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On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 08:39:48 -0500, "Somebody" >
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>Why does it cost more than a dollar? For little cup! I thought "regular"
>yogurt was too expensive... The greek that I checked all contained pectin
>(rather than gelatin, which even if kosher I don't want).
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It costs more because the yogurt is strained (is that the word I'm
looking for?) to drain off extra liquid and that makes it thicker. In
other words, it takes more milk product to make the same amount of
product. I don't know about the pectin. What brands were you looking
at?
Janet US