What is Danonino?

anna7602

The package says "dairy snack." None of the ingredients list yogurt. What the heck is this stuff? My mom bought some for DD on vacation and now she loves it. I think I'd rather her eat regular yogurt...

MonkeyBug5

Interesting.  We don't buy. We usually just buy a big tub of yogurt and serve it from there. I always just assumed yogurt.

MonkeyBug5

Interesting.  We don't buy it. We usually just buy a big tub of yogurt and serve it from there. I always just assumed yogurt.

sevans1975

Hmm...I used to buy it for DD and I assumed it was yogurt.  I know it supposedly has more vitamin D in it (according to the commercials...haha).

She eats either YoBaby or regular yogurt now anyway and I pretty much read the label to avoid the dreaded HFCS.

jillianfries

From the Dan-o-nino website:

 Dan-o-nino and yogurt are actually quite similar. They are all made with similar ingredients and with a similar process. All our dairy products taste great and contain live and active cultures. Dan-o-nino is easy to eat and is a source of important nutrients such as protein and calcium.

Dan-o-nino is a cultured dairy snack and is not classified as a yogurt. One of the reasons Dan-o-nino is not a yogurt is that it does not contain Lactobacillus bulgaricus. We decided not to incorporate this culture into our product because we wanted to guarantee a product that would taste milder for kids palate and Lactobacillus bulgaricus at times has the tendency to give yogurts an acidic taste.

sevans1975

jillianfries:

From the Dan-o-nino website:

 Dan-o-nino and yogurt are actually quite similar. They are all made with similar ingredients and with a similar process. All our dairy products taste great and contain live and active cultures. Dan-o-nino is easy to eat and is a source of important nutrients such as protein and calcium.

Dan-o-nino is a cultured dairy snack and is not classified as a yogurt. One of the reasons Dan-o-nino is not a yogurt is that it does not contain Lactobacillus bulgaricus. We decided not to incorporate this culture into our product because we wanted to guarantee a product that would taste milder for kids palate and Lactobacillus bulgaricus at times has the tendency to give yogurts an acidic taste.

Pffft...lovely.  Thank you for the info...I guess I'd just rather her eat regular yogurt anyway.  She loves it, so why fix what isn't broken.  I'll skip the "dairy snack".

katypresson

DS prefers Danonino to regular yogurt.

BitterOldHag

They do fine on TJ's and YoBaby so I think I'll be skipping this.

Soon2BMrsN

jillianfries:

From the Dan-o-nino website:

 Dan-o-nino and yogurt are actually quite similar. They are all made with similar ingredients and with a similar process. All our dairy products taste great and contain live and active cultures. Dan-o-nino is easy to eat and is a source of important nutrients such as protein and calcium.

Dan-o-nino is a cultured dairy snack and is not classified as a yogurt. One of the reasons Dan-o-nino is not a yogurt is that it does not contain Lactobacillus bulgaricus. We decided not to incorporate this culture into our product because we wanted to guarantee a product that would taste milder for kids palate and Lactobacillus bulgaricus at times has the tendency to give yogurts an acidic taste.

Never heard of it before, but this description makes it sound nasty.

jillianfries

Soon2BMrsN:

Never heard of it before, but this description makes it sound nasty.

It's not nasty, it tastes just like yogurt. The only difference is it lacks a certain culture.