What’s The Best Yogurt? Greek? Icelandic? Almond? Oatmilk? Find out with our yogurt taste test and nutrition break down.
There are approximately 8,459 options when it comes to yogurt and fauxgurt (I made that up).
Some are rich and creamy, some are sad and runny and some taste like chemical waste.
The differences don’t stop there. Some are high in carbs for no good reason, some are high in protein and some have none at all.
We taste tested 13 different yogurts (and some yogurt wanna be’s) to give you the good, the bad, and the not so tasty truths about each of them. One was so bad Blakley had to spit it out.
Find out our thoughts on non-fat yogurt, 2% yogurt, Greek yogurt, Icelandic yogurt, Almond yogurt alternative, Oatmilk non-dairy yogurt and even yogurt made from a coconut.
Let’s do it.
Trader Joe’s Greek Whole Milk Yogurt
170 Calories
11g Protein
17g Carbohydrates
6g Fat
Tasty! Creamy! Flavor on point. Solid protein. Watch out for the other macronutrients as it is pretty high in carbs.
Liberte’ Whole Milk Yogurt
220 Calories
5g Protein
15g Carbohydrates
11g Fat
Tasty but packed full of calories. Low on the protein, high on the flavor. High calorie, low protein dessert,
Trader Joe’s Greek Nonfat Plain
90 Calories
15g Protein
6g Carbohydrates
0g Fat
High protein for the calories. Relatively bitter but that’s to be expected with Greek yogurt. Mixed with berries it would be a good snack.
Nancy’s Oatmilk Non-Diary Yogurt
100 Calories
6g Protein
16g Carbs
1.5g Fat
Watery and terrible texture. Lumpy. Couldn’t get it down. Sad amount of protein and a lot of carbs. Don’t recommend.
Chobani Greek Yogurt Non-Fat
80 Calories
14g Protein
6g Carbohydrates
0g Fat
A bit more bitter than the Trader Joe’s version. High protein snack for the calories… add some berries to make it extra tasty.
Icelandic Provisions Skyr
120 CALORIES
17g Protein
8g Carbohydrates
2.5g Fat
Thick texture, amazing flavor. Even plain is delish! Highly recommend. Quite high in protein for the calories.
Fage 2%
140 Calories
20g Protein
6g Carbohydrates
4g Fat
A hearty helping. Thick, tasty, with a ton of protein. Very solid choice.
Dannon Light & Fit Greek
80 Calories
12g Protein
9g Carbohydrates
0g Fat
More ingredients than typical Greek and Icelandic options. Very sweet and artificial tasting but pretty low calorie.
Trader Joe’s Skyr Icelandic 1.5%
130 Calories
11g Protein
15g Carbohydrates
2g Fat
Thick texture, taste is good, standard to high protein, higher carbohydrates, added sugar. Personally prefer the Fage and Icelandic Provisions brand, but it’s a good option if you are shopping at Trader Joe’s.
Yoplait Original
150 Calories
6g Protein
27g Carbohydrates
2g Fat
Texture is off. Watery. Extremely sweet. Small serving. High carbohydrates with lots of added sugar. Not a good or recommended protein source.
Trader Joe’s Creamy Almond Yogurt Alternative
180 Calories
5g Protein
18g Carbohydrates
11g Fat
Texture is off. Very little flavor. Not much protein. Added sugars. Do not recommend. Nuts don’t belong in yogurt.
Siggi’s Skyr Icelandic Non-Fat
90 Calories
16g Protein
6g Carbohydrates
0g Fat
Good option for a high protein snack! Prefer the Icelandic Provisions brand if you can find it but this is a close second.
Trader Joe’s Cultured Coconut Milk
170 Calories
<1g Protein
24g Carbohydrates
8g Fat
Watery, grayish in color, doesn’t look right. Doesn’t taste good. Less than 1g of protein. Not a good protein snack. Sad.
As you can see, all yogurt isn’t the same.
The best approach when it comes to any food is to actually look at what the food is and give it a little thought instead of just labeling it as “good” or “bad”.
I take that back. You can label that Oatmilk garbage as bad.
Yogurt is a dairy product (unless it’s a fauxgurt). Why do we eat dairy besides it being delicious?
Just like meat from animals, it’s high in protein and amino acids.
So yogurts made from nuts, grains and whatever else you can “milk” just don’t compare nutritionally to yogurts made from dairy.
So if you like to eat the fauxgurts because you can’t or don’t want to eat dairy it’s all good, just don’t think they are accomplishing the same things in your body.
It was pretty wild how different even the real yogurts were when it came to the nutrition.
Some, like the Liberte had 220 calories, while the Siggi’s had only 90 with WAY more protein.
We recommend looking at yogurt as a way to get extra protein into your diet through snacks or adding it to an otherwise low protein meal like breakfast. You do know a bagel isn’t breakfast, right?
We want a healthy dose of protein in our serving of yogurt. As close to 20g as possible. And since we’re really after the protein, we don’t want a bunch of calories from fat and carbs if we can help it.
So if that’s our criteria, here are our thoughts:
You can’t beat the Greeks and the Icelandic peeps. Both of these options are essentially concentrated versions of the runny garbage like the traditional Yoplait.
There’s more actual milk and less water in them. Therefore they have a higher protein content per weight.
If we pick up a yogurt and it has more carbs than protein it’s going back on the shelf.
How about the fat?
The thing is, the more fat in the yogurt, the more calories it’ll have.
That’s not inherently bad as long as those extra calories from the fat don’t cause you to eat more calories than you need.
But honestly, unless you’re on an extremely low fat diet (why are you?) I doubt the 2-4g of fat in the yogurt is going to be a deal breaker.
So overall, our advice is to stick with Greek or Icelandic yogurt with a low amount of carbohydrates and added sugar. Add high fiber berries if you don’t like it straight.
If you’re “so so” on it at first, give it some time. I bet your tastes will adjust.
Blakley’s favorite all things considered: Icelandic Provisions
Jonathan’s favorite all things considered: Iceland Provisions
Enjoy!