A Note on Cherry Berry-
Our town recently opened a Cherry Berry Yogurt Bar! This is a wonderful addition to our economy! I want to caution everyone on over consumption of the yogurt at Cherry Berry. The Cherry Berry Company calls this yogurt “healthy” and while it does have active cultures like any regular yogurt and is made with skim milk, if you look at the second ingredient in their “healthy” mix, the trouble begins. Sucrose, I.E. SUGAR is the second (therefore the 2nd most abundant ingredient in the yogurt) if you go a little further you see corn sweetener and corn syrup solids, which, surprise! is SUGAR. Here is a nutritional label for ½ cup found on www.cherryberryyogurt.com/facts :
Let’s dissect this label, so we start at the calories-Wow! 90 Calories that’s not bad at all, right? Look down. This has 20g of carbohydrates, 13g of which are from sugar, in a HALF CUP (or 83g-which is probably LESS than half a cup). Get out a measuring cup and LOOK at that serving size. Does that look like your bowl when you go?? NO? How much more do you eat than that?? 2 servings? 3? Start doing the math and before you know it, you have 300 calories, over 60g of carbs and nearly 40g of sugar. That doesn’t even count the toppings that you may have added. It doesn’t matter how you dice it, with active cultures or not, sugar is sugar and is very damaging to your health.
I am not saying don’t go, we all like a sweet treat occasionally! I am saying keep in mind that even though the yogurt is touted as “healthy” it is NOT a “free” food and just like any other dessert, should be enjoyed responsibly!
In Good Health,
Liz Jackson, Jackson Nutrition
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