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If you spot this Chobani Crazy Love billboard about Toronto, be sure to snap a picture of it and share it with Chobani on Twitter (their handle is @Chobani) or on Facebook — and they’ll send you some samples of their Greek yogurt as thanks!
(I *finally* spotted it this morning at the end of a long, long, long run — highlight of the run, actually.)
1 Comment March 11, 2012
(I just like saying Chobani, it’s fun! Try it.)
I don’t know where I first heard of Chobani — probably some foodie blog a few years ago, and I’d read that it was the best Greek yogurt ever (and had heard that people even make cross-border shopping trips to pick up the stuff) — so I was dying to try it, but it was only sold in the U.S. I even looked for it whenever I was stateside but I usually didn’t have a fridge in my hotel room so it just never worked out.
So I was postiively giddy to hear it was launching in Toronto.
I got my hands on a few containers last week…and my verdict?
It’s good…but I think it’d been built up so much from all the hype that I expected it to be the best yogurt I’d ever had, and like I said it’s just not blowing my mind.
I think people go bananas over the fact that it’s fat-free. Which, yes, I like. And while it may seem high in sugar, lactose tends to be high in sugar so I’m guessing much of the sugar content is likely from that (plus it’s natural sugar, which I much prefer to aspartame). It’s also high in protein (as Greek yogurts are) — two times the protein compared to regular yogurt.
Available in five flavours (Black Cherry, Strawberry, Peach, Pomegranate and Plain) at Loblaws, Fortinos, Superstore and Valu-Mart locations in Toronto.; $1.79 for 170 gram container, $8.59 for 907-gram container.
2 Comments November 21, 2011
So I was sent this package from Vega ages ago–and I put it away, but never touched it. It was one of those things I thought I should at least try because it’s probably good for me…but imagined it’d taste so gnarly I wouldn’t be able to stomach it (as is the case with coconut water, which I finally tried, and blech).
Then my sister raved about how the protein shakes she’s started having in the mornings are helping control her appetite, which convinced me to finally give these smoothies a whirl and surprise, surprise:
It’s actually pretty decent tasting.
OK, fine, that’s not exactly a glowing review. Would I rather be sipping a mojito? Yes! But this protein shake is about a thousand times better than other shakes I’ve tried, it almost completely dissolves (that sludgey residue is one of my peeves with other products) and tastes like a watery chocolate milk.
And with this study’s new findings, I’ll be sipping these shakes regularly after exercising: what you drink after working out can help maximize the effects of your exercise. A protein drink after cardio boosts the training effect it has on your muscles after a period of six weeks, more so than a carbohydrate bevvie.
2 Comments May 26, 2011