Nutrition of strained yoghurt

Filip1993

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I'm straining yoghurt to get some protein without excess water. Let say one cup of yoghurt has 9 grams of protein, 11 grams of carbohydrates and 8 grams of fat. What happens when you strain it? I guess strained yoghurt contains less carbohydrates and calcium just like homemade farmers cheese.
 

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Filip1993 said:
I guess strained yoghurt contains less carbohydrates and calcium just like homemade farmers cheese.

Yes, your guess is right. Curdling in both yogurt and farmer's cheese happens due to acids.
Lactic acid in yogurt and lemon/vinegar in farmer's cheese. Bacteria makes lactic acid.
Some people use whey water, strained from yogurt, to make farmer's cheese.
It supposed to give softer curdling. Loss of nutrient and mineral in different process
varies , but it is a small difference. I believe you can retain more mineral and vitamin
by not washing the curd after straining.
If you do a google search on "Fage Yogurt" you will notice they
only show carb, protein,fat, sodium and calcium content in their label.
I am guessing if there were more nutrient in significant amount they would have
added it in their nutrition label.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/804716/2
 
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Mittir said:
Filip1993 said:
I guess strained yoghurt contains less carbohydrates and calcium just like homemade farmers cheese.

Yes, your guess is right. Curdling in both yogurt and farmer's cheese happens due to acids.
Lactic acid in yogurt and lemon/vinegar in farmer's cheese. Bacteria makes lactic acid.
Some people use whey water, strained from yogurt, to make farmer's cheese.
It supposed to give softer curdling. Loss of nutrient and mineral in different process
varies , but it is a small difference. I believe you can retain more mineral and vitamin
by not washing the curd after straining.
If you do a google search on "Fage Yogurt" you will notice they
only show carb, protein,fat, sodium and calcium content in their label.
I am guessing if there were more nutrient in significant amount they would have
added it in their nutrition label.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/804716/2

Okey thanks! So my strained yoghurt would contain almost zero carbohydrates and less protein than regular yoghurt? When looking at fage greek yoghurt it does contain the same amount of carbohydrates and protein though.
 
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himsahimsa said:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/100/2

This is what you remove by draining yogurt, give or take, but probably close enough.

Thanks, very helpful.
 

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