Lactic Acid Eyes Look Up at Every Yogurt Purchase!

Consistency and variety: This is how they choose healthy yoghurt

For many Germans, yogurt is part of their daily diet. The milk product is digestible, easy to digest and has a positive effect on the intestinal flora due to the lactic acid bacteria it contains. But which yogurts are better suited for a health-conscious diet? Some tips from experts can help with the selection.

Dairy product with health benefits

A delicious breakfast without fresh yoghurt is unthinkable for many people. The milk product is digestible, easy to digest and has a positive effect on the intestinal flora due to the lactic acid bacteria it contains. In addition, scientific research has found that yoghurt protects against diabetes and - at least in women - can reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Natural yoghurt, which is available in different variants, is particularly popular: creamy or puncture-proof, mild or sour. But which is best?

The supermarket usually offers numerous varieties of yoghurt. But which are better suited for a healthy diet? Experts give some tips that can help with the selection. (Picture: niradj / fotolia.com)

The consistency is important

Who stands in front of the supermarket shelf, has to decide: sturdy or creamy yogurt - these differ not only in their consistency.

"A yoghurt becomes strong when the milk comes into the cup immediately after adding the bacterial cultures and turns into yoghurt," explains Stiftung Warentest in its magazine "test"..

"If the mix of milk and bacteria, however, stirred for several hours in large tanks, the yoghurt gets a creamy consistency," the experts continue.

Stingfast yogurt contains more healthy lactic acid bacteria that build up the intestinal flora
And: "So that he does not get too thin, the manufacturers often use skimmed milk powder or withdraw water from it."

As a result, it also contains fewer bacteria per serving than regular yoghurt, sometimes referred to as Bulgaria yoghurt.

This also applies to fruit yoghurts, since the addition of sugar and fruit pulp decreases the proportion of health-promoting bacteria.

Manufacturers could not prove health promoting effect

In the past, yoghurt was often advertised as "probiotic". So should be pointed to supposedly healthy products that have been specially fortified with probiotics.

But according to experts, you do not have to buy yoghurt with certain bacteria to do something good for your health. Even normal yogurt is probiotic.

"For years advertising has promised that probiotic yoghurt, or yogurt with probiotic bacteria, activates the body's defenses and regulates intestinal activity," the North Rhine-Westphalia Consumer Association reported last year in a statement.

"But the manufacturers could not prove these statements on the health effect", so the experts. (Ad)