Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt - Product Review

While shopping at Hy-Vee, I noticed that Anderson Erickson yogurts were on sale for 50 cents each. I really like yogurt, though my husband doesn't, and at that price I felt I could afford to be a little self-indulgent. I read the ingredients first. I have found that many yogurts contain high fructose corn syrup, a surprising ingredient for a food that touts itself as being healthy and natural. This particular ingredient is actually seems to be more prevalent among the brand name yogurts than the store brands. Other yogurts contain artificial sweeteners that I feel detract somewhat from the product. I was therefore pleasantly surprised to find that Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt contained plain old sugar.

Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt comes in a 6-ounce plastic, cup shaped container with a peach colored lid. The graphics on the cup are peach colored and green, with black and white lettering. Towards the top of the container is the white and red AE symbol. On the left and right towards the bottom of the container are cartoony graphics. These mirror images of peaches are friendly looking, if more child-like than sophisticated. One might expect a super sweet kiddie concoction inside.

I Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt had the custard like texture I prefer in a yogurt, though the peach variety was not quite as dense as the vanilla flavor I'd had before. I was pleasantly surprised that, while sweet, it wasn't cloyingly so. The yogurt was rich and creamy, with a very good natural tasting peach flavor which was just a bit tangy. There were enough chunks of real peach to give it a nice texture and additional flavor kick. (Though I would have thrown in a few more.)

Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt fares pretty well in the "healthy" department too. The ingredient list is fairly straightforward: milk, sugar, peaches, cornstarch, peach flavor, natural flavors, gelatin, and vitamin D3. The only one I wasn't sure of was "annatto" which I believe is for color. I like that there are not a bunch of preservatives, like you find in many pre-packaged foods. While there is a lot of sugar (34 grams!), there are only 200 calories per container. And the total saturated fat if only 5 percent. Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt also gives a good dose of calcium (25 percent), and Vitamin D (20 percent), and protein (16 percent), potassium (10 percent), and a smidgen of vitamin C (4 percent). Like many yogurts it also contains acidophilus and bifibum, good bacteria to keep the body in balance.

When I was a kid my family had a yogurt maker. I remember that it took days to get our yogurt to "yog". Then we'd mix in all sorts of fruit, and sometimes a bit of honey. The result of all the work and patience was some very good yogurt and fond memories. But if you don't have a yogurt maker, and don't want to spend days waiting, I think Anderson Erickson Lowfat Peach Yogurt is a pretty good alternative!

Enjoy!