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Old January 26th, 2004, 06:11 PM
poohbear
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Default Hood's Low Carb Yogurt

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:35:59 -0700, "RF" wrote:
Hi Judy
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Also I have found Blue Bunny brand which is 6 oz and has 5 grams of carbs.
The ingredients a
Ultrafiltered skim milk, flavor base (vanilla and creme flavor with other
natural flavors, food starch-modified, citric acid, Sucralose, potassium
sorbate as perservative, Annatto for color, yello 5) cream whey, protein
concentrate, gelatin, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3, cultures.

Or, you may wish to consider making your own. No modified food
starch, etc.! It's easy.........here is a repost of mine from a while
back in misc.consumers.frugal-living:

One of the things my mother taught me when I was about twelve years of
age was how to make yogurt (like they did in the old country). I am
so thankful that she taught me how to do this simply: without
machines, thermometers, oven, additives (except for the culture), etc.

For the cost of the milk itself, I can eat nutritiously and frugally.
Anyway, here's how I make it today. (I use full fat whole milk for
health reasons)

YOGURT, homemade

Bring to simmer a 1/2 gallon FULL FAT WHOLE milk,(like when it is at
the point where it is rising up in the pot-maybe 10-12 min depending
upon your stove), pour into a big corningware type of pot, wait
approx. 30-33 min depending on if it is summer or winter....(test if
it is ready by when you put your pinky finger in, it is not so hot
that you can't stand it, but not too cool either...as hot as it can be
before you can't stand having your finger in it, there is a good
amount of leeway of temperature where it will work)....

At that point you add anywhere between 1/2 to 1 cup of starter from
the last time. If you don't have any, get unflavored PLAIN active
culture yogurt from the store.

Put the lid on the pot, and wrap in a couple of blankets or coats,
wait about 3 hours. I lay out the afghans on the table, then fold them
up and over the pot and throw a coat over the top.

In apporx. 3 hours it should have set. (if not, just let it set there
longer). Put in fridge overnight. some clear liquid rises to
top....you can toss the clear liquid, or mix it in with the rest of
the yogurt, or just drink it......i love to drink this part....i think
it's healthy for me.

Since I stopped eating sugar and starches, my tastebuds have changed
to the extent that the real natural foods seem to taste just fine
without additional sweetness. YMMV, of course.

PoohBear