Greek yogurt vs YoBaby

Re: Greek yogurt vs YoBaby

• persephonerose member

  September 2013

  We have done plain Greek yogurt and yo baby. I wonder if the doctor suggested YoBaby just because it is easily recognized?  D doesn't seem to have much of a preference of one over the other.
  
  I do know that YoBaby is more like regular yogurt taste/consistency.
  

  
  
  
  
  

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• brie_and_almonds member

  September 2013

  FWIW, Yo Baby is exactly the same stuff as the Stonyfield plain, full-fat yogurt that comes in a big tub, it's just marketed for babies. The only real trouble I've had with greek yogurt is that it's sometimes hard to find the full fat / 4% version. As long as it's full-fat, it should be fine.

  

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• fusionbride member

  September 2013

  my local grocery store doesn't stock plain yobaby (only flavored like vanilla and blueberry), and I don't want to give LO sweet yogurt yet (the second ingredient in these is sugar).  So I buy the big tubs of Plain Organic Whole Milk Yogurt, and LO eats it plain.  She loves it, actually.

  I think the only suggestion for giving yogurt to baby is that it be full-fat. 

  Also, I personally think it should also be sugar-free and organic, but I think that is just me, not necessarily medically recommended. 

  
  
  

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• Maebb member

  September 2013

  Thank you all - I forgot about the full fat, but that's a good point. @fusionbride, I'm with you - I would rather not give him any food right now with excess sugar. I was looking at some of the puffs, yogurt melts, and pouches lately, and I try to find the no sugar added ones.

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• fusionbride member

  September 2013

  Maebb said:

  Thank you all - I forgot about the full fat, but that's a good point. @fusionbride, I'm with you - I would rather not give him any food right now with excess sugar. I was looking at some of the puffs, yogurt melts, and pouches lately, and I try to find the no sugar added ones.

  yeah, the baby food products are all very sweet-- even the ones without sugar added-- they often use apple or banana to make everything (even the vegetables) taste sweet.  So I go for Cheerios instead of Puffs, and compare labels on the pouches to aim for the ones that are lower in sugar/carbs and mostly veggies-- (the squash and pees pouch has 11g of carbs, while the banana and blueberry one has 25g!).  I still don't know what the nutritional benefit of the yogurt melts are, so have been avoiding those.
  

  
  
  

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• Hummingbirdbaby3 member

  September 2013

  Yo baby is so expensive. I buy a huge thing if full fat organic trader joes yogurt. Loves it

  

  
  

  
  

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