Yogurt has been around for centuries. Yogurt was unlike anything we are eating now though. These days, we are enjoying the delectable frozen yogurt mix. Back then, they endured the sour, slightly acidic taste of this wonderful commodity. This milk derivative found many uses for people of long ago. Primary uses included antibacterial wash for their domesticated and herded animals. Some women used them as soap while others found great medicinal value in them. Whatever the case, yoghurts have been an established reputation for being a healthy staple food.
The evolution of a goatskin bag of warm, slightly foul-smelling yogurt into an aromatic, sweet tasting frozen yogurt mix sold in disposable cups is really one for the books. With almost a century – exactly 92 years ago by Isaac Carasso – of being industrialized production and marketing of these frozen heavenly treats, the variations has become so enormous that people these days might find it confusing which ones to pick out of a grocery shelf.
How Yogurt is made
Yogurt, as mentioned, is a milk derivative. It comes from pasteurized milk that has been heated and cooled to specific temperatures to eliminate unwanted bacteria. This heating and cooling will also prevent curd-formations. Since curding is eliminated, the product clumps as one before the culture of bacteria is introduced – Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus. These bacteria act on the product and form lactic acid as waste material thus, giving the slight acidity of yogurts, even noticeable in a frozen yogurt mix. This is mainly the basic part about it. This will be the yogurt base which later on will be added with special flavors and mixes that will give it its unique and distinct flavor bragged about by companies of all over. Fruit jams are added instead of real fruits because this will help in the preservation period or shelf life of the frozen treat.
Now that you have a better understanding about your frozen yogurt mix, you can now enjoy it even more knowing how the background of it. Knowing the benefits you can get from these products will all the more catch your attention in buying more of these tasty delicacies.
