For hulled beans, it could be worse (Alpro Soya Yoghurts OY Smooth Strawberry & Banana)

Member Name: happypanda

Product:	Alpro Soya Yoghurts OY Smooth Strawberry & Banana
Date:	17/07/09 (37 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: smells nice, not too expensive,

Disadvantages: Soya taste,

~Alpro~
I don't know about soya being healthier for you like some people claim, but I have no choice but to eat soya milk or eat nothing. I'm allergic to dairy, always have been. When I was young there was almost nothing for us allergy ridden folk, the had soya yoghurts, but they tasted really bad. Really horrid, meaning I simply never had yoghurt. Then some years back I saw these - Alpro Soya yoghurt.

~What is it?~
It is a dairy alternative to yoghurt, instead of being made from cows milk it is made from hulled soya beans and it comes in a variety of flavours,
-strawberry,
-strawberry and banana (harder to find),
-peach and mango
-Organic peach and blueberry
-Plain
-raspberry and vanilla (but sadly not just vanilla alone, although I've heard they have brought one out) and some pudding varieties such as chocolate and custard.

~Cost~
It normally costs about 1.20 for a pack of four, which isn't too bad, not as cheap as really cheap yoghurts, and not as expensive as the pricey ones. You can't buy them in more than a pack of four though. They come in 125g pots, which is a nice size.

~Taste~
As a rule, I don't much like the taste of soya, I didn't mind it as a child, but when I grew up I realized that milk shouldn't be a weird yellow brown like soya milk, nor should it taste sickly sweet. I have tried most soya yoghurts and been disgusted more often than not, but Alpro is the best.

It smells strongly (and very appetizingly) of whichever fruit you chose, rather than of soya, which is a bonus. It is thick, not watery, and fairly creamy. The only thing I dislike is the aftertaste, it's that dry soya flavour on the back of the tongue that makes you want to drink lots of water. As a bonus it doesn't seem to go off, nor does Soya milk really, it takes a fair few weeks, then it goes lumpy. But these yoghurts last well, I just ate one that's 2 weeks out of date!

Personally I prefer normal yoghurt - like Muller, but it makes me ill, so mostly I'll choose Alpro.The only thing I would suggest is - never buy anything 'chocolate' flavoured from the Alpro team, because it doesn't taste like chocolate, indeed the strange taste is almost reminiscent of Bovril! Same goes for the custard, it just doesn't taste nice at all, very much an overpowering taste of soya, but the cream is quite nice, or Soya Dream as they call it, the best cream out there.

~In Conclusion~
If you are allergic to dairy, then it's your best choice (unless you make your own?) or if you are a vegan I suppose, but if you are doing it because of a misguided sense of the health benefits associated with soya, I really wouldn't think it worth it. But that's just my opinion, because I want REAL yoghurt.

Summary: A good alternative to dairy.