A Soy-Free, Gluten-Free, and Vegan Yogurt that tastes good? It may be hard to believe, but there is a good option: So Delicious Cultured Coconut Milk Yogurt. While I can have some soy, it is put in so many dairy substitutes that I try to diversify wherever I can. It would be very easy for me to overload, and need to pull soy off my diet long term. By and large, I really enjoy Turtle Mountain’s product line-up. They are truly dairy allergy friendly. That said I am aware that they often have soy in their products. So when I say they were starting to carry soy free items as well, I was very excited. Then I tasted it.
I find that soy milk products always have a certain aftertaste to them. The coconut yogurt has none. In fact, the coconut flavoring on the flavored yogurts is very small, and does not overwhelm you. I have tried the Blueberry, Passionate Mango, Plain, Raspberry, Strawberry, and Strawberry Banana. The only one I did not like was the Strawberry Banana. This was because the banana flavor, well, was true banana. So, if you like banana in your yogurt, you will probably like it as well. The fruit flavors are great for having straight and adding to oatmeal or similar. The plan is good as well, and can be used in cooking (my banana bread recipe calls for yogurt). That said, it has a very strong coconut flavor. I find that it can become overwhelming on oatmeal.
All in all, I am very pleased with this product, and buy it whenever I want yogurt. I recommend it to anyone who likes good tasting food.
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I haven’t tried the raspberry, but I love all the other flavors. Especially the chocolate and vanilla. They’re perfect for our food-sensitive family!
I haven’t seen the chocolate or vanilla flavors in my area. I will have to go hunting for them!
Hi Claire,
If you like chocolate, it is definitely worth asking your grocery store to stock it. My kids will even choose the chocolate yogurt as a “treat!”
Kim
Thanks Kim. I love chocolate, so think I will do that.
I LOVE this product! I would most likely purchase it more often if they used honey, agave or even fruit sweeten their product.
This truly is a wonderful alternative for those of us who are dairy and gluten free and want the taste and cultures of real yogurt!
I think I’ll write a letter of request for fruit juice sweetened yogurt!
It’s certainly great to see this in more stores now.
Hi Renee,
I agree – it is great to see this in more stores.
The people from Turtle Mountain posted my link on their twitter account and their Facebook account – so hopefully they will see your comment. It seems that they are fairly active in the socail networking site. You might want to try that as a means for change as well.
Claire