Smooth and sweet - Muller Light Peach yoghurt (Muller Light Peach Yoghurt)

Member Name: Pandora321

Product:	Muller Light Peach Yoghurt
Date:	03/08/09 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Peach flavour, free of preservatives and additives, decent size portion

Disadvantages: Not as fat free as it claims and (I think) high in sugar

I like to have a yoghurt daily as something to break up the tedium of a long morning at work, giving me a little break, a healthy snack, and squeezing in one of my 'five-a-day'. Currently on a strict spending-diet I usually have to go for cheap and cheerful varieties (which actually probably contain less of my five-a-day than a pack of crisps, but it's the thought that counts), so it was with great delight that I spotted some Muller yoghurts on sale at my local Sainsbury's, bringing them within my spending remit. I'm not normally a diet girl, but as it was Muller Light on sale, it was Muller Light I got. I could have sworn it said 8 for £2, but may have gone mad as since then they're now at 4 for £2, so let's say they're usually priced around 50-60p per pot but you might be lucky and find them for less.

I chose my 8 flavour varieties with care, and one of my selections was the 'smooth peach'. Muller Light come in 200g pots, which, I have to say, are a good-sized portion, certainly large enough for a snack and possibly even large enough to count as a dessert portion if your appetite's not too large. The white plastic pot is round with a flat bottom, with peach-coloured writing (surprisingly enough), and a foil lid with a picture of... you guessed it, a peach (in slices). The tub displays the usual nutritional information, and I was interested to see that it lists this per 100g, when the pot is 200g - perhaps just a standard thing, but my cynical mind is suspicious that Muller is trying to pull one over on skim-reading dieters, as displaying it per pot would be much more useful. I was also interested to note that each pot, despite being a 'Light' brand, while only containing 94 calories - and no fat - still has 12.6g of sugar. I have no idea whether this is high, but it certainly sounds it to this diet-novice. Actually, I've just noticed, although it claims to be 'fat free' in capital letters, it actually has 0.2g of fat per pot - so not exactly fat free then. Further good info is that the yoghurt is additive and preservative free (although, if they mean free like the fat content, then maybe not), and constitutes 31% of your recommended daily amount of calcium, which is great.

So, onto the taste. On peeling back the foil I was pleased to notice that the yoghurt was creamy and smooth - I've had a few problems with some of the other flavours separating out while stored, which is not an appetising look, but this one had no such problems. The yoghurt is light yellowy-orange in colour and I didn't spot any chunks or lumps in mine, so it did live up to its 'smooth' billing. The yoghurt smelled slightly peachy, and tasted like a normal peach yoghurt - slightly synthetically peach flavoured - and was light, creamy and very smooth. I wouldn't say the 'Light'-ness detracted from the taste at all. This yoghurt is quite sweet though; perhaps a bit too sweet for those who prefer a more tart flavouring (for those who like really tart - you'll find the rhubarb flavour fulfils this need!!).

All in all, this is a decent, above average, peach-flavoured yoghurt, although I'm a bit dubious about its diet credentials. For me, it filled me nicely for a while and was certainly preferable, in the healthy snacking stakes, to wolfing down a pack of biscuits instead.

Summary: Tasty yet healthy snack