yogurt

I cannot imagine anything that could replace the magic of yogurt, which transcends cultures and lands. Tea, maybe?

- Hamdi Ulukaya

Regional differences

France

Finding tangy yogurt in France is a quest, given the French aversion to it, as attested by this Perle de Lait commercial:

Germany

With the sizeable Turkish community in Germany, it is not at all difficult to find great yogurt in my books!

My taste testing

What makes great yogurt for eating for me is its tang, unadulterated not-starchy consistency (no stabilizers or thickeners), and not too cream. I prefer yogurt that separates with time than taste or feel the texture of any of the stabilizers (e.g. starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, gelatin, carrageenan, maltodextrin).