The Fat Free Queen: Greek Yogurt Comparison

I'm a compulsive label reader. (When you have medical issues that afftct your eating you have to be, right?) Plus, I want to make sure to eat the brand that has the least calories and the most nutritents. Nutrients are especially important to me since I started working with my prep coach. I have to make sure to eat a certain number of carbs, proteins and other nutritents every day.

Well, Greek yogurt has been a part of my diet for a while now. I love it. I don't think I could live without it. I had 2 different brands sitting in my fridge and I started looking at the labels. I was really surprised when I noticed that the numbers vary so much between them. I started looking into the other brands. I compared 7 factors (calories, cholesterol, sodium, potassium, total carbs, sugars, and protein) across the 4 major Greek yogurt brands (Fage, Chobani, Oikos, and Stoneyfield) and Walmart's store brand, Great Value. All the nutritional facts are for an 8 oz (1 cup) serving of non-fat plain Greek yogurt.

The calories and protein between the brands isn't very different between the brands. Calories are either 120 or 130 and protein is either 22 grams or 23 grams. Carbs are 9 across almost all the brands and sugars are 9 grams except for 1 brand. When you look at the cholesterol, sodium, and potassium, that's where the numbers seriously vary.

I don't completely understand how the numbers can vary so much. Carrots made by 2 different growers have the same nutrient levels, right? Well, shouldn't greek yogurt (especially since it's plain) be the same?

**Note: Any brand of Greek yogurt is a healthy choice. You shouldn't make your decision one whether or not to eat it because of what I post here**