Who doesn’t love some key-lime
yogurt? Well, if you don’t love yourself some key-lime flavored yogurt, this blog
may not be for you. But to those that do, I will give you an insight on a taste
test I did of three different brands that produce key-lime flavored yogurt. The
reason I decided to choose key-lime yogurt for my taste test was due to that it
is easy to buy, easy to taste, and is my favorite flavor of yogurt.
My
first step was to take a trip to my local HEB, which in the year 2020 is a lot
more hectic experience than the usual trip to the grocery store. The HEB was
packed and all were required to wear a mask. How busy the store was made me
concerned that I might not be able to find three different brands of key-lime
yogurt. Luckily, I did, and the three brands that I used for my taste test was
Yoplait, Chobani, and the HEB store brand yogurt. To my surprise, the store
brand was a tad more expensive than the Yoplait, and the Chobani yogurt was the
most expensive of the three brands.
When
it comes to conducting the taste test, I consumed two scoops of each brand of
yogurt, taking a sip of water before consuming each scoop so my taste buds are
reset to neutral, and I will be looking for what I taste as well as the texture
of the yogurt. After taking a look at all three brands of yogurt, the
appearance is similar, however, the Chobani looked a little more creamy out of
the three whereas the Yoplait looked more like Jell-O rather than appearing creamy.
The packaging for the Chobani and the HEB brand was similar, with the HEB brand
being a little wider and containing a tad more yogurt than the Chobani, which
differed from the Yoplait that was packaged different, appearing taller and more
top-heavy than the other two brands that have wider packaging than the Yoplait
key-lime yogurt.
I
tried the HEB brand yogurt first. It was good, but a little bit bland in the
fact that the key-lime flavoring didn’t quite pop out, tasting more like a
lightly lime flavored Jell-o, even though it appeared less like Jell-o than the
Yoplait. Don’t get me wrong, the HEB yogurt isn’t bad, but it was not
overwhelming in flavor. Hard to explain, but the HEB yogurt doesn’t have you
dying for seconds.
The
Yoplait I tried second, and it had more flavor than the HEB brand, but I would
say it was a little too sugary. With key-lime yogurt, I am looking for a
balance of sweet and tart flavorings, and the Yoplait definitely favored on the
sweet side, tasting almost like if key-lime pudding was a thing, but had a more
Jell-o like texture. It was not completely as thick as Jell-o, but it was the
thickest in substance of the three brands, which I don’t think is bad, I just like
my yogurt a tad more cream-like. If you are person who loves very sweet tasting
yogurt, then Yoplait has to be your pick of the bunch.
Lastly,
I tried the Chobani, which I had tried before and liked a lot, but I was trying
not to remember that occasion and have a bias. However, I must say that I did like
the Chobani the most because it did have that creamier texture I was looking
for. It wasn’t too creamy, not as creamy as pudding, but it was not as much
like Jell-o as the other two brands. The Chobani had a better balance of sweet
and tart than the other two. It still favored sweet over tart like the other
two, but that was ok with me because if I want sweet or tart to stand out more,
I’m going with sweet. I would have to say that the Chobani did feel creamier,
and sweeter, towards the end, almost like it was on purpose to make the texture
softer at the bottom of the cup. I would have preferred it remaining the same
texture throughout its packaging, but still have to say the Chobani was my
favorite simply due to the flavor. The Chobani was a little more acidic and fruity
tasting (lime tasting) than the other two, which I did like because it was not
overly acidic. It was like a nice hint of acidity that made the yogurt stand
out over the other two brands.
Overall,
the Chobani was my favorite, due to simply having the best flavor, but I would consume
any of the three brands again. Due to that I am a college student, I would
probably buy the Yoplait to save a buck, but I would have to say that the
Chobani was the best quality of the three brands, and that the higher price did
equal higher quality. You really can’t go wrong with any of these three brands
of yogurt however, and you can never go wrong for wanting to enjoy some quality
key-lime yogurt!
Hey there, another great blog. Although, there were some areas that I feel the blog could be improved upon to make it even better. For one, pictures. Using only a picture of the HEB brand yogurt, especially when it wasn't your favorite, seems a little odd. Instead, you could have taken pictures of all the yogurts once you opened them and then paired them next to when you talked about them. That way the audience knows what you're talking about when you point out things about the yogurts. Also, I feel that, near the beginning, you could have set up a criteria for how you wanted your yogurt to taste/loo/feel and all that sort of stuff. In the example with Yoplait, you go a little into what your ideal Key-lime yogurt is. If you set up a criteria earlier on, it would make more sense to the reader, since they know your tastes going in. Anyways, great post regardless.
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