Why do most yoghurts in supermarkets have the word flavor?

Most yogurts in supermarkets have the word "flavor", which does not mean taste, but other ingredients added by merchants to improve the taste and nutrition of yogurts, such as fruits and vegetables/grains/nutritional fortifiers/additives. Experts suggest that you choose plain yogurt, which is usually low in sugar and high in protein.

Yogurt is not as easy to cause lactose intolerance as pure milk, and it is rich in probiotics, which is beneficial to intestinal health. I believe many people like it very much. But most yoghurts in the supermarket are not real yoghurts. Today, experts from the Municipal Association for Science and Technology tell you which yogurt is more worth buying.

If you want to know whether the dairy products you buy are real yogurt, just look at the words "fermented milk" on the package. "Streptococcus thermophilus" and "Lactobacillus bulgaricus" will be added in the production of ordinary yogurt, but they are not varieties that can enter the intestinal tract and have little effect on regulating the stomach.

Whether yogurt is pure or not depends on what raw materials are used to produce yogurt. There are two main raw materials for producing yogurt: one is milk powder and the other is fresh milk. Yogurt made of fresh milk is called "yogurt", and yogurt made of milk powder is called "reconstituted milk yogurt".

Restored milk is milk mixed with milk powder. After two high-temperature treatments, a lot of nutrients were lost. Many people will call lactic acid bacteria drinks yogurt, but in fact, lactic acid bacteria drinks are not yogurt at all. One of the most intuitive ways to distinguish is to look at the ingredient list. The first ingredient list of real yogurt is milk or goat milk, while the first ingredient list of many lactic acid bacteria drinks is water and sugar, so this drink is not yogurt. In the ingredient list of yogurt, the protein content is generally ≥2.3%, while the protein content of lactic acid bacteria beverage is usually lower than this level. The sugar content of lactic acid bacteria beverage is also significantly higher than that of yogurt, and it is easier to get fat after drinking it.

Why are you looking for yogurt in the refrigerator? There are generally two kinds of yogurt, one is low-temperature yogurt that needs refrigeration, also called "live bacteria yogurt". Low-temperature yogurt contains "live lactic acid bacteria", which can maintain the balance of intestinal flora and stimulate intestinal movement.

The other is normal temperature yogurt, also called "sterilized yogurt", which basically contains no active lactic acid bacteria. Why kill "lactic acid bacteria" that are beneficial to human body? Because of this, yogurt has a longer shelf life at room temperature, lower storage and transportation costs, and is easy to sell.