Supermarket Greek-style yoghurt crowned in taste test

Greek-style yoghurt is a household essential that many of us add to our weekly shop. Packed with nutrition and incredibly adaptable and satisfying, it can be combined with countless ingredients to create something genuinely delightful.

Whether you're preparing Turkish eggs or simply adding fresh fruit, granola, and honey, Greek-style yoghurt makes a perfect, nutritious breakfast option. While certain household-name brands immediately come to mind, most supermarkets now offer their own-label versions.

A blind taste test has now crowned a definitive winner — and it'll set you back less than half what you'd pay for the branded equivalent. Which Greek-style yoghurt came out on top?

Experts at Which? brought together a panel of 64 yoghurt aficionados who sampled nearly 100 tubs to establish which reigned supreme. Each taster received a single portion in an unmarked container, with no clue as to which brand they were sampling.

Beyond scoring overall taste, consistency, look and smell, participants also evaluated the creaminess, density and tanginess of every yoghurt. The budget options from Aldi and Lidl claimed joint first place, matching one another on both flavour and value.

Lidl's Milbona Greek Style Yoghurt, available at £1.49 for a 1kg tub, secured a score of 77%, with most tasters commending its creaminess and richness of flavour. Aldi's Brooklea Greek Style Yoghurt likewise achieved 77%, retailing at 95p for a 500g pot. It's also stocked in a 1kg format for £1.49 (15p per 100g), matching the price of the Lidl alternative.

Enthusiasts commended it for possessing the 'perfect' consistency and creaminess, while its flavour and presentation proved highly popular. Taking third spot was Yeo Valley's Organic Greek Style natural yoghurt.

Being a branded product, it carries a corresponding price tag, costing over twice that of the Aldi and Lidl alternatives at £2.25 for 450g. Another supermarket product that fared well in the tasting was Sainsbury's Greek Style Natural Yoghurt, receiving a score of 74% and costing £1.15 for 500g. In contrast, Tesco, M&S and Co-op all jointly finished in the bottom position, each recording 71%, with assessors noting they were deficient in creaminess.

Distinction between Greek and Greek-style yoghurt

As suggested by its name, Greek yoghurt is a variety of yoghurt originating from Greece.

According to dairy experts at Arla, it's manufactured from Greek milk within Greece itself, while other nations produce Greek-style yoghurt based on the original. For a product to carry the label Greek yoghurt, it must have been produced there utilising locally sourced ingredients.

Greek-style yoghurt refers to a strained dairy product made through a procedure comparable to that employed for Greek yoghurt, usually involving the extraction of whey from standard yoghurt to attain a thicker texture. However, Greek-style alternatives may not adhere to the same production methods or possess an equivalent nutritional profile to authentic Greek yoghurt.

Crucially, they fail to meet the requirements regarding ingredient provenance and place of manufacture.