Yoplait Original Yogurt is made with live and active cultures, no artificial flavors, no high fructose corn syrup and no colors from artificial sources. This smooth yogurt is a good source of calcium, vitamin A and vitamin D, making it a flavorful complement to your favorite healthy snacks.

INSPIRED BY OUR TRADITIONAL FRENCH RECIPE Yoplait's French history goes back to 1964, when a group of French farmers founded a dairy cooperative that would later become Yoplait. General Mills teamed up with Yoplait in 1977, and purchased a majority stake of Yoplait in 2011.

Our story begins in France back in 1965. In 1965, more than 100,000 farmers from six dairy co-ops decided to come together and start selling their products themselves. Yoplait was born and started producing delicious yogurts full of goodness!

One of the original Yoplait logos was a cow named Michonnette. Yoplait's current logo is a flower with five red and orange petals, but the yogurt company originally had two logos. The first logo was a flower with six petals, one for each of the six dairy co-ops, and the other logo was of a cow named Michonnette.

The company has reformulated Yoplait Greek 100, to give it “more protein, less sugar and significantly improved texture and taste,” Harmening said. To capitalize on an “increased consumer interest in snacking,” the company launched Yoplait Dippers, Yoplait custard, and a yogurt drink.

Yogurt has ancient roots that go back millennia in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Its first known appearance was during the Neolithic period (around 5,000 BC) in Mesopotamia. That makes yogurt well over 7,000 years old!

Yogurt is a staple food in several cultures, originating from countries in Western Asia and the Middle East. The word yogurt is believed to be derived from the Turkish word “yoğurmak,” which means to thicken, coagulate, or curdle.

Good for Your Bones Yoplait yogurt is a good source of both calcium and vitamin D, two nutrients that help keep your bones healthy and strong. Depending on the type of Yoplait yogurt you buy, one serving meets 10 to 30 percent of the daily value for calcium and 20 percent of the daily value for vitamin D.

Made with live and active yogurt cultures and real fruit, Yoplait strawberry yogurt contains no artificial flavors, no high fructose corn syrup and no colors from artificial sources for a snack you can feel good about.

In Greece, they call it straggisto I.e strained yogurt. The name "Greek" yogurt was first used to describe products manufactured by Fage, a company in Athens, Greece. However it became popular after Chobani, a company created in the US by a Turkish man, started using the term too.

The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as yogurt cultures. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its texture and characteristic tart flavor.

Yogurt is a dairy product made by fermenting milk with a bacterial yogurt culture. It provides protein and calcium, and it may enhance healthy probiotic gut bacteria.