Blueberries (Muller Fruit Corner Blueberry Yoghurt)

Member Name: Whizz11

Product:	Muller Fruit Corner Blueberry Yoghurt
Date:	02/02/09 (201 review reads)
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Advantages: Superfoods, calcium

Disadvantages: None

Beginning in 2005, blueberries have been discussed among a category of functional foods called superfruits having the favorable combination of nutrient richness, antioxidant strength, emerging research evidence for health benefits[3] and versatility for manufacturing popular consumer products. Great news and what better way to eat them than in a Muller Fruit corner yogurt.

Muller is a German company that produces a range of dairy products. They have had a factory in the UK, in Market Drayton in Shropshire since 1986. In that same decade they launched their very popular range of Muller Corner yogurts. These yogurts are called Corner because of the shape of the pot they come in. It's a split pot with the bigger section contained a plain creamy yogurt and the other half containing a flavour of some sort. This can then be added to the yogurt to make different flavour combinations and a more exciting yogurt than normal ones. Muller Corners actually come in three different varieties, Fruit, Healthy Balance and Crunch. It is the fruit variety I am going to concentrate on in this review.

There are actually 5 different flavours to choose from in the Muller Fruit Corner range which I like because they do give you a good choice. As mentioned able this review will concentrate on the blueberry flavour but the others available are:

Strawberry
Cherry
Blackberry and Raspberry
Peach and Apricot


A Muller fruit corner comes in a handy tub with a very creamy rich vanilla plain yogurt on one side and a fruit compote on the other. The pot allows you to fold over the fruit side into the vanilla yogurt for ease of mixing. I find though that it is sometimes nice to just have a mouthful of the plain yogurt as even by itself it's really very good. The lid has foil on the underside so it keeps the yogurt and fruit inside nice and fresh which is nice and because the lid is made of foil it is perfect for licking once you peel it away from the pot!

The fruit section is not too big but just enough to give some flavour to the yogurt. The best thing about it is that it actually contains big chunks of the fruit. For example the blueberry flavour contains full size little blueberries. They are very sweet which is nice. It is quite a dark bluey purple colour. The blueberries have a really nice sweet taste to them and the compote/sauce included with it is lovely . This to me says that the fruit section is real and fresh and it tastes really nice. The flavour is not too sugary or sour. It's nice to know that this is not just fruit flavouring.

Like I said the vanilla yogurt is very rich and creamy but not too creamy that it gets too much to eat. When you fist open the yogurt I like the fact that some of the cream has thickened around the edge of the yogurt top so you get a really nice spoonful of cream with that first scoop.

Obviously yogurts contain calcium so this makes a fruit corner a very wise snack choice. Calcium is needed for strong bones and teeth and can help keep osteoporosis at bay.
Some doctors have stated that adults between 19 and 50 need about 1,000mg of calcium a day. One of these yogurts contains 224mg so you are already a quarter of the way there which is good.

Each pot of yogurt contains 175g. The nutritional values on the side are given for 100g. According to the pot 100g of yogurt and fruit contains 106 calories so by eating the whole yogurt you are consuming 185 calories. This is not too bad, equivalent to a chocolate bar say but you are getting the additional benefit of calcium, etc with this so I would say stick to the yogurt if you are looking for a nice snack.

The other thing I like about Muller is that they really promote their brand as a healthy lifestyle and give you tips on how to keep healthy whatever your age. Their website is full of healthy tips which I definitely believe makes them quite an ethical company these days. At the moment their advertising on the television features a glass of milk being passed from person to person around the country, finally making it to the Muller dairy still intact. This is to signify the fact that they still farm close to their factory to ensure that the product you are about to consume is fresh and ethical.

There are fairly cheap as well and usually always seem to be on special at Sainsburys. At the moment they are 8 for £2 which is great. You can either buy them individually or in a bumper pack which I think contains 6 yogurts so they are a very good deal.

All in all a great healthy snack or dessert

Summary: Muller Fruit Corner Blueberry