CoYo Coconut Yoghurt (Yogurt)

  Quick break from posting about Rome to review this awesome coconut yogurt we found at Whole Foods a few weeks back. I hunted it down after getting a tip from a friend that coconut yogurt was in existence. I'd been wanting to find a dairy-free soy-free yogurt for some time. Enter: CoYo! Their motto is: “Heaven in a mouthful” and I have to say that I'd agree! The first time, we just bought a tub of the natural coconut yogurt. And it was amazing! No sugar added, but very sweet and incredibly creamy. Just a tiny, tiny sour aftertaste (it is yogurt after all).

 The rest of the product description is as follows:
 vegan coconut milk yogurt, 100% natural, 100% dairy free, 100% gluten free and 100% guilt free!

I'd have to disagree with the '100% guilt free' bit, however. One medium-sized tub contains 2.5 servings (250 grams), which I could probably easily eat in one go. However, 1 serving has almost 13 grams of saturated fat, more than half of your recommended daily amount. Ouch. I realize that virgin coconut oil/fat contains medium-chain triglycerides, which may/may not pose the same health risks as other saturated fats, but until there are more studies done, I'm not going to stuff myself full of it. This yogurt is definitely in the 'treat' category as opposed to the 'daily breakfast' one.

  The second time we purchased CoYo, I got one more natural tub, and also a small (100 gram) tub of the chocolate CoYo. This time for some reason, the natural tub, while still good, was less creamy and more of a cheese consistency?? No idea why but it was really like a hard cream cheese. You couldn't really spoon it out, but it tasted ok spread on rice cakes.
 As for the chocolate CoYo....let me say right away that it was disappointing. Unless you happen to like sour chocolate. Because I can't think of any other way to describe the flavor. It definitely had more of a sour taste to it than the natural one. You could easily tell that it contained chocolate, but in this case that wasn't really a good thing. Not awful, but I won't be buying it again.
 In summary....CoYo natural yogurt is AMAZING! Just remember that it should probably be a treat instead of a daily staple if you're concerned about health and your saturated fat intake! (Oh, and one final note....CoYo is not cheap. I think we paid almost 3 GBP for a 250 gram tub on sale. Ouch).


CoYo Coconut Milk Yoghurt (Yogurt!!). Amazing stuff!