Sunday, June 21, 2009

Rachel's exotic yogurt


Welcome back after a year's hiatus!

In Times Square at 43rd st, a popular giveaway location, Rachel's [tm] was giving out "EXOTIC pomegranate blueberry" lowfat yogurt with "probiotics" which "support a healthy internal balance and help naturally fortify the body's defenses" and "omega-3 dha" which "helps support the heart, brain and eyes". Boy, those 6 ounces of yogurt sure provide a lot of support!

They conveniently handed out plastic spoons with the yogurt, making it a nice free breakfast. The yogurt had a mild berry flavor, not at all tart, perhaps due to the evaporated cane sugar (3rd ingredient listed). The texture was very creamy and smooth.

Along with the cups of yogurt, they were handing out coupons for a free 5 ounce cup of Rachel's Cottage Cheese. The 2 flavors pictured on the coupon are "cucumber dill" and "pear mangosteen". Seems like they are introducing their cottage cheese packs, but were wisely not giving out the product. If you were handed a yogurt-like cup only to find out it was cottage cheese, would you give it a try or dump it directly in the trash?

Rachel's[tm] is one of the sponsors of the free all-day yoga sessions for Solstice in Times Square to celebrate summer solstice.