Lowfat Non Fat Lite Greek Yogurt (Toasted Coconut) — ENGINEERED
Munch or Dump rates Lowfat Non Fat Lite Greek Yogurt (Toasted Coconut) by Fred Mayer ENGINEERED — score 30/90.
A genuinely good yogurt base wrecked by a three-artificial-sweetener stack plus modified starch and flavoring — a lab-built 'light' product, not a clean one.
Why this verdict
- Three artificial sweeteners stacked — sucralose, neotame, AND acesulfame potassium
- Modified corn starch added to fake the thickness of real Greek yogurt
- Natural flavor doing the coconut work instead of just coconut
- Engineered to taste sweet with almost no real sugar — lab-built, not whole-food
Ingredients (14)
- Cultured ultrafiltered nonfat milk (safe) — Protein-concentrated nonfat milk with live cultures — the genuinely good part of this product.
- Cultured skim milk (safe) — Fermented skim milk, adds protein and probiotics.
- desiccated coconut (safe) — Whole-food garnish, adds saturated fat
- Modified Corn Starch (moderate) — Industrially processed starch used as a binder/anti-caking agent — a marker of ultra-processing.
- Natural flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed proprietary flavor blend; here to prop up flavor a tiny amount of real vanilla can't.
- malic acid (safe) — Sour/fizzy acid; harmless but signals candy, not food.
- sodium citrate (safe) — Acidity buffer/stabilizer; safe additive.
- Sucralose (moderate) — Second artificial sweetener; combining it with sugar and Acesulfame K is engineered hyper-sweetness, not a 'lighter' drink.
- Neotame (moderate) — Ultra-potent artificial sweetener; a fourth distinct sweetener in one bottle.
- Acesulfame Potassium (moderate) — Intense artificial sweetener; adds to the multi-sweetener stack.
- Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
- Vitamin A palmitate (safe) — Added vitamin A.
- vitamin D3 (safe) — Added cholecalciferol to support calcium absorption and bone health — standard, beneficial fortification.
- Active cultures (incl. L. acidophilus) (safe) — Live probiotic cultures, good for gut health.