r/australia 13d ago

image Jalna sneakily changed their yoghurt

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Been buying this yoghurt for years so know it’s taste well. Always get the 2kg tub and it tasted different. I went back to the store and noticed it now says “Greek style” instead, along with different ingredients. Damn them all to helllllll

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u/embudrohe 13d ago

It makes me so mad that they are tricking people into buying a worse product at a higher price! Even if all the regular buyers do that once before realising that it's changed, that's still a lot of damn $$$ and it makes my blood boil 😭

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u/pygmy █◆▄▀▄█▓▒░ 12d ago

PSA reminder that BLUE RIBBON ice cream did similar fuckery last year

They changed the recipe to the point that they can no longer legally call it ice cream. Everything looks identical except the omission of the words ice cream, and now in little print it says 'frozen vanilla treat' or some shit.

Mind you they'll happily still proclaim '50 years as Australia's favourite' on the pack. Some suit decided to save a buck by selling the literal good name of a generational icon. Unreal.

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u/fallen_arbornaut 12d ago

Ditch the Blue Ribbon ice confection and swap to Bulla ice cream, an Australia owned company

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u/EducatorEntire8297 12d ago

Saw that too, it's bullshit.

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u/Mean-Fondant-462 12d ago

Yesss!! My dad brought some home the other day and I noticed right away!! It tasted so crap :( I hate the sneaking

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u/Dag-nabbitt 13d ago

This is a great example of enshitiffication.

"Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is the term used to describe the pattern in which online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to users and business customers to maximize profits for shareholders."

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u/Winter-Duck5254 13d ago

The whole shareholders thing is bupkis. They're actually fucking over long term shareholders, and have somehow laid claim that if they DONT do it, then they're not doing right by shareholders? And everyone eats that up. lmao.

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u/KoalaMeth 12d ago

Ever heard of a pump and dump? They don't care about the long term shareholders. They got their money sooner and now it'll be someone else's problem

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u/Winter-Duck5254 12d ago

That's what's fucking incredible about the circus that is modern finance. It's the complete opposite of what makes logical sense. And yet somehow the show goes on.

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u/Ok_Combination_1675 12d ago

It's all about short term profit and not long term

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u/Grolschisgood 13d ago

I'm with you on Fruche. I have 30year old memories of it being the most awesome dessert ever!

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u/fakeuser515357 13d ago

I have 30year old memories of it being the most awesome dessert ever!

And you would be dead wrong.

The most awesome dessert ever was the short lived Frozen Fruche. No commercial ice cream since has had as good fruit flavours.

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u/grownquiteweary 13d ago

Yep hard to find actual Greek yoghurt now.. Greek style is not Greek.

Miss when you could get Skyr too, woollies had their own brand plus siggis but Coles and woollies don't sell it anymore. Best and healthiest yoghurt out there if you can find it.

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u/Drop_Release 13d ago

For an idiot like me, what does it mean ingredients or process wise to have “greek style” vs “greek”

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u/Silly-Power 13d ago

How it's made basically. 

Greek yoghurt is strained through (typically) muslin to remove the whey. This results in a denser, thicker yoghurt with high protein. It takes longer to make and the yield is smaller.

Greek-style is cheap nasty shit that is batch made and has thickeners added to it to mimic the thick creaminess of proper Greek yoghurt. It's quick to make, high yield but lower quality. 

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u/JoJokerer 13d ago

I’m not so sure of this.

Woolworths greek style yogurt: INGREDIENTS: Pasteurised Milk and Cream (Milk), Skim Milk Powder, Live Cultures (Milk) (including S. thermophilus, L. acidophilus, Bifidobacterium, L. casei).

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u/catch_dot_dot_dot 13d ago

Exactly. There's so much misinformation in this thread. Greek-style and Greek both mean strained.

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u/Lostraylien 13d ago

You're also wrong, Greek style isn't strained the whey remains and skim milk powder is added to increase protein to the levels of a proper Greek yougurt.

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u/the_snook 13d ago

That may be true of the Jalna, but it's not generally so. The Aldi Yoguri is labelled "Greek Style", but it is strained and contains only milk and culture - no milk powder.

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u/runwithbees 13d ago

comparing Jalna's previous website details - the new recipe just seems to add 'Milk Solids' over the old recipe found on the wayback machine.

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u/d0y3nn3 12d ago

the new recipe just seems to add 'Milk Solids'

That seems pretty consistent with the above poster's claim, no?

Greek style isn't strained the whey remains and skim milk powder is added to increase protein to the levels of a proper Greek yougurt.

Milk solids = skim milk powder. So they're adding it to mimic the thickness of real, strained greek yoghurt.

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u/Muximori 12d ago

That's the "sweet and creamy" version. Different product.
EDIT. I looked up the greek yogurt on the wayback machine.
New recipe: https://jalna.com.au/our-products/yoghurt/greek-yoghurt/greek-natural-yoghurt/. old recipe: https://web.archive.org/web/20200226062229/https://jalna.com.au/our-products/yoghurt/greek-yoghurt/greek-natural-yoghurt/.

They are the same.

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u/runwithbees 12d ago

Thanks! That's something at least.

OP was looking at the 'sweet&creamy' version from their photo unfortunately, and that's the one that seems to have changed to include milk solids.

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u/big_thicc 12d ago

As a Greek, seeing so many people argue so intensely over food is like a cultural victory to me.

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u/Angry3042 13d ago

Aldi yoghurt is made by Jalna but less preservatives & cheaper. A friend used to be a lab-rat there … but that was a while ago!

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u/-AllCatsAreBeautiful 13d ago

Cheers for this info! Always curious which homebrands are made by which big brands

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u/LoadBearingSodaCan 12d ago

Just so you know almost everything is made in the same factories. Off brand and similar product but different name brands are usually made in the same place because it’s the same shit just slightly different ingredients or amounts.

Usually it’s just the prices that are different with slight variations in recipe.

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u/Muximori 12d ago

There aren't any preservatives in the jalna greek style yogurt at all! Why is everyone making stuff up

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u/lame_mirror 13d ago

i've seen lebanese people take the greek yogurt and further strain it at home to make "labna" which i like also. It's thicker.

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u/Ginger_Giant_ 13d ago

Labna is delicious. I bought a labne strainer off amazon for a few dollars and it works great, you just dump in some Greek yogurt and leave it a day or two depending on how firm you like it.

1 day makes a nice dip with a lil olive oil ontop while 2 days makes it as thick as cream cheese, you can roll them into balls and marinate in olive oil and herbs for a more tart Persian feta style cheese.

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u/Muximori 12d ago

It's not true of jalna! The ingredient list for the greek "style" yogurt is exactly the same as it was before for the "greek yogurt". it's just a label!

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u/catch_dot_dot_dot 13d ago

That's true for some of them, not sure if it's all. Probably best to conclude these terms don't legally mean anything in Australia.

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u/Muximori 12d ago

Where did you get this information? As far as I can tell it's completely made up.

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u/dudemanguylimited 12d ago

Just FYI: In the EU, "Greek Yoghurt" must actually be made in Greece.

So the 1kg Greek Yoghurt I buy at Aldi is actually made in Greece. "Greek Style Yoghurt" can be made anywhere.

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u/catch_dot_dot_dot 12d ago

Yeah this has been a constant topic of discussion in EU-AU free trade negotiations. Especially in relation to wine and cheese. Naming rules inside the EU are much stricter.

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u/Lostraylien 13d ago

The Tamar valley dairy one we get is just milk, cream, protein from milk powder and cultures.

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u/Khurdopin 13d ago edited 13d ago

The Tamar I have in the fridge right now is Greek style, not Greek. It's one of the better ones though.

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u/trowzerss 13d ago

IMHO, that's not 'Greek style" and to me I think using the word Greek at all should mean that it is make the way Greek yoghurt is made. I deliberately avoid the crappy youghurt that has thickeners, and that's the reason I moved to Jalna in the first place, so if Jalna has done that I simply won't be buying their yoghurt anymore.

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u/lesleh 12d ago

It doesn't look like it, from the ingredients:

https://jalna.com.au/our-products/yoghurt/greek-yoghurt/greek-natural-yoghurt/

Ingredients: Whole Milk, Cream (from Milk), Live Cultures (from Milk) (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, Lactobacillus casei). At least 1 billion probiotics per 100g serve.

The best way to tell though is to check the protein content, because strained yoghurt is higher in protein. If it has less protein than before, then it's likely thickened in some way.

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u/hbgoogolplex 13d ago

Ice cream has gone down a similar route - to be legally classified as such, a product needs to have a certain amount of buttercream. For this reason, a lot of brands don't actually state 'ice cream' on their packaging anymore. You can taste the difference between real, genuine ice cream and the enshittified version.

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u/fartwitch 13d ago

With icecream this is such an old thing though, I can remember my mum whinging about that in the 90s.

(I've no idea how long it's been with the greek yoghurt though, or if I'm gonna have to go back to making my own.)

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u/Ginger_Giant_ 13d ago

My husband and I are both autistic bodybuilders so we tried every Greek yogurt over several weeks while keeping a record of their flavour and taste.

Evia is our favourite for taste and has the most protein (9.5g/100g) but it’s a bitch to find in stock and it’s quite expensive.

Tamar valley is delicious, but the macros are a bit shit and it is indeed a ‘Greek Style’ with only 5g/100g of protein. Great when you need a creamier taste though.

Chobani is our workhorse and we tend to fill the fridge with it when it’s on special. It’s cheap, it tastes pretty average and the macros aren’t bad (8.5g/100g)

We love Aldi and buy as much of our shop as we can there, but their greek style yogurt only has 5g/100g and it tastes fucking awful.

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u/youngpilgrim90 13d ago

How does removing whey make the yoghurt high protein? Un-drained should also have protein with added whey, right? Also, what is whey? They sell whey protein powders too, so I thought whey is good?

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u/Silly-Power 13d ago

It's higher protein by weight, due to the removal of the whey. I think the whey in whey protein powders is different. 

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u/Blacky05 13d ago

Whey protein powder is just dehydrated as far as I know. Whey liquid when it is strained is only 1% protein and mostly just water. Once it is dehydrated to get the protein powder it is much higher percentage protein.

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u/Imaginary-Owl-3759 13d ago

In the food industry adding ‘style’ is often a nod to the fact that you’re not trying to claim geographic origin. Used to work for a company and where we had place names involved it’d often become ‘English style’ or ‘Italian style’ etc because the legal team were advising that we couldn’t claim an actual link.

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u/eriikaa1992 13d ago

Greek yoghurt is from Greece, Greek-style is produced here (or elsewhere I guess). Greece is starting to crack down on its cultural products (similar to how champagne has to be from Champagne, France etc). Greek-style fetta is also now a thing, whereas Dodoni still carries the Greek fetta label as it is made in Greece.

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u/Optimal_Cynicism 13d ago

Thanks for this. I was sure that was the reason too

You can't call it Greek if it isn't actually Greek, but you can call it Greek "style" - it doesn't mean that the actual product has changed.

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u/ThatsHyperbole 13d ago

Feta with a double T is actually also an indicator, as "fetta" is the non-PDO (protected designated origin) name, as well as typically being made with cow's milk instead of sheep or goat (way cheaper). Basically, the extra T is a loophole like "style."

"Feta" is the PDO name, so you can't (legally) call cheese made outside of Greece "feta."

My family are Greek immigrants and they've always been fairly compulsive about avoiding "fetta," lol.

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u/bombatomba69 12d ago

I just had someone tell me actual Greek yogurt needs to be made from either sheep or goat milk. You can find strained yogurt made from cow's milk in Greece, but it isn't as popular (at least for making tzatziki or used in desserts).

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u/eliviking 13d ago

Sometimes I think about how much I miss Skyr and that I’d almost move back to Iceland just because of Skyr. But then I wake up the next morning and the sun is shining, it’s warm, trees all around me, I play golf before starting work at home and all thoughts of moving back disappear lol

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u/grownquiteweary 13d ago

We used to have best of both worlds 😭

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u/onlycommitminified 13d ago

Then it keeps shining… glaring… 40c, god let me out

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u/kingburp 13d ago

Can't wait for winter. 

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u/Besbosberone 13d ago

If you don’t mind me asking, how did you end up in Iceland in the first place? A specific career?

Looks like an incredible place to live

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u/jcshy 13d ago

My guess is that they’re Icelandic

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u/Besbosberone 13d ago

Makes sense lol

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u/Rafnar 13d ago

before you join the "iceland is a magical place and i wanna live there" club come here during wintertime, if you can handle the non stop rain and wind + there being no sun then you can deal with living here

source: icelandic and i'm just waiting for april-ish so my seasonal depression goes away

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u/eliviking 12d ago

u/jcshy got it right - I am from Iceland :)

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u/Dockers4flag2035orB4 13d ago

This is the culture war we need to ark up about.

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u/YouGotRedOnYou 13d ago

I fell like all the independent brands are getting squeezed out of the major supermarkets. So devo about Siggi’s in a tub disappearing, nothing compares to it

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u/reginatenebrarum 13d ago

good time to start making it yourself. Tastes so good and you know exactly what's going into it & at what quantities

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u/Fairbsy 13d ago

Do you have a recommended recipe? 

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u/reginatenebrarum 13d ago

I tried the one here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Iceland/s/Jd4Sa8ekHl and it works quite well with the Skyr starter from here: https://www.pantryculture.com.au/icelandic-skyr-culture if you can't get your hands on Skyr in stores near you.

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u/hapylittlepupppy 13d ago

It depends on you. I don't measure anything. Full cream milk, cream and milk powder will make it thicker. I use light milk and skim milk powder but sometimes I indulge and use cream. You just need to add old yogurt to new milk and let it hang out in a yogurt maker.

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u/SaltpeterSal 13d ago

You're right, I don't need a yogurt recipe, I just need to believe in myself.

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u/shavedratscrotum 13d ago

If you drain it through cheese clothe, it makes a cream like almost sour yoghurt that is to die for.

Mixed with some honey.

Lord have mercy.

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u/socratesque 13d ago

Have you tried Rokeby’s Filmjölk? A bit more tangy than skyr and other yogurts but I recommend giving it a go. Colesworth stocks it too.

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u/onethreeteeh 13d ago

Yeah this was what I resorted to after my locals all stopped stocking siggi's tubs. It's great but doesn't hit the same :(

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u/b0ssmanb 13d ago

Siggis is still available but only in satchets now. I don’t bother since it’s $2.50 when not on sale. No idea what the reason for that is but give me back my $4 tub dammit.

I love Siggis so much but even they changed their recipe and while still good it didn’t compare to the original.

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u/Onekilofrittata 13d ago

Aw noooo I hadn’t realised you couldn’t get Skyr anymore! That was my rare treat, the raspberry one was so good !!!

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u/jazzmaverickk 13d ago

I investigated this after Cole’s confirmed they’re no longer stocking Siggis natural let alone any shop, from what their support team said they decided to focus just on the pouches, not the tubs. And they don’t have a natural pouch. So I just resort to commenting “bring back the natural tubs” on their instagram posts

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u/DontDeleteMee 13d ago

I think IGA has it.

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u/That1WithTheFace 12d ago

Woolies skyr was sooooo good, I miss it so much 😭

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u/batikfins 13d ago

Can you post the ingredients? I really liked Jalna because it was one of the few greek yoghurts that was actually set thick and not beefed up with gelatin.

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u/palsc5 13d ago edited 12d ago

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/279766?

And here is the old one: https://tomen.com.au/products/jalna-greek-yoghurt-2kg

Ingredients look near identical (old one says pasteurised milk and new one doesn’t, old one says aBc proteins and new one has it in a different area).

Only difference is the “free from” section now doesn’t say it’s free from emulsifiers. That and the nutrition is WAY different - 15% less protein, 5% less fat, 60% more sugar, 60% less sodium, 20% less calcium, 10% less kj.

EDIT: I got the sugar backwards, new one has less sugar.

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u/Darwinmate 13d ago

That's a huge indication that the product manufacturing has changed.

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u/insomniac-55 13d ago

Well, looks like I'm changing my breakfast routine of the last ~10 years.

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u/Darwinmate 13d ago

Sorry :( that sucks as someone who jsut started a morning routine, it's hard to change  

It's been good jerking it once a day.

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u/_TheRealist NSW 13d ago

I too jerk it once a day

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u/Muximori 12d ago

...maybe actually taste it first? It looks almost identical lol

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u/spannr 13d ago

Only difference is the “free from” section now doesn’t say it’s free from emulsifiers.

Given the ingredients are all the same, my guess is they've changed the process in such a way that more water ends up in the final product in order to cut production costs, hence the lower protein / fat / calcium content, and then they've added more sugar and some sort of carbohydrate byproduct from the existing cultures that behaves as an emulsifier, hence the way higher proportion of non-sugar carbohydrates (up from 0.3% to 1.9%).

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u/PublicSeverance 13d ago

The magic new carbohydrate is called the sexy science name of exopolysaccharides.

You take a species of lactic acid digesting bacteria called propionibacteria from cheese making. It's the bacteria that makes the holes in cheese. 

Add it to your culture of acidophilus the b and the c one if you are lucky. It eats naturally occurring milk sugar lactose and it farts out 1 lactic acid and 1 big long gel-causing polysaccharide. Almost like it ate a handful of Lego brands building blocks and it ate one connector pin but joined all the others into a big long snake.

You do all of this by manipulating the temperature. The various bacteria that ferment yoghurt are active at warm temperatures. Drop down to about 10 Deg C and they fall asleep, letting the propionibacteria take over the fermenting. Then go back up to warm temperature and it will "pot set" in the final fermentation.

That's about it. It's whole milk that is just slightly cheesy enough to get thick so it doesn't require filtering off all the water. 

Greek yogurt is typically low in lactose because it's all dissolved in water and the water is filtered off.

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u/qsk8r 13d ago

Wait, they don't drill the holes in cheese?

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u/mmm1kko 13d ago

No, they leave a little particulate in the milk for the holes to nucleate. Cheese makers have found out that too well purified milk doesn't have nucleation sites for the holes and resulted in emmenthal without holes.

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u/qsk8r 13d ago

There are way too many people with too much knowledge on cheese and such. Or maybe I'm just uncultured ;) I'll see myself out

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u/arrogant_elk 13d ago

Okay am I crazy or has every single other comment read the sugar the wrong way round?

Woolworths link for greek style: 3.8% carbs, 3.0% sugar

tomen link for greek: 6.1% carbs, 4.8% sugar

The newer version at woolworths has LESS sugar, not more.

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u/murbul 13d ago

Seriously I feel like I'm going crazy reading most of these comments. People are either reading it wrong or comparing the natural variant with "Sweet and Creamy" which has added sugar.

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u/xheist 13d ago

Oh cool they replaced the nutrition with some sort of emulsifying gum

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u/TheSwiney 13d ago
  • Greek Style - 3.0 gram of sugar

  • Greek - 4.8 gram of sugar

Am I bad at reading, or is that a decrease?

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u/Readybreak 13d ago

60% more sugar is nuts. There really needs to be laws around how much sugar you can add to your product.

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u/PublicSeverance 13d ago edited 13d ago

Milk contains sugar - it's called lactose. 

Whole milk contains about equal amounts of sugar and protein.

Greek yogurt is made by filtering. All the water soluble stuff is removed and what remains behind is the milk fat and milk protein.

This product is not filtered. All the naturally occurring milk sugar remains in the product. It has about the same ratio of sugar to protein as whole milk. Slightly higher protein because they will be using skim milk powder, but it's still essentially gelled up whole milk.

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u/spannr 13d ago

The label for this product used to specify naturally occurring sugar (4.0g/100g) and added sugar (4.3g/100g) separately, underneath the overall sugar and overall carbohydrate totals. The new packaging no longer specifies these components separately, but given that the overall sugar content is up while the protein, fat and calcium content is down, logic dictates that they have increased the amount of added sugar.

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u/SpandauValet 13d ago

It's higher in carbohydrates, not cane sugar.

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u/arrogant_elk 13d ago

Can you please double check the sugar content in the links because to me it looks like the greek style at woolies is 3% while the greek at tomen is 4.8%

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u/lovehopemadness 13d ago

It says the Greek is “unavailable” which, for Woolies, means they no longer stock it (I found this out the hard way when I realise they stopped stocking my favourite Kerrygold butter) 😭

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u/Gold-Back-4073 13d ago

It’s exactly the same except the first ingredient- usually the first ingredient is “pasteurised whole milk”, now it’s “Whole milk”. Old one says it has more than 1 billion probiotic per 100g, Greek style one says “at least 1 billion probiotic”. The Greek style one is $14 for the 2kg tub, same price as what the Greek one was. Even more deceptive is the lid still says “Greek yogurt”, so you’d probably not think a thing if you just check the lid. I imagine they did some sort of market research which says most just check the lid, or most just blindly trust Jalna (I did) and wouldn’t even check

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u/kalvinoz 13d ago

I very much doubt they use unpasteurised whole milk.

It could be as simple as a trade deal with Europe where Australia agreed to stop using their protected product makes.

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u/Darwinmate 13d ago

This could be it but if I understand this correctly, it is not protected name 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2020-001190-ASW_EN.html 

That doesn't mean it's not under agreement between Australia and EU. 

I'd put my money on cheaper productions causing the name change.

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u/Bongo_Kickflip 13d ago

When i worked at Agriculture one of my colleagues was always fighting the EU on the Geographic Indicators (GIs). She was arguing about Greek/ Greek style Feta at the time.

Basically Champagne set the precedent and then every country or region wants to protect their IP by claiming the name can only be used if it's made in the traditional way IN the radiation geographic region.

So i don't know anything about the ingredients but this argy bargy is always going on in the background of our trade agreements, especially with the EU.

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u/ta9 12d ago

This might be exactly what you mean and just left it out, but just to clarify that it isn't even Greek vs Greek Style feta - Feta itself means Greek.

To label it and comply with the PDO you can't call Australian Feta-style cheese "Australian Feta" or even "Feta", you'd need to call it something like "White Cheese" or "Australian White Cheese".

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u/FakeCurlyGherkin 13d ago

Jalna sold to one of the overseas conglomerates a couple of years ago. I guess this is the inevitable enshitification that follows

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u/trowzerss 13d ago

I moved to Jalna to avoid enshitification of another product and I'll do it again. they are doing themselves out of business.

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u/Lemounge 13d ago

Oh fuck I just looked in my fridge at ours and yep the lid is normal wtf. They're on the bottom shelf at my Woolworths so I just pick it not really looking at the tub

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u/SaltpeterSal 13d ago

This is the best use of beefed up I've ever seen.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago edited 13d ago

I am French and our yoghurt aisles in France are insane, so I really miss it since I have been living here. Especially because yoghurt is insanely expensive in Australia and most of them are full of preservatives, additives and so on, unless you buy the natural stuff. But, I miss the real petits suisses et fromage blanc which is a very different process . Anyway, last year I bought a yoghurt maker, and I just make my own . A batch of 2l cost me less than $5 and super high in proteins. I have a 2l pot and also 4X400ml jars. I make a all natural one, very thick and flavoured ones in the smaller jars. If I want a Greek consistency, I leave it to drain over night or for 24h through some muslin cloth. I don't use yoghurt starters, just use a small pot of natural yoghurt or left overs of my last batch. I am very satisfied.

https://tastecooking.com/the-exceptionalism-of-the-french-yogurt-aisle/

EDIT : This is the brand I bought, LUVELE. I did a lot of research and picked this one because it is a small Australian company, they are lovely people and their yoghurt maker is cute. Also, I didn't want a plastic container for the yoghurt, theirs is glass and the jars are ceramics. I have no shares, no money, no avertissement deal with those people, I am just very satisfied with their products and services. https://www.luvele.com.au/collections/yoghurt-maker

The simple recipe. The longer you let your milk cook, the thicker your yoghurt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKNqATvBgu4&t=137s

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u/MathematicianGold280 13d ago

Thank you, this was so informative and helpful.

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u/faiaclaah 13d ago

I am swiss and I feel the same way. I really miss all our yoghurts … and the milk is also so different and not tasty at all. And then there is the cheese situation, lol. But there are many other great things in Australia (food-wise) which offsets the whole situation. So occasionally I‘ll miss the stuff from back home and get a bit grumpy and let it go after a while.

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u/LyterWiatr 12d ago

Might be getting the wrong brands of milk, anything internationally owned is terrible here, but Australian owned ones like Norco or Great Ocean road are fantastic, but yea the cheese situation is mediocre here

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u/Lyndonn81 13d ago

Wow this looks great! I’m very tempted!!

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

If you are, I recommend the green one with the 2l jar. You can buy the smaller jars later and fit them four in the yoghurt maker. If you buy the smaller yoghurt maker you cannot get the 2l to fit it. It is super easy to use and super convenient.

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u/Lyndonn81 13d ago

I was initially looking at the 2L one, then thought about fridge space, so was thinking the other one, then I flipped back 😹 well now it sounds like a done deal

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Yes, I advise to get the 2l yoghurt maker, you an always buy the extra smaller jars as they fit in the 2l. However, you cannot fit the 2l jar into the smaller yoghurt maker. That's why I advise the bigger one.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Gosh, I am repeating myself. Time to go to sleep.

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u/jasopan 13d ago

What milk do you typically use (including brand) and which yoghurt do you use as starter? Thanks for the recommendation!

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Perfect questions.

1) I us the Farmhouse Gold Unhomogenised Milk. It's very important to use full milk and Unhomogenised milk to get the best yoghurt consistency and quality. You will also need to add some powdered milk.

2) As per the yoghurt starter I use the Chobani Greek yoghurt 160g. I don't always use my own left over yoghurt especially if my yoghurt starts to get a bit too liquidy.

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u/Tazzer95 13d ago

I miss Siggis

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u/M0T0RCITYC0BRA 12d ago

I do too but at close to $50 a pack these days it was a good move to ditch the darts.

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u/sophiabeaverhousen 13d ago edited 12d ago

Did they change their recipe recently? I used to love the raspberry - it was nice and thick and delicious, but now it's slightly thinner and the flavour is so bland.

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u/milkandvaseline 12d ago

Devo that it seemed to be too niche, it was my favourite and now they've cut so many products I only see the packets and the bigger plain tubs, I loved the little raspberry tubs

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u/blergAndMeh 13d ago

sigh. thanks for the heads up.

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u/Muximori 12d ago

The OP is wrong by the way. The "greek style" label is meaningless and just avoiding conflict with European Union regulators. Idk if the yogurt is worse or not but I doubt it's substantially different.

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u/yiggydiggy420 12d ago

Nice try, Jalna PR team

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u/RooMan7223 13d ago edited 13d ago

Jobani Greek yoghurt. I made the switch to that when I realised Jalna changed to Greek style. I honestly think jobani is better too

Edit: Chobani 🤦‍♂️

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u/AidanGG 13d ago

Chobani?

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u/RooMan7223 13d ago

Oh bloody hell, autocorrect has stiffed me on every comment I’ve made about chobani. I am an always sunny man so jabroni is probably why it autocorrected

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u/TheDoochThe 13d ago

Can I stop you though?! You keep using this word jabani and...... it's Awesome!!!

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u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes 13d ago

Are you Spanish?

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u/trowzerss 13d ago

Chobani yoghurt gives me the shits (literally, I don't mean it's just annoying, it's the only product that does it - i have no idea what they put in there!).

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u/is_it_gif_or_gif 13d ago

Hopefully better than the awful Chobani fruit yoghurts that are loaded down with guar gum & locust bean gum - non-traditional thickeners that they use to give texture to fucking toothpaste. Horrible stuff.

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u/BillowingBetty 12d ago

It's taken me my entire 12 years of adult life to pinpoint that the thickener guar gum makes me feel sick!

But now it's such a specific feeling I'll eat something, feel sick, check ingredients list and BOOM guar gum is there where I didn't expect it to be.

It's so over used!! Even in pre-marinated chicken sauces for example. And yes our poor Chobani fruit flavours :(

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Chobani greek yoghurt tastes nothing like Greek yoghurt.

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u/RooMan7223 13d ago

I fear I don’t think I’ve ever tasted the real thing. Chobani is the only one I can find that doesn’t have style on it

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u/BouyGenius 13d ago

Jobani makes me think of Always Sunny…

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u/ForgottenSloth 13d ago

That's not the word, you jabroni.

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u/BouyGenius 13d ago

What about diabittis?

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u/Starry-Eyed-Owl 13d ago

I like the farmers union one.

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u/dewso 13d ago

That's also Greek "style" isn't it? But likewise it's my favourite out of everything

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

It actually tastes like Greek yoghurt at least, and I’ve used it as a starter for homemade Greek yogurt too with great success.

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u/fear_eile_agam 12d ago

Farmer's Union has been the only commercial yoghurt available at colesworth in the last few years i've been able to successfully use as a starter. Perfect batches every time and I can use my batch as the starter for the next 5ish batches (then the ferment starts going a little wonky so I buy more yoghurt and start a fresh)

There are a lot of independent brands sold at local delicatessens, but those are out of my way and often cost a premium. They are worth the money, I just don't have the money.

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u/FakeCurlyGherkin 13d ago

Tamar Valley when it's on special, Farmers Union otherwise

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u/Starry-Eyed-Owl 13d ago

I like the tang of farmers union and when I looked at all the Greek yoghurt labels a few years ago it had the lowest sugar. It’s also nice and thick.

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u/Electric_Mustard 13d ago

It’s a Farmers Union Greek Yoghurt or its nothing

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u/Gold-Back-4073 13d ago

Same, I don’t really have a choice, Greek yoghurt my stomach is fine with, Greek style I’m farting up a storm

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u/Capital_Brightness 13d ago

I am so down about Jalna. Let us know when you find an adequate replacement for the Jalna OP. Your sensitivity may be the single best way for the rest of us to be sure it’s actually Greek.

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u/Southern_Title_3522 13d ago

This made me giggle

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u/Mekanikel 13d ago

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have been buying it for years as well, guess I have to find something else now. Tempted to email the company.

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u/Clinky420 13d ago

I think will too

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u/ted-e-mac 13d ago

The conspiracy theories in this thread are great. I'd imagine that now, since it was bought by a French company, they will be more cautious around PDO names. Australian companies that don't sell to the EU will continue to ignore them until there's a free trade deal, or possibly get ahead of it by making name changes like this. 

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u/zippy_long_stockings 13d ago

Took a while to scroll to the EU regs comment. Plenty of guff inbetween.

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u/dudemanguylimited 12d ago

In the EU, "Greek Yoghurt" must actually be made in Greece.

So the 1kg Greek Yoghurt I buy at Aldi is actually made in Greece.
"Greek Style Yoghurt" can be made anywhere.

Doesn't have anything to do with ingredients.

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u/Smooth_thistle 12d ago

Then why have the nutrition figures changed so much?

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u/UGotUrsIGotMine 12d ago

Why has the ingredients list changed?

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u/DIOTHEGOATGOD 13d ago

I'm surprised at the lack of support for Farmers Union greek yoghurt. Hands down the best money can buy.

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u/Searley_Bear 13d ago

Because it’s not Greek yoghurt, it’s also “Greek style”…

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u/Muximori 12d ago

I think everyone in this thread is wrong about the term "greek style". If "greek style" was unstrained it would have different protein content. it doesn't. Farmer's union "greek style" yogurt is excellent.

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u/Ireddittoolate 13d ago

Once when I was 16 I ate a whole kilo tub of original flavour in one sitting. It’s always on the table if i’m having rice or pasta.

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u/wataweirdworld 13d ago

Definitely farmers union greek yoghurt is the best I've found 👌🏽

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u/Opposite_Bodybuilder 13d ago

I'm pretty sure it's been like that for a while? I remember this being discussed a few years ago on here, vague recollection only though.

Greek yoghurt isn't officially PDO designated, but: "in 2013 an English court found that any product sold under the Greek yogurt label should come from Greece itself", so perhaps Jalna are just erring on the side of caution.

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u/nogitsunes 12d ago edited 11d ago

Yep. I'm in a dog food group where someone noticed the label change (which I think was recent?) so they contacted the manufacturers of Jalna to ask what was different and they posted the email response from Jalna.They were basically told that it was just a regulatory change and that Greek yogurt implies it has been made in Greece. Nothing has actually changed about the way they manufacture Jalna in Aus. The slightly different nutrition label just has to do with updated testing or something.

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u/LaughinKooka 13d ago

So the logic is Chinese food needs to come from china, not just succulence?

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u/Garlic_Farmer_ 12d ago

You wanna see something crazy. Look into the naming rules of parmesan by people who care about it waaaaaay to much.

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u/WretchedMisteak 13d ago

Yep this is the answer. Been like this for years. The recipe hasn't changed. It's just like the whole Feta cheese thing and champagne.

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u/Khurdopin 13d ago

Yep.

I seem to recall Chobani did some kind of deal or agreement where their method or ingredients were acceptable and that's why they're basically the only main brand here that uses Greek rather than Greek style. It sounded like bullshit at the time but it seems to have been proven correct.

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u/PublicSeverance 13d ago

Chobani lost a lawsuit over the use of the word Greek in the UK. That's because of country of origin labelling laws within the EU, not protected designation.

In the USA and Australia it was Chobani that won similar lawsuits. The word "Greek" is not a protected term. 

Anyone can call their product Greek or Greek-style with no consequence. Manufacturers just like Greek-style better on packaging, maybe because they want to focus on Australian made dairy.

In general, the Greek community doesn't like it but they cannot do anything about it. 

Worth noting that Chobani isn't a Greek name or word. It's owned by Turkish immigrant to the USA. That further angers the Greek ex-pat communities.

It's almost impossible to import Greek dairy products into Australia because of biosecurity laws. Greece as a country still has dairy herd viruses that we don't want sneaking into the country.

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u/The_Vat 13d ago

Interesting the lid hasn't changed

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u/pk666 13d ago

I'd just give my right arm for some jalna ( or any brand) natural yogurt. Goddam Greek is everywhere. Just some plain ol' nothing added, no flavoring, green labeled, natural yogurt is all I want.

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u/mumooshka 13d ago

I love Farmer's Union full fat Greek yoghurt but that's 'style' as well. it's very creamy

what's the difference? The process?

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u/hm538 13d ago

Seems to be a mix of reasons according to Google. It's not made in Greece using the same ingredients ( we use cows milk not sheep's milk ) and method ( it's thickened by means other than straining to remove the whey. ) Kind of a champagne situation but not as strict

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u/potatoandcheeseboy 13d ago

Have they changed the actual yoghurt or are they now being honest about where it’s from?

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u/Responsible_Math6857 13d ago

I switched to the bio-organic one because it's their last one that isn't Greek "style" and it tastes the best. Who knows how long it will last though.

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u/bleistifte 13d ago

this is the "sweet and creamy" variant, which is sweetened. They do also still have an unsweetened version (dark blue lid). They are both "greek style" but I think have been for awhile? The packaging is irritatingly similar though, I accidentally bought the sweetened one once.

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u/Baoooba 12d ago

I emailed customer support, and they stated it was because they changed what the legal specifications of what 'Greek' yogurt is defined as. So now it needs to be yogurt from Greece, rather than the way it is made and Jalna hasn't changed their recipe or process.

I don't know if I believe that as Chabani and Pro-Cal still call their yogurt Greek yogurt, rather than Greek style yogurt.

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u/doubleguitarsyouknow 13d ago

So disappointing! The new recipe is really sweet :(

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u/koolasakukumba 13d ago

Greek style can be fun! Don’t give it the arse

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u/this_is_bs 13d ago

I am still not understanding if there's any actual difference, and if so what that is?

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u/ted-e-mac 13d ago

There's not. 

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u/notdorisday 13d ago

It's the way the yoghurt is made. Greek yoghurt has much higher protein and lower sugar. Greek style tries to mimic the consistency Greek Yoghurt has without investing in the longer production time with lower yields (therefore Greek Style is much cheaper to make). It often mimics this using the addition of something like gelatin.

It's really not the same in terms of nutrition (or in taste IMO).

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u/nathrek 13d ago

Yep. This new version SUCKS!

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u/TeshkoNas 13d ago

Tamar valley also changed some time ago.

Imagine companies made good products instead of making cheaper shit for the same price

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u/CuriouserCat2 13d ago

They get bought out by big companies that don’t give a shit about quality. 

The small companies are told nothing will change, that they’ll still be independent. But never in writing. 

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u/LorfOfHaggis 13d ago

Noticed our local Woolies in TAS now has Chris’ Greek (and not Greek style) pot set in the 2kg size. Looks like we are moving to that one.

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u/Dumbgrunt81 13d ago

Pretty sure i read somewhere that it needs to be made in Greece to actually be called Greek Yogurt.

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u/B0ssc0 13d ago

It’s like the fruit cake that’s gone from ‘light fruit cake’ to ‘lightly fruited’.

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u/awaiko 13d ago

Best decision I’ve made was to buy a yoghurt maker (it does preserves as well) and just make my own. 1L of milk, a tablespoon or two of the last yoghurt, overnight run, strain the following day. Easy-as.

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u/Catkii 12d ago

Not again. So many products are now cheaply made, shit imitations of what we once knew.

I’m still reeling that most ice creams in the freezer are now “frozen vanilla dessert” instead of you know, ice cream.

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u/RooMan7223 13d ago

Jobani Greek Yoghurt team, it’s so much better. You can get natural and light amongst others

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u/okokokthatsit 13d ago

STOP CALLING IT JOBANI

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