At least once a week I scratch my head and try to figure out what Trader Joe’s was thinking when they came up with this product. We all know that coconut milk is all the rage right now and of course yogurt is healthy for you. Trader Joe’s even has a cultured Coconut fake yogurt wannabee product (which I need to review real soon) so what is the purpose of this? It looks like a hybrid of real milk yogurt and coconut milk “yogurt” (They can’t call the cultured coconut juice “yogurt” because coconut juice is not real milk). Things that make me scratch my head…
Actually, I accidentally picked this up thinking it was coconut flavored yogurt with a granola sidekick, which is fine on it’s own, so I don’t know why they went through the extra effort of creating a hybrid milk/coconut juice mixture. Either way, it was good. You have two compartments and one is filled with the yogurt mixture and the other with the almond granola. The goal here is to simply tip the granola container into the yogurt and mix it together.
I did the lift and dump and started eating. Actually, it was pretty darn good! This runs about 190 calories which is a little light for me in the morning, but with a piece of fruit or toast it would make a good breakfast. The granola was the perfect amount of crunchy without being too sweet. The yogurt has plenty of sugar. They also make a vanilla Greek yogurt with caramel covered pretzels which I will probably buy next. I don’t think you can go wrong with either one!
Ingredients:
COCONUT & ALMOND: COCONUT GREEK LOWFAT YOGURT (PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, COCONUT BASE [WATER, SUGAR, COCONUT CREAM {COCONUT, WATER}, COCONUT, LOCUST BEAN GUM, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID], PASTEURIZED CREAM, LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES [LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS, STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS, BIFIDOBACTERIUM LACTIS, L. ACIDOPHILUS, L. PARACASEI]), ALMOND GRANOLA (ALMONDS, ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, RICE FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, MOLASSES, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, BARLEY MALT SYRUP). CONTAINS MILK, ALMOND, COCONUT. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF SOY, WHEAT, BRAZIL NUT, CASHEW, HAZELNUT, PECAN, WALNUT
