Loving Icelandic-style yogurt

[luckymom]

Yogurt.  I love it.  I've spent a decade consuming huge amount of Greek-style yogurt.  But, now, I have discovered Siggy's and have changed my loyalties.  It's creamy, smooth, rich, and low sugar/carb.  The 4% vanilla is my favorite, followed by fig with lemon zest.

 

I want to know what makes Icelandic yogurt, Icelandic.  How is it made differently than Greek yogurt to get that consistency?

 

I also want to know if there's a way I can make it at home.

 

Anyone know?

[SparklyUnicorn]

http://julesfood.blogspot.com/2011/04/skyrhomemade-icelandic-yogurt.html

 

No clue myself.  I always love hearing about "new" foods though. 

 

I notice our store now has Australian yogurt.  Because ya know the 500 brands of yogurt sold in the store is not enough.  LOL 

[lailasmum]

I really like Skyr too. I like how it is much more cream cheesy than yogurt is.

[SparklyUnicorn]

I wonder if I could find the 4%.  Where do you find it OP? 

 

I refuse to eat fat free yogurt.  YUCK

 

 

[luckymom]

I wonder if I could find the 4%.  Where do you find it OP? 

 

I refuse to eat fat free yogurt.  YUCK

Edited June 9, 2016 by luckymom

[luckymom]

Whole Foods for Siggy's.

 

(My internet is acting up - sorry for the strange posting)

[Laura in CA]

I wonder if I could find the 4%.  Where do you find it OP? 

 

I refuse to eat fat free yogurt.  YUCK

 

 

I find it at my local organic-food market, but Safeway also has Siggi's. I love it, too!

 

He (Siggi Hilmarsson) was mentioned in this NYT article recently – in particular, about how his whole-fat yogurt is selling briskly. :)

 

FAQs from his website about what Icelandic skyr is; not sure how it differs from Greek yogurt. He started out making skyr in his NY kitchen, using his mother's recipe, so I imagine it's doable. ;)

[Amira]

Skyr should have rennet in it which is the biggest difference.

[SparklyUnicorn]

I find it at my local organic-food market, but Safeway also has Siggi's. I love it, too!

 

He (Siggi Hilmarsson) was mentioned in this NYT article recently – in particular, about how his whole-fat yogurt is selling briskly. :)

 

FAQs from his website about what Icelandic skyr is; not sure how it differs from Greek yogurt. He started out making skyr in his NY kitchen, using his mother's recipe, so I imagine it's doable. ;)

 

Never heard of Safeway.

[Anne in CA]

This is interesting to me. I have a love/ hate relationship with yogurt.

[Laura in CA]

Never heard of Safeway.

 

Ha! Second-largest grocery store chain in the U.S., but I guess it doesn't have much of a presence in the East. It even had a branch in the UK for a while ... ;)

 

 

ETA:  Huh ... learn something every day! Safeway has (or had) branches in the UK, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the Middle East.

But yeah, it's weird -- whenever I'm in L.A. (technically in the same state as me), I do not recognize a single grocery store. Except Whole Foods.

 

ETA again: Another funny – Safeway was mentioned today in a book I'm reading ("I'll Never Be French"). It'll come up, now that you've heard of it. :)

Edited June 10, 2016 by Laura in CA

[skimomma]

I make my own yogurt at home and recently had to buy a new starter.  The only plain small container I could find at the store I went to was Siggi's Skyr, so I bought it and used it to make my own.  I cannot tell that my finished product is any different than the yogurt I usually make so it might be in the post-culture processing....similar to Greek yogurt.  That said, I do find I quite tasty.  I was in Iceland a few weeks ago and very much enjoyed sampling different skyrs.  They are not as thick as the Siggi brand found here.  But very yummy.  I normally cannot stand flavored yogurt here in the U.S. because it is so so SO sweet.  The flavored skyr in Iceland is flavorful and just a tad sweet.  So good!

[Ausmumof3]

http://julesfood.blogspot.com/2011/04/skyrhomemade-icelandic-yogurt.html

 

No clue myself. I always love hearing about "new" foods though.

 

I notice our store now has Australian yogurt. Because ya know the 500 brands of yogurt sold in the store is not enough. LOL

Do you know what the brand is? Just purely or of curiosity.

[UmmIbrahim]

Do you know what the brand is? Just purely or of curiosity.

 

I'm guessing she's referring to Wallaby yogurt, an "Australian style" yogurt generally available here in the states.

[luckymom]

I want to make it at home and reduce plastic containers.  Do you buy the live biotics at WF or somewhere else to make yogurt?

[Lizzie in Ma]

That's my favorite too.  No clue how to make it but so very yummy!

[SparklyUnicorn]

I want to make it at home and reduce plastic containers.  Do you buy the live biotics at WF or somewhere else to make yogurt?

 

Lot of people use yogurt they buy to get it started.  You can buy cultures.  I once bought some on-line.

[SparklyUnicorn]

Do you know what the brand is? Just purely or of curiosity.

 

It was Australian style (not imported) called Yulu.  It was discontinued apparently.  

 

There is another one called Noosa.  It's made in the US, but is Australian style.

[SparklyUnicorn]

This is interesting to me. I have a love/ hate relationship with yogurt.

 

Same here.  I like yogurt, but find many of them way too sweet.  And I cannot stand lowfat or nonfat.  

[Rosie_0801]

 

I notice our store now has Australian yogurt.  Because ya know the 500 brands of yogurt sold in the store is not enough.  LOL 

 

Eh? What does that mean? Does it have wattle seed in it or something?

[kewb]

I was researching how to make this becasue I was intrigued seems the icelandic one is really a cheese.

Edited June 10, 2016 by kewb

[ktgrok]

Low carb? Really? Off to see if my stores carry it.