Aw! What's With PinkBerry Yogurt?

Have you tasted PinkBerry products which you really enjoyed? Mango-filled yogurt topped it all and can't wait to get some again. I was very careful to figure out what they have with this tasty dessert. After all, Pinkberry is from Korea, Japanese and Koreans eat somewhat similar things, especially snack wise, we have a lot of stuff in common. Because of this, I thought about what this somewhat sour-sweet taste is all about. I researched everywhere, and other blog sites said to use Yakult. Lately, I am getting fond of having a quick gulp of this little bottle thinking that the tummy will get cleansed. I am so used to thinking that this health drink is really good for the body which indeed still does.

Yakult is a high quality probiotics in the form of a cultured milk drink. Probiotics are live good bacteria that when consumed in high numbers are scientifically proven to positively affect our health by improving the balance of our intestinal flora. Beside, Yakult help us to improve of bowel movement, maintains balance of intestinal flora, reduces harmful substances and also boosts the immune system.

What are inside Yakult?

High quality of probiotics more than 30 billion Shirota strain per 80ml bottle

0% fat

0% cholesterol

no colourings

no preservatives

no stabilizer or conditioners

Yakult is a Japanese probiotic yogurt-like product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacteria Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was created by Minoru Shirota who graduated from the Medical School of Kyoto University in 1930. In 1935, he started manufacturing and selling Yakult. Official claims state that the name is derived from jahurto, an older form of jogurto, the Esperanto word for “yogurt”.” 

It definitely has that tangy yet sweet, and yogurt-ish flavor. Although regular frozen yogurt recipe calls for strained Greek style yogurt such as Fage, it’s too creamy. Pinkberry stuff has A LOT of water in it, that’s why it’s so refreshing. All the Japanese ice cream use less fat, and that’s why it’s lighter. 

Another blog I've read revealed a really so refreshing recipe on how you can combine Yakult with yogurt. Here are the basic ingredients: 

1 pint of fat free plain yogurt -strained 

3 yakult (each is about 2 oz)

2 tablespoon of sugar

After straining the yogurt (it produces a lot of water, and since we are adding liquid (Yakult), it’s important to strain yogurt first), you may use a electric mixer to do it hard. Mix it with Yakult and sugar, put them into ice cream maker, and convulse it for about 20 minutes. 

It was said that it gets way too firm once you freeze the created mixture (due to high water content), so it is advise to consume either right away, or congeal it pretty good before you scoop a spoon-full on them. You really can't get enough of yogurt and scrape every last bit of it at the bottom as you can.