With its pluses and minuses, the Real Food movement was conceived as something positive. After all, it seemed that his main goal was to teach his followers to eat healthy. However, he also had a somewhat darker face due to an intense stubbornness in discrediting the food industry. Therefore, it is at least paradoxical that it has evolved to merge with it and launch its own products. The last one is the real food yoghurt presented in collaboration with Danone. It is a liquid natural yogurt, which really does what it promises. Yes, it is true that it is healthy and away from definition of ultraprocessed. The problem is that this product already existed-and exists-previously in the hated food industry. Also, it can be found much cheaper.
As usual every time there is a new real food product, social networks have been burning for 24 hours. With previous products, such as ice cream or chocolate cream, the anger arose from the fact that an ultra-processed product was being presented as something that it is not. On this occasion it is a healthy product, but it is still a yogurt with surnames.
For this reason, many experts in nutrition and food technology they have launched to publish their opinion on social networks, comparing prices and displaying labels. With this they show a problem that should be known by all consumers. Because with all the information in hand, there is nothing wrong with choosing this yogurt over others. But just for the fun of spend on the brand. In food, as always, information is power.
What should a good yogurt contain?
When choosing a good yogurt, we must look at the label and make sure that it has two main ingredients: milk and lactic ferments. Sometimes the milk can be in the form of cream or with a small proportion of powdered milk. It is not a problem.
It does not matter if it is conventional or liquid yogurt, the ingredients will be the same. What doesn’t matter is the taste. It is preferable that it be plain yogurt, unsweetened. The flavors do include less healthy ingredients. And if we want a strawberry yogurt we can always add strawberries at home. Or eat the strawberry one from the supermarket, of course, but bearing in mind that it is less healthy than a natural one.
Another fact that sometimes leads to confusion is the fact that yogurt is skimmed or whole. Skimmed foods are often advertised as the healthiest options, but this is actually not entirely true. The latest scientific research suggests that milk fat is not a problem for the general population. Furthermore, it may be advisable, since milk vitamins they are fat-soluble and, as such, are found dissolved in fat. If we remove it, we also take part of those vitamins. This applies to milk alone and, of course, to the products that are prepared with it, including yoghurts.
Having all this clear, is Realfooding yogurt better than others on the market that are much cheaper? The answer is a resounding no. It has absolutely nothing special, so with its high price we are not paying for health. We are paying for the brand.
Realfooding has done it again
The food industry, like all, wants to attract the largest possible number of public to earn money. It would be weird if he didn’t try. That’s why there are all kinds of tricks aimed at juggling labeling and launching Claims that hide your greatest weaknesses. That is why it is so important to know how to read labels and have information about food.
However, the food industry also makes life easier for us, launching healthy products on the market, similar to those we could cook at home. It is the case of gazpacho and salmorejo. We currently have a large number of brands that use very healthy ingredients. Pretty much the same ones we would use at home. Among them is also Realfooding. His salmorejo was one of the first products he launched on the market. Is it healthier than anything on the market before? No, but it is more expensive than many. It should be noted that there are other brands that have a high pricebut in his case the buyers are clear that what they pay is the brand.
Something similar was also done with the humus. It is a very fashionable product, whose preparation does not involve cutting as many vegetables as with salmorejo, but it can also make you lazy. For this reason, we resort to those that are already packaged. There are more or less healthy ones, but it is true that there are very good options. One is Realfooding, yes, but there are many more.
The case of yogurt has perhaps been much more resounding, because salmorejos and hummus are products that have not been on the market for too long. Instead, we’ve spent our whole lives, generation after generationeating yogurt realfooding without the need for a green logo on your label. It’s great to start a new brand, but it’s even better if you use the right claims. On this occasion, given the opinions of the experts, it seems that they are not being the best.