Culture Addict: Yogurt Fiend Continued

Maplehill Creamery

This yogurt is made from strictly grass-fed cows that graze in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in New York. It is lightly sweetened with organic evaporated cane sugar and made with real fruit, such as lemons and wild blueberries. The company says grass-fed, whole-milk, cream-top yogurt contains ideal ratios of fatty acids and higher levels of omega 3s, vitamin E and beta carotenes.
 
Website: maplehillcreamery.com

Noosa

Made in Colorado with milk from Morning Fresh, a 115-year-old, family-run dairy farm where the cows are not treated with rBGH, Noosa yogurt is an Australian recipe, brought to the U.S. by Australian expat Koel Thomae. The yogurt goes through a 48- to 72-hour culturing to get its thick makeup, and each batch is lightly sweetened with a local honey. Plus the yogurt is gluten-free. Flavors include Blueberry, Raspberry, Mango and Strawberry Rhubarb. All fruit purees are made in-house with local fruit.
 
Website: noosayoghurt.com

Traderspoint Creamery

Organic milk from grass-fed cows that contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a good fatty acid that has been shown to have such health benefits as lowering cholesterol and triglycerides and enhancing muscle growth. Drinkable flavors include Plain and Banana Mango. The Plain flavor can be poured over granola or used in place of sour cream.
   
Website: tpforganics.com

 
Pequea Valley Farm Yogurt

Made in Ronks, a small Amish village in Lancaster County, Pa., Pequea Valley Farm produces yogurt from grass-fed New Jersey cows in flavors such as Maple, Plain, Strawberry, Peach and Black Cherry.
 
Website: tricklingspringscreamery.com

Lucky Layla

This is a small artisan producer based in Garland, Texas, creating hand-crafted, all-natural real fruit pulp drinkables in interesting flavors like Guava, Passion Fruit, Custard Apple (Guanabana) and Mango. Grass-fed Guernsey cows produce milk known for their high-fat, high-protein content.
 
Website: luckylayla.com

So, next time you are in the yogurt aisle, either alone or with your kids, check out some of the less familiar brands and varieties. Who knows, you might just surprise your child’s palate to the point of no return. —Nicole Potenza Denis 

Nicole Denis is a regular foodspring.com contributor and is the author of foodspring’s foodie-mom blog.

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