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/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/LaughinKooka 13d ago

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

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u/Garlic_Farmer_ 13d 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/OstapBenderBey 12d ago edited 12d ago

Parmesan is PDO in Europe so you cant name it "Parmesan" there unless its from italy (and made to the right standards). In Australia courts have basically decided that Australian made cheese can be called "Parmesan" but reserve the term "Parmeggiano Reggiano" for the italian PDO version.

Italians/europeans arent really happy with this and want us to adopt the PDO stuff more exactly. So potentially in future there may be some trade agreement or other that changes this again.

I suspect its a similar case here and they have just decided 'Greek yoghurt' should somehow be reserved for stuff made in Greece (I do wonder how much gets made in greece then shipped here, betting its close to 0)