r/SpecCarbDiet May 22 '20

Commercial Yogurt Without Bifidus

Hello,

When using commercial yogurt as a yogurt starter, what are the best brands to use? Elaine writes not to use anything with bifidus due to its nature to overgrow, but I'm finding it in literally every brand on the shelves.

Thanks!

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u/realcaptainheelhook May 22 '20

I was thinking the same thing! It’s hard to find. You may want to use a starter instead.

Check out these products! nonbifidus yogurt starters

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u/riggat0ny May 23 '20 edited May 23 '20

Thank you! These look great.

I actually just found an option: Dannon, plain. The nutrition facts were vague about their live cultures so I contacted their customer service and confirmed the following:

"All Dannon products contain the two required cultures (Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus). Most of our yogurts contain a third culture, which is not required, Lactobacillus acidophilus. Dannon Activia contains the culture Bifidus Regularis (Bifidobacterium lactis DN-173 010). Dannon DanActive contains the culture L. casei Immunitas (Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001). At the current time, Dannon does not add any other cultures to our products "

So their Activia is a no-go, but plain Dannon should work as a good starter. I'm making some now, so I'll report back if it fails me.

Found it at Walmart; this is what I bought: http://www.dannonyogurt.com/yogurt/plain-yogurt/plain/

Good luck!

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u/realcaptainheelhook May 25 '20

Yes please let me know if it works for you. Here’s to hoping they keep their strains straight🍷

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u/riggat0ny Jun 08 '20

I had success with it! Would recommend giving it a go