looking for Sojasun natural yoghurt

[freecycler]

We've got a Easiyo yogurt maker, and it's been mentioned on a frugal living mb I'm on that you can use the sojasun yogurt as a culture base to do your own yogurts in the Easiyo. does anyone know where I can get these from?? I've tried looking online, the best place was goodness direct, but they wanted £9 delivery charge <gulp> and I can't remember seeing this product anywhere in my local wholesalers in Norwich :(

[Pam]

If you are buying wholesale then Suma sell it but they will have a minimum order (probably of £100+) and a delivery charge. They are a co-operative based in Elland, West Yorkshire and supply a lot of health food shops. Your best bet would be to ask your local health food shop to order some in especially for you. I have previously bought it from Half Moon Wholefoods in Huddersfield.

Sojasun is nicer than Alpro Yofu, but you can still use the plain Yofu as a starter for yoghurt - any live yoghurt will do. Yofu is available in most supermarkets - Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsburys. The plain one comes in a 500g tub for £1.19. Sojasun is about 79p for 350g plain or around 55p per glass jar of flavoured varieties which are delicious.

[Nic]

There are some other types of live soya yoghurt. The one that small health food shops or smaller supermarkets tend to have are actually not kept in the fridge. I'm not quite sure why, but its worth having a looking on the 'freefrom' aisle in Sainsburys (if you live near a Sainsburys) as they hide this type of soya yoghurt there in my local Sainsburys, or on the non-chilled shelves in health food shops. I can't remember the brand, but they come in little individual plastic pots, with foil lids. I don't like the flavours that much (though there are lots of different ones), perhaps its to do with the fact they're not kept cold.

I hope that's vaguely helpful. I can go and look up the brand name when I next go shopping, if that would be useful.

Nic

[Pam]

I know the ones you mean, they come in yoghurt type pots but they don't actually taste much like yoghurt, they have the consistency of wallpaper paste - very gooey. I think the brand begins with G - could be Granose. I don't think they will contain the live bacteria that you need to make yoghurt, they have a shelf life of about 6 months and as they are not chilled I don't think anything would 'live' in them.

[freecycler]

Hmmm, thanks for that, I know the type you mean Nic, and I have to agree the don't taste great! I'll keep an eye out though for the other one....