Review: Dannon Light & Fit Greek Crunch Strawberry Cheesecake Greek Yogurt

I think it would be great to work at these major manufacturing companies.  I think their Research and Development departments mainly consist of sitting around and looking at their old products and then "developing" new and interesting ways to package them.  It's obvious Dannon is this way because today's review is of something I've reviewed before, albeit with a very slight twist.  With that, I snatched up this 5.0 ounce container of Dannon Light & Fit Greek Crunch Strawberry Cheesecake Greek Yogurt at Kroger for $1.29 and within it are 130 calories and eleven grams of protein.  So, it's definitely light and it's definitely fit.

Review: Chobani Simply 100 Crunch Mango Cone Crisp Greek Yogurt

So here we go.  The empire of Chobani continues to expand.  I've mentioned it before, but it never ceases to amaze me...when I started this blog, Chobani was a cute little upstart.  In that 4+ years, they've become a powerhouse with multiple product lines spanning the yogurt section of the refrigerator at the grocery store.  It's also helped make Greek yogurt mainstream and there's so much Greek yogurt out there now compared to four years ago that it's insane when I really step back and think about it.  Today's Chobani Simply 100 Crunch Mango Cone Crisp Greek Yogurt is the product of one of those new product lines.  It's a smallish 4.2 ounces and has 100 calories and ten grams of protein.  As with all Chobani products, it's also all natural.

Review: That's it. Apple + Coconut Bar

That's it. bars have been difficult for me to find.  They aren't in my typical stores and I've only been able to find them in healthy stores and sometimes in out of the way locations (for me).  That said, I was very appreciative when a representative of That's it. contact me recently and asked if I'd like to review a sampling of their bars to add to the limited review collection on this blog.  I happily agreed and this leads me to the first of many reviews as I take a look at this That's it. Apple + Coconut Bar.  The bar itself comes in at 1.2 ounces and has a minuscule 110 calories and one gram of protein.  The whole point of That's it. bars is that they only have the ingredients listed in the name and that is the case here as this bar is made up of one apple and 1/4 coconut.  It's also all natural, fat free, gluten free, kosher, raw and vegan.

Review: Ehrmann Mixim Fat-Free Greek Yogurt with Cherry and Dark Chocolate Curls

My last Ehrmann review mentioned  that this was a new product that popped up in my store.  I have mentioned many times previously how I always like to see new products sneak up in the store on me, because when that happens, I often binge shop and buy several options of that product and that's what leads me to today's review of this Ehrmann Mixim Fat-Free Greek Yogurt with Cherry and Dark Chocolate Curls that I picked up at Kroger for $1.29.  This extremely long named product clocks in at 5.3 ounces of separated weight and within all that separation, it contains 160 calories and ten grams of protein.

Review: Skinny Noodles Shirataki Spaghetti

Every now and then, something comes to me that I just don't expect.  Today's review is one of those times.  I remember seeing some sort of blog post or something about Skinny Noodles MANY months ago and while I thought it was interesting, I never went to the effort to seek them out.  Recently, my sister made a purchase of a Skinny Noodles sampler pack off of Groupon and for reasons I will not share, some of that purchase made it to me.  I never expected to review Skinny Noodles, but after my sister's passing them along to me, here we are today to review this package of Skinny Noodles Shirataki Spaghetti.  The package itself is 8.0 ounces and as you can clearly see on the front, it is ZERO calories (although the website now says it is low calorie with 10 calories), ZERO fat, Kosher and Gluten Free.  Basically, I'm not sure this is even food.  Interesting.

Review: Ehrmann Mixim Fat-Free Greek Yogurt with Blueberry and Chocolate Chip Cookies Bites

There's several notable things about today's review.  First, this is the first review of an Ehrmann product on this blog.  Second, the name of this product is trying to be really cute by referring to its ability to mix ingredients together with the cute name of "Mixim."  Third, I think this might be the longest product name that I've ever put in as a review.  Usually, I try to shorten the product names to not include fat-free, etc., but as I was looking at the label for this, the elongated product name was integral to the name of the product in general, in my opinion.  With that, I begin this review of the single serving container of Ehrmann Mixim Fat-Free Greek Yogurt with Blueberry and Chocolate Chip Cookies Bites that I picked up at Kroger for $1.29.  It's 5.3 ounces and within the three compartments are 150 calories and ten grams of protein that are all made together with natural ingredients.

Review: Dannon Oikos Triple Zero Mixed Berry Blended Greek Yogurt

Have I missed some sort of revolt against yogurt companies that people are declaring that they want room to put their own toppings in yogurt cups.  Today's review, another Dannon product, clearly states on the packaging that there is room for toppings in the container.  This isn't the first time that I've seen this from this manufacturer or other manufacturers either.  I know food manufacturing is a follow-the-leader type of game with everyone settling on the same themes, flavors, etc.  Could this room for toppings thing be the next big thing?  I have no idea.  Anyway, I picked up this 5.3 ounce cup of Dannon Oikos Triple Zero Mixed Berry Blended Greek Yogurt at Meijer for $0.88.  It's packed with 120 calories and a surprising fifteen grams of protein, all in a cute nonfat package (with room for toppings!).

Review: Dannon Evolution Fresh Pineapple Passion Fruit Greek Yogurt

When I think of things that are inspirational, I usually think of great comeback stories or stories about people that have risen from terrible circumstances and made something of themselves.  Also, there are times when a speaker hits just the right note with me and I find myself thinking that I can use that talk as way to propel myself forward.  With that said, rarely do I think of Dannon as being inspirational and that's why today's product carrying the tagline of "Inspired By Dannon" amuses me so greatly.  I don't think I've ever been inspired by Dannon and I've looked at a lot of their products.  I've had some solid eating experiences, but never anything inspirational.  So, it was with that heavy cynicism that I dove into this review of a single serving cup of Dannon Evolution Fresh Pineapple Passion Fruit Greek Yogurt that I picked up at Kroger for $1.00.  Each cup is 5.3 ounces and has 120 calories and twelve grams of protein.  Now, maybe having a fruit with the word "passion" in its name will inspire me, but only time (and this review) will tell.

Review: Dannon Evolution Fresh Black Cherry Greek Yogurt

I guess the reason mega conglomerates become mega conglomerates is because they either have a home run/killer product or they continually roll out successful products.  Dannon may be a bit of both, but I know that they seemingly have an endless line of products that they roll out continually, of which I've only touched the tip of the iceberg here.  Upon a recent meandering of my local Meijer store, I noticed that Dannon has rolled out another line of Greek yogurts called "Evolution Fresh" where they intend on "letting the ingredients shine."  Okay then.  Anyway, the ingredients were hopefully shining in this 5.3 ounce cup of Dannon Evolution Fresh Black Cherry Greek Yogurt that I picked up for $1.09.  Packed into this cup are 120 shining calories and eleven grams of shining protein.

Review: Dannon Oikos Triple Zero Coconut Créme Blended Greek Yogurt

As I type this review this morning, I see on Twitter that a Dannon competitor (Yoplait) has had a truck wreck on one of the local Indianapolis interstates and there are countless smashed/spilled cups of Yoplait yogurt spread all over the side of the road.  Seeing that kind of makes me giggle as I type this review.  Anyway, today I embark on another Dannon review as I'm taking a look at a Dannon product line that has been out for a while that I've just been too lazy to get to as I look at this cup of Dannon Oikos Triple Zero Coconut Créme Blended Greek Yogurt.  I picked this up at Meijer in a pretty good sale for $0.88 and each cup is the standard 5.3 ounces.  Within that 5.3 ounces of Greek yogurt is 120 calories and fifteen grams of protein.  Since it is "Triple Zero", that means that it is sugar free, fat free and has no artificial sweeteners.  It's also the official yogurt of the National Football League (home of deflated balls).  Hooray for you if that kind of stuff impacts whether you purchase a product or not.

Review: That's it. Apple + Blueberries Bar

I'm all for minimalism because it makes things less complicated and I very much appreciate lack of complications.  That's what makes today's review so interesting to me.  It's the second time I've looked at a That's It. product here on the blog and if you are new to their products, they pretty much only used one or two ingredients.  In the case of this That's it. Apple + Blueberries Bar, it's only apples and blueberries.  That's it.  Get it?  Ha, ha.  Anyway, I picked this one up at Fresh Thyme for $1.69 and it's 1.2 ounces with 100 calories and one gram of protein (fruits aren't necessarily known for their heavy protein content).  It's also all natural, gluten free, kosher, raw, vegan and zero fat, so how about that?

Review: Stonyfield Organic Greek and Chia Blueberry Greek Yogurt

I'm starting to run thin on reviews and because of that, I'm reviewing a lot of manufacturers in the same week.  I try to stay away from doing that unless there is some sort of theme going on, but desperate times call for desperate measures and that leads me to another Stonyfield Organic review as I'm once again taking a look at one of their new products with this review of the Stonyfield Organic Greek and Chia Blueberry Greek Yogurt that I picked up at Kroger for $1.25.  The cup itself is 5.3 ounces and within that are 140 calories and twelve gram of protein.  It's organic, gluten free and kosher and all that fun stuff too.

Review: Stonyfield Organic Greek and Chia Blood Orange Greek Yogurt

I don't spend a ton of time in the organic section at the store, although I probably should.  Also, while I've reviewed a ton of yogurts on this blog, I haven't reviewed a ton of Stonyfield Organic yogurts because of what I just mentioned.  That said, I did go through the organic section of my local Kroger recently and I found this single serving cup of Stonyfield Organic Greek and Chia Blood Orange Greek Yogurt which is a new product line for them.  The thought of blood orange mixed in a Greek yogurt also intrigued me, so while I picked up a couple of these at $1.25 each for reviews, I'm taking a look at this one first because of that level of intrigue.  One more thing before I get into the math of this yogurt cup...is chia the next big food thing?  I seem to see a lot of products proudly displaying they include chia now.  Hmm.  Anyway, this 5.3 ounce cup of Greek yogurt is 130 calories and includes a fairly robust twelve grams of protein.  It's obviously organic, but it's also gluten free and kosher.

Review: Yoplait Greek 100 Whips! Vanilla Cupcake Yogurt Mousse

I love me some freebies and it's clear that Yoplait is trying to get the word out about their new Whips! line of Greek yogurt mousses because they offered this as a freebie outside of the typical Free Friday Download program at Kroger.  I did get this via the Kroger app, but it was just a separate "coupon" that was thrown out there, so that was nice.  With that, I snatched this container of Yoplait Greek 100 Whips! Vanilla Cupcake Yogurt Mousse out of the dairy case for a review to add to my big Yoplait collection.  It's the same size container as a typical Greek yogurt, but since this is a mousse, it's much lighter and comes in at only 4.0 ounces.  Within that lighter container is 100 calories and nine grams of protein.

Review: Muller Greek 100 Black Cherry & Pomegranate Greek Yogurt

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Muller (Quaker) is copying everyone by now introducing their own version of one hundred calorie Greek yogurt.  Pretty much every product category in the world is a follow-the-leader type of game, so why shouldn't Greek yogurt be different?  The answer is that it shouldn't.  So, with this latest Muller review, they now enter the one hundred calorie Greek yogurt foray on the blog with today's look at this container of Muller Greek 100 Black Cherry & Pomegranate Greek Yogurt that I picked up on sale at Kroger for $1.00.  Each two-part container is 5.3 ounces and has (obviously) 100 calories and ten grams of protein.  Since it's one hundred calories, they've also eradicated all fat in this as well.

Review: Yoplait Greek 100 Whips! Black Cherry Greek Yogurt

Every now and then there's a product in the aisles that makes me go "hmm" and today's review is one of those products.  Yoplait, which has been touched on many, many times here on the blog, has decided to extend their one hundred calorie Greek yogurt line into a new territory by modeling the Greek yogurts after fluffy mousses.  Seems like a strange combination for me, but I do appreciate the creativity because at least to me, it seems like quite a unique idea.  So, as I was intrigued by this unique idea, I grabbed a cup of this Yoplait Greek 100 Whips! Black Cherry Greek Yogurt out of the refrigerator case at Kroger as part of their Free Friday Download promotion.  The cup of Greek yogurt itself is 4.0 ounces and unsurprisingly has 100 calories.  It's also got nine grams of protein and has no fat.

Review: Yoplait Light Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Yogurt

I've reviewed plenty of Yoplait yogurts on this blog in the past, but I've never really touched on their original yogurt products that come in the odd and somewhat cylindrical shaped containers for some reason.  Maybe I considered them too pedestrian, too cheap, too boring or some sort of combination of all of those, but I always stayed away.  With today's review, I'm finally crossing the threshold of that and I picked up a container of this Yoplait Light Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Yogurt on sale at my local Marsh for a measly $0.20.  Each container is 6.0 ounces and has 90 calories and five grams of protein.  It's worth two points on the Weight Watchers PointsPlus scale if you are in to watching (get it?) that kind of thing as well.

Review: Yoplait Greek 100 Blackberry Pie Greek Yogurt

I've been eating so much Greek yogurt lately that I'm thinking about putting an "is" at the end of my last name or changing my first name to Aristotle or Plato or Odysseus or something Greek like that because I know feel like I am one of them.  Considering that I'm of German/Irish descent, that does seem kind of amusing to me.  So, as part of my goal of becoming Greek (or something like that), I picked up a container of this Yoplait Greek 100 Blackberry Pie Greek Yogurt at Kroger for $1.00.  It's a new flavor for Yoplait to add to my rapidly growing collection and as per usual, it's a 5.3 ounce single serving cup.  It's just 100 calories and has twelve grams of protein packed punch.  Yoplait also proudly displays on the container that this is two points on the Weight Watchers points scale.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Outshine Peach Fruit Bars

I've been trying to start hitting on a lot of these fruit bars in the frozen section of my local stores recently and that has caused me to take a look at several of these Edy's (Dreyer's) Outshine bars in reviews already.  Since there is a myriad of flavors, it'll take me a while to plow through them at all, but a recent sale at Kroger led me to pick up a box of six of these Edy's Outshine Peach Fruit Bars on sale for $3.00.  Each bar in the box is 2.7 fluid ounces and has 90 calories.  It's also fat free, so that's a nice little added bonus to eating these.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Outshine Strawberry Fruit Bars

If you read the blog regularly, one of the quirky (or perhaps intelligent) things that I do is buy things in bulk and buy multiple versions of the same product in the same shopping trip.  I rarely spread things out through multiple purchases.  I guess it's just the bargain hunter in me (which might make the practice intelligent).  Anyway, in my last Edy's review, I took a look at a product that I picked up in the same binge run as when I picked up this box of six Edy's Outshine Strawberry Fruit Bars.  Each 2.7 fluid ounce bar in this box comes in at a calorie-friendly (and fat free) 70 calories.