Gretchen Scalpi, RDN

Sugar Levels in Yogurt

Thanks to my coach and mentor Chere Bork for this guest post!  This helps to clear up the confusion about the sugar content found in yogurt:

After my tv segment on cold and flu fighting foods, I had a great question from a reader. They wanted to know about the yogurt levels in sugar. Here’s my response:

You are correct. Yogurt does contain sugar and some yogurts contain so much they should be in the candy and dessert aisle rather than the dairy case!

YoCrunch contains 14 grams of sugar per serving.  YoCrunch contains natural sugars from the milk of yogurt and the added fruit. This sugar comes from lactose which is the natural form of carbohydrate found in milk and also some sugar from the whole pieces of fruit found in the yogurt. A bit of real sugar is also added.

Plain yogurt typically provides 8 to 12 grams from lactose without any added sugars. YoCrunch is higher due to the added pieces of pomegranate, blueberries or raspberries.

There are so many nutrition benefits of eating YoCrunch yogurt, like Calcium (1 serving is like drinking 8 ounces of milk), protein (12 grams is double that of normal yogurt which has 6 grams) and probiotics which help your immune system.

As a RD I feel there are so many nutritional benefits of eating this yogurt I am not concerned about 14 grams of sugar. And, I have seen many yogurts that are over 25 grams!

Chere believes life is easy and we make it hard. She empowers people as a National Speaker, Media Spokesperson and Wellcoach® faculty member with the 5 key ingredients for savory living – purpose, energy, balance, happiness and health. Learn more here.

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