone is a Spanish-French food-products multinational corporation based in Paris. It was founded in Spain in 1919. It produces dairy products, bottled water, cereals, baby foods and yogurts. In the United States it is marketed as the Dannon Company. Brands include: Actimel, Activia, Brown Cow yogurt, YoCrunch, Dannon (United States), Danone, Dann-o-nino, Danimals, Stonyfield Farm, Nutricia, baby food brands including Cow & Gate, Evian, Volvic.

Fage S.A. is a Greek dairy company and one of the major dairy brands in the country. Founded 1926. It manufactures dairy products including milk, yogurt and ice cream. In 1981 exports to the European market began. In October 2012, the company announced that it would be moving its headquarters out of Greece to Luxembourg. Today, FAGE owns and operates three production facilities in Greece (for yogurt, dairy desserts, milk, cream and cheese production) and one yogurt production plant in Johnstown, New York.

Mimojo · 22-01-2015 3:30pm

After a week of eating Fage 0%, have to say I am not impressed! I know its is much better for me than greek style, but have to say there is not much of a taste from it, and its very thick. I much prefer the Lidl Greek Style one, could eat that all day, but suppose I had best persist with the Fage now I have found it!!

Alf Veedersane · 22-01-2015 3:35pm

Mimojo wrote: »

After a week of eating Fage 0%, have to say I am not impressed! I know its is much better for me than greek style, but have to say there is not much of a taste from it, and its very thick. I much prefer the Lidl Greek Style one, could eat that all day, but suppose I had best persist with the Fage now I have found it!!

If you don't like it, don't eat it.

If the difference between it and the Lidl one isn't going to make/break your diet then it makes no sense to persist eating something for the sake of it.

leck · 22-01-2015 4:09pm

USD Inflation Swap wrote: »

My local supermarket sells the full fat Fage, Love the stuff.

What supermarket is that? Dunnes and Tesco around here only ever seem to sell the 0% type. The full-fat, or even the 2% taste so much better.

Zack Morris · 22-01-2015 8:08pm

Mimojo wrote: »

After a week of eating Fage 0%, have to say I am not impressed! I know its is much better for me than greek style, but have to say there is not much of a taste from it, and its very thick. I much prefer the Lidl Greek Style one, could eat that all day, but suppose I had best persist with the Fage now I have found it!!

Put a sachet of Stevia in it. I couldn't eat the Lidl Greek Style one without it, but on Tuesday I tried Fage for the first time and it's much nicer. Today, I tried Liberte and it's nicer, too. I won't be going back to the Lidl one because I noticed Liberte has much less carbs, even though it's more expensive.

jenizzle · 23-01-2015 8:28am

leck wrote: »

What supermarket is that? Dunnes and Tesco around here only ever seem to sell the 0% type. The full-fat, or even the 2% taste so much better.

I've seen the smaller tubs of full fat in Centra on Westland Row in Dublin, so maybe try other bigger Centra's?

Alf Veedersane · 23-01-2015 8:31am

jenizzle wrote: »

I've seen the smaller tubs of full fat in Centra on Westland Row in Dublin, so maybe try other bigger Centra's?

They had the 500ml tubs there before Christmas at €3.99 a pop.

power pants · 26-01-2015 12:13pm

was in tescos today

had fage and liberte beside each other in the fridge

I chose liberte. **** you fage !

Alf Veedersane · 26-01-2015 12:45pm

power pants wrote: »

was in tescos today

had fage and liberte beside each other in the fridge

I chose liberte. **** you fage !

The Greeks voted for liberte yesterday as well.

It was a sign.

Precious flower · 27-01-2015 11:52am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

The Greeks voted for liberte yesterday as well.

It was a sign.

Oh, that's all just a fage they are going through! :pac::pac::pac: I'm just a laugh a minute!! *Eats shoots and leaves*

power pants · 27-01-2015 12:06pm

went for the fage today. It was quite interesting... originally I chose the liberte but it was 3.14e and the fage was 3.66e.

I placed the liberte back and went for the fage. I chose the fage as it was more expensive and I wanted to prove to myself that I will not be dictated to by price. If I want to splash the cash, I will do just that.

I forgot that the original reason I chose liberte was that it tastes better imo but by then I had wasted too much time ****ing about in tescos so I paid for the fage and went to work.

It is one of the few times in my life that when confronted by 2 options I never know what Im going to do until Im doing it

Alf Veedersane · 27-01-2015 8:45pm

power pants wrote: »

went for the fage today. It was quite interesting... originally I chose the liberte but it was 3.14e and the fage was 3.66e.

I placed the liberte back and went for the fage. I chose the fage as it was more expensive and I wanted to prove to myself that I will not be dictated to by price. If I want to splash the cash, I will do just that.

I forgot that the original reason I chose liberte was that it tastes better imo but by then I had wasted too much time ****ing about in tescos so I paid for the fage and went to work.

It is one of the few times in my life that when confronted by 2 options I never know what Im going to do until Im doing it

You probably don't even realise how maverick you are.

MiaG · 28-01-2015 11:43am

I like both. Fage breakfast, liberte with fruit for snack later on

power pants · 28-01-2015 5:29pm

liberte for me today

would love to bath in it

Zack Morris · 28-01-2015 5:46pm

power pants wrote: »

liberte for me today

would love to bath in it

Pity it cost €3. Anyone know where I can get it cheaper?

Alf Veedersane · 28-01-2015 5:55pm

Zack Morris wrote: »

Pity it cost €3. Anyone know where I can get it cheaper?

Dunnes and Tesco do deals on it every so often where it's €2 a pop.

power pants · 28-01-2015 5:56pm

the Last year or more it is almost always on sale for 2e for the majority of the time. Tescos sees that it sells well and then pushes the price back up to full price.

currently in Tescos it is back at 3.66e

don't worry, this wont last.

When it is 2e the shelves are empty, when it is 3.66 nobody buys

the prices then goes back on special offer :pac:

power pants · 29-01-2015 12:05pm

liberte again today for me

Fage 0% Greek Yogurt

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