Real vs. Fake food

Growing up, my family always had organic foods around and I guess I simply grew accustomed to natural tasting foods. But now in college, I don’t have access or the money to the rather pricey (in Madison at least) organic food. One of these foods is natural yogurt that we received from a local organic farm. I always enjoyed these yogurts even though sometimes they were slightly inconsistent in taste. Throughout the years I of course tried the typical Yoplait or Go-Gurt brands but they were a little "fake" tasting to me. Now in the dorms, I have the choice between Yoplait and Sugar River Farms’ yogurt. At the start of the year, I had Yoplait. I tried the “Thick and Creamy”, “Whips” and normal strawberry Yoplait flavors. The Yoplait all tasted fine, but they seemed slightly un-natural. They were homogeneous and very creamy, which is a stark contrast to the thick and heterogeneous yogurt I was used to. For nutritional values, the best equivalent to the organic yogurt I had found was the Sugar River yogurt. The Sugar River yogurt has more fat but is made only from cream line 1 % yogurt cultures and strawberries, while the Yoplait contains grade A milk, strawberries, high fructose corn syrup and an ingredients list that is far too long to include. After reading some of IDOF, I trust the sugar river much more and I find that I like the taste more, even though it is more expensive. I see myself staying away from the Yoplait yogurt in the future and sticking to more natural forms of dairy products. One link that I found is an article about Sugar River Dairy products. It describes the way they make their products and the environment in which they are made. Here’s the link: Sugar River Farms.