Spanish yogurt?

Annpan · Post: # 82608Post **Annpan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:22 pm

Can someone give me the name of a yogurt in Spain which has the live bacterium in it for making your own.

It is for a friend who is keen to make some, but doesn't quite know what 'live yogurt' means.

I have given her the Latin names, but I thought it might be easier to ask what you use.

Thanks

ina · Post: # 82636Post **ina** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:48 pm

Any yoghurt should do that's not UHT - no need to import it from Spain! Seriously - I just use what I can get. Saying that, it's mostly Rachel's or Yeo Valley - but I haven't bought any for a long time.

Annpan · Post: # 82638Post **Annpan** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:59 pm

My friend is Spanish and lives in Madrid... her English isn't too great (my Spanish is horrendous)

I am sure that the cheap yogurt you can get from the supermarket hasn't got the bactirium in it.... but I may be wrong - I always get Yeo Valley and have been using that as my starter.

My Friend wants to try but has never heard of 'live' yogurt

I thought someone here might be able to give me the brand name of one in Spain that I can suggest too her.

ina · Post: # 82680Post **ina** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:42 am

Ah right - if she lives in Spain, that explains her preference for Spanish yoghurt!

I'd just try it with any - normal yoghurt is "live", as I said, unless it's UHT, i.e. the stuff that's not kept in the fridge. I mean, if she doesn't go for industrial quantities straight away, it's not that much lost if it doesn't work...

mrsflibble · Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:44 am

a lot of the yogurt in spain is what is referred to as "yogur pasteurizado" or on older packs, "postre lÃ¡cteo". what she wants is any REFRIDGERATED "yoghurt". there was recently a big argument between yogurt manufacturers in spain over who can refer to their product as yogurt and who can't. so, yeah. anything in a fridge labelled as 'yoghurt' will be live in spain. anything outside a fridge and labelled either "postre lÃ¡cteo" or "yogur pasteurizado" is not.

thank you answers.com.

baldowrie · Post: # 82710Post **baldowrie** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:25 pm

I just buy the shops own make brand, provided it comes from the fridge, and I have had no problems.

Annpan · Post: # 82715Post **Annpan** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:42 pm

Thanks everyone

I really thought that there were only a few brands of live yogurt out there

I guess I was wrong.

Well I have emailed B with all you thoughts... time will tell whether she is sucessful or not - or if she ever gets round to doing it.

thanks again

Millymollymandy · Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:19 am

I've never seen/heard of yoghurt kept outside of a fridge!?!?!

ina · Post: # 82783Post **ina** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:55 am

yes - at least you can get it here: it's the same as with UHT milk; it's been heat treated to the extent that it's basically dead, so it keeps in normal room temperatures.

Millymollymandy · Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:24 pm

Is there any benefit to it? i.e. cheaper than 'normal' yoghurt?

baldowrie · Post: # 82811Post **baldowrie** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:44 pm

only buy it if we are going out for a picnic or something and I don't have to worry about keeping it cool.

hedgewitch · Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:04 pm

Danone and Pascual both do "live" yoghurt and your friend can get it from Mercadona.

contadina · Post: # 85652Post **contadina** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:22 pm

I've had problems getting hold of active yoghurt too here in southern Italy. I've tried non-live yoghurt and have been disappointed with the results, so really want to try and make some with a proper live culture. Now I have seen flavoured live yoghurts for sale, but have steered away from them in the past. Would anyone know if these would work any better?