Delicious Raspberry & Vanilla Dairy free Yogurt (Alpro Soya Yoghurts Raspberry & Vanilla+Calcium)

Member Name: faders321

Product:	Alpro Soya Yoghurts Raspberry & Vanilla+Calcium
Date:	02/10/08 (214 review reads)
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Advantages: Dairy Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Nut Free, Organic & Tasty

Disadvantages: You'll want more than four!

I like to try different things when I go shopping as variety is the spice of life, it makes it a lot more interesting so when I went to Tesco with my friend who is lactose intolerant and she picked up a packet of Alpro Soya Yoghurts Raspberry & Vanilla + Calcium I decided to give them a try and bought a packet myself. A packet of 4 125g yogurts cost me £1.43 which isn't a bad price really.

Some of you might be wondering why she chose these yogurts because she is lactose intolerant, wouldn't any old yogurts be good enough? These are special because they are made from Soya rather than milk which is why she can eat them. What is lactose intolerance? Lactose Intolerance is basically when a person cannot digest the sugars in lactose. This is because their bodies don't create any lactase which breaks down the lactose. It is actually a very common problem and more people suffer from it than you probably realise it is thought that up to 15% of the U.K suffers. The symptoms can range from just getting a stomach ache or eczema after eating lactose right up to vomiting and getting diarrhoea.

Not only are these a great product for people who can't eat milk or who want to cut it from their diets but they are also good for the rest of us. Fabulous news for me as I really do need to try and be a little healthier. The reasons why they are so healthy for you are that they're:

Low in Saturated Fat
Organic
They contain:
Probiotic Bifidius
Calcium
Vitamins
Real Fruit
8 Essential amino Acids
Omega 6 & 3
No artificial preservatives, colourings or sweeteners

A lot of health experts are telling us to more Soya into our diets because it's so good for us and I guess that helped me decide to try these, plus I have tried a lot of other things from the Alpro Soya range and liked them all, I really think these are worth a try for if you want to be a little healthier because they're tasty too.

The yogurts come in four little pots which are stuck together in the normal way and easy to snap off although I have once found that breaking two pots apart caused one to split right down the edge, this may have just been because I used too much force. Apart from that time I've found them simple to separate. The yogurts come with a piece of cardboard wrapped around the outside of them. The design on the cardboard is a pale blue and green with the dark blue Alpro Soya logo centralised at the top of the box. The rest of the front of the box is taken up by a picture of some of the yogurt with a spoon and then pictures of raspberries and a vanilla flower. It also states that this product contains Probiotic Bifidius, because it's on the front it really stands out as being healthy. On the back of the box are the ingredients, the nutritional information and a bit about why it's good for you (which I included above).

The ingredients, which I include for people who suffer from allergies are:
Water, Raspberries (11.1%), Hulled Soya Beans (7.8%), Sugar, Fructose-Glucose Syrup, Tapioca Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Tri-Calcium Phosphate, Colouring (Carrot and Elderberry Concentrate), Flavouring, Stabilisers: Pectin and Agar, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Sea Salt, Selected Cultures: Bifidobacterium, S. Thermophilus and L. Bulgaricus, Vitamins: Riboflavin and B12

So as you can see there is a healthy amount of raspberries which is great for a yogurt as a lot of other versions just contain raspberry flavour, this has 11.1% real raspberries! Plus there are no particularly nasty ingredients in these yogurts so you don't need to worry about polluting your body. The Soya beans and the fruit are both organic and therefore chemical free plus these yogurts are; Free from Lactose, Free From Nuts, Organic, Suitable for Vegans and Suitable for Vegetarians!!!! You can see for sure they are good for you in the nutritional values per 100g:

Energy kJ/kcal 328/78
Protein 3.9 g
Carbohydrates 10.2 g
Sugars 9.3 g
Lactose nil
Fat 2.2 g
Saturates 0.4 g
Mono-unsaturates 0.5 g
Polyunsaturates 1.3 g
Linoleic Acid (OMEGA-6) 1.17 g
Alpha-Linolenic Acid (OMEGA-3) 0.14 g
Cholesterol nil
Fibre 1.2 g
Sodium 0.05 g (equivalent as salt) 0.128 g
Calcium 120 mg
Riboflavin 0.24 mg
B12 0.15 µg*

As you can see they really are healthy but now for the big question, the most important, for me anyway, how do they taste? Well as soon as you've peeled back the foil lid you get a faint hint of raspberry and vanilla which is very pleasant. The smell isn't overhelming, just enough for you to want to try it.

The taste of the yogurt is even better than the smell, you can really taste the raspberries and unlike if they were merely a flavouring it tastes as though you're eating real fresh fruit. There is also a milder taste of vanilla which is nice, it is there to just compliment the raspberry and not to overpower it. Some people may not like this yogurt because of it's texture, although the yogurt itself is smooth it's full of little bits of raspberry. As you can probably work out this means that people who don't like bits should avoid it. However I like them and really enjoy having actual pieces of raspberry there to eat. Plus as an advantage for those of you who are not keen on the Soya taste you often get with these products, I have good news. The raspberry and vanilla totally wipes out the Soya taste so you have nothing at all to worry about. I think that these yogurts taste amazing and are a real treat for those who like raspberries.

Now some more good news, these yogurts normally have quite a good expiry date of a few weeks on them so you don't have to eat the straight away, you'll want to though after one mouthful. If you can resist eating them all at once then you need to keep them refrigerated to keep them fresh.

If you don't like raspberry then don't worry this range also includes yogurts in the following flavours;
Strawberry
Peach & Pear
Strawberry & Banana
Peach & Mango
Red Cherry
Plain

I've tried all of them but the plain one and absolutely loved them plus Alpro Soya also do a range of different Soya milk's even one which is strawberry flavoured so there's plenty to choose from.

Overall I think that these yogurts are fantastic, they have a great taste, are very healthy, have loads of raspberries in them and they aren't too expensive. I give them 10 out of 10 and recommend them to anybody and everybody. Enjoy!

Summary: Brilliant, one of my favourite yogurts