Greek-style yoghurt, strained Greek yoghurt or skyr for dinner

Who are you serving, and what are you making?

If you’re making a cold sauce

You’re looking for a thick base to season and serve with crudités or use in a sharing dip.

If you’re serving individual desserts

You want pots that are easy to share between your guests, and you’re comparing the recipe and total quantity in each pack.

If you’re keeping an eye on nutritional values

If you want to finish your meal with a plain product, you’ll look at protein and fat content first, rather than creaminess.

What should you look for?

First decide whether you’ll use the yoghurt for cooking, to make individual desserts or to suit a particular preference about its nutritional make-up. Then compare the specific product and pack size.

What to consider	What to check	Who it matters to
Base for a cold sauce	The product description, ingredients and quantity needed for your recipe.	If I’m making a dip to share, I want a texture I can season, rather than choosing based on the word “Greek” alone; around 40% of consumers prioritise this culinary use.
Individual desserts	The number of pots, their net weight and the fat content per 100 g.	When serving dessert, I want to portion it out between my guests without ending up with lots of leftovers; individual pots come first for around 30% of consumers.
Protein and fat	The values per 100 g and whether the product is plain, flavoured or fruit yoghurt.	When choosing a plain product to finish a meal, I mainly compare protein and fat; around 30% of consumers prioritise this nutritional make-up.

Mistakes to avoid

Assuming “Greek-style”, “strained Greek”, skyr and “filtered” all mean the same thing

These descriptions alone don’t guarantee the same recipe, identical nutritional values or a long shelf life.

For the product you choose, check its description, ingredients, nutritional information and storage instructions.
Leaving fresh yoghurt out of the fridge until it’s time to serve

The DGCCRF warns that a rise in temperature speeds up microbial growth and shortens the shelf life of food.

Follow the temperature and date shown on the packaging, and only take the yoghurt out when you’re ready to serve it.
Choosing a multipack based only on the number of pots

Individual pots and large tubs don’t provide the same quantity to share between your guests.

Compare the total weight, the portions you’ll need and the date shown on the product before choosing a pack size.
Assuming flavoured skyr has the same nutritional make-up as plain skyr

Yoplait lists different nutritional values for different products: its Skyr Nature and its vanilla stirred version, for example, don’t have the same sugar content.

Check the flavour, ingredients list and nutritional values for the variety you plan to serve.

Brands to consider, depending on the product

Danone

Plain Greek-style yoghurt is available in a pack of four 110 g pots.

Carrefour’s product information lists skimmed milk, cream and cultures for this product.
Danone’s HiPRO products are a separate range, so their nutritional make-up shouldn’t be assumed to match this Greek-style yoghurt.

Yoplait

The range includes Skyr Nature as well as varieties with different recipes.

Yoplait lists 9.3 g of protein and less than 0.5 g of fat per 100 g for its Skyr Nature.
A vanilla stirred version contains 10 g of sugars per 100 g; check the values for the variety you choose.

Carrefour Extra

Plain Greek-style yoghurt is available in a pack of four 150 g pots.

Carrefour’s product information lists whole milk, cream, skimmed milk powder and lactic cultures.
This product contains 8.5 g of fat per 100 g, so bear its recipe in mind when comparing it with plain skyr.

Auchan

The range includes individual pots of plain Greek-style yoghurt and a 1 kg tub of plain Greek yoghurt.

Auchan suggests seasoning its Greek-style yoghurt in an 8 × 125 g pack and serving it with crunchy vegetables.
For its Greek-style yoghurt in a 4 × 150 g pack, Auchan specifies storage between 0 °C and +6 °C; check the instructions on the pack you buy.

Lidl / Eridanous

Eridanous is a Greek-style yoghurt range featured by Lidl for savoury or sweet recipes.

Lidl lists tzatziki among its suggested uses.
Check the label of the product available to you for its nutritional values and storage instructions.

E.Leclerc / Marque Repère

Marque Repère is E.Leclerc’s own brand to look out for if you’re shopping for yoghurt for your dinner.

The product description and pack size shown in store let you compare a specific product with the other options.
Check its ingredients, nutritional values and storage instructions before assuming it’s the same as Greek-style yoghurt or skyr.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Greek-style yoghurt a filtered, long-life milk?

No. This description doesn’t mean that the fresh yoghurts featured here can be treated like long-life milk. For each product, check its description, the date shown and the storage instructions on the packaging; the term “filtered” isn’t a substitute for this information.

How should I transport yoghurt before dinner?

Keep it at the storage temperature shown on the packaging while you’re transporting it and until you serve it. The DGCCRF warns that a rise in temperature speeds up microbial growth and shortens the shelf life of the food concerned.

Can you choose between Greek yoghurt and skyr based on their names alone?

No. Compare the recipe and nutritional values of each product. Yoplait lists less than 0.5 g of fat per 100 g for its Skyr Nature, while Auchan’s product information for Delta strained Greek yoghurt lists 10 g per 100 g; these figures apply to those specific products.

What should you check if a guest is allergic to milk?

Read the ingredients list and allergen information on the specific pack rather than relying on the product’s name alone. The DGCCRF explains that allergenic ingredients in prepacked food must be highlighted in the ingredients list.