History tells us that when King Francis I of France was seemingly incurable from an intestine illness, around years ago, he was fed yoghurt by a Turkish doctor and was cured. This may have been when the health benefits of yoghurt really began to spread. This was the point where the good bacteria in yoghurt was discovered.
A bacteriologist from Russia, Ilya Mechnikov, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in , noted a long life span of Bulgarian peasants whose diet was made up of a high amount of dairy produce and who favoured yoghurt.
This is what we were talking about last night. My Slimming World consultant Debbie said that she remembers her Grandad eating yoghurt out of a big bowl. Eating it was seen as quite different and very healthy indeed. That mindset of eating yoghurt every day being a very healthy thing is still with us today, a few decades later. But are all yoghurts really that healthy?
Stores like Pinkberry and Red Mango quickly assumed dominance on the frozen yogurt scene, leaving those that never did the "tart" thing to begin scrambling to introduce tart flavors. Greek yogurt: the calm before the storm. In the mid s, Americans really started discovering Greek yogurt -- a kind of yogurt characterized by its thickness. Greek yogurt is strained to get rid of excess whey , leaving a thicker product with more protein. Unknown to many Americans, who may have been wooed by the supposedly Greek origin of the stuff, the strained yogurt we call Greek "is actually most closely associated with nearby parts of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, particularly Bulgaria.
Greek yogurt completely obliterated all other yogurts in the span of a few short years. In it composed one percent of the yogurt market, and by , it made up 36 percent. Chobani is responsible for roughly half of that 36 percent. New York State debated the merits of yogurt as a state snack.
Yes, this happened. After a heated debate in the state senate, New York -- which is the country's leading state in yogurt production -- made yogurt the official state snack. And everyone wondered what the point was. In the ultimate display of yogurt's transition from the health food we once knew it as, McDonald's will introduce Go-Gurt in Happy Meals on July 4.
The End. Or at least we hope so. Suggest a correction. Parchment, Wax And Freezer Paper. Thanksgiving Without Turkey? Newsletter Sign Up. Successfully Subscribed! But in , Swiss-invented Ski was launched in the UK. With added sugar and real fruit it was an instant hit and launched a yoghurt revolution on our supermarket shelves. Ms Lawrence agrees. Over the years, manufacturers have taken advantage of yoghurt's versatility, adding all sorts of ingredients. Every time an ingredient is added, a company can charge a higher price, a process known as added-value.
As well as the range and diversity, the other striking thing about the yoghurt aisle today is the number of foreign brands dominating the shelves.
In the late s, German yoghurt-maker Muller saw an opportunity to move into the UK's growing market. The Muller Corner transformed the yoghurt market, turning a traditionally healthy food into a sweet, luxurious treat.
Other European dairies followed and the yoghurt aisle soon became a continental affair. Today, two-thirds of yoghurt brands on UK shelves are owned by foreign companies. People increasingly look to food to solve their health problems. In recent years, companies have developed products with added ingredients claiming health and wellness benefits and creating an entirely new category of "functional foods".
And Yoghurt has been the revolutionary leader in the form of probiotics. Probiotic yoghurts have specific strands of bacteria added in.
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