Product Review: YoPlus Yogurt from Yoplait

I love yogurt and eat it every day. Yogurt can be a very healthy addition to your diet because it has lots of calcium and active cultures which help regulate and improve the "good" bacteria in your stomach. These cultures not only assist your digestion but help to fight off the "bad" bacteria that can cause infection and lower your immune system.

Yoplait has a new yogurt called YoPlus that they claim can make a difference in your digestion if you eat it for ten days. While my digestive system is in pretty good shape, I decided to taste it and check out its nutritional information to see if I would want to eat it every day.

The yogurt is packaged in a box of 4-4 ounce cups. One container is considered a serving size. Each serving contains 110 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 10 mg of Cholesterol (3% of the RDA), 70 mg of Sodium (3% of the RDA), 190 mg of Potassium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of dietary fiber, 16 grams of sugar, 4 grams of protein, 10% of the RDA of Vitamin A, D and Phosphorus, and 15% of the RDA of Calcium.

The taste of this yogurt is quite delicious. It has a soft, creamy texture that caused me to be shocked that it was so low in fat. It tastes like a full fat yogurt. I sampled the Vanilla and Peach flavors. The Vanilla had a nice flavor and a medium level of sweetness. The peach was a little sweeter and had nice bits of real peach mixed throughout the yogurt. They also have cherry and strawberry flavored YoPlus.

Yoplait claims that this product will help your digestive system naturally because of their "Optibalance" ingredient. This is a natural fiber from the chicory root that they blend with probiotic cultures. Of course it is well known that adding more fiber to your diet can help regulate your system, and this seems like a good and natural source.

The only thing I didn't like about this yogurt is the high amount of sugar it contains. While some of this can be contributed to the fruit, the fact that the vanilla flavor has the same amount of sugar shows that it's source is plain old sugar, the second ingredient listed. So for this reason I probably will only eat this yogurt once in a while when I'm in the mood for a sweet, creamy treat. However if you're not concerned with that fact this is a deliciously smooth, thick, tasty, and overall healthy yogurt.