I'm eating Lucerne's pomegranate & acai yogurt while reading this. Yummmmy.

That is all.

All I ate today was half a bag of french fries and a few baby carrots (for breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

And I'm still regular!

I've bought a couple things of those...they also don't put the expiration dates on each of the containers...just the stupid box (that gets thrown away when I eat the first thing)...

I would like some class-action cash though...

How much is the lawyer paying the lady for being the complainant.
Yeah they deserve to be sued for BSing everyone but it's the race for the cash that did it not her upset stomach.

Tasty yogurt but so overpriced an over hyped. They even admit on their site's FAQs that they made up the name Bifardus Regularus(tm) ! Love that they are getting sued.

Heh, most people would freak out if you told them yogurt contains bacteria.

They do seem to keep my husband's stinkage down, so different or not, I'll take it. He can clear a stadium.

I'll just stick with these $.20 kroger brand yogurts, thank you very much.

Along the same lines, the commercial for Joint Juice [www.jointjuice.com] implies that drinking the stuff "hydrates your joints". Total BS.

I'll admit, these things make a fine alternative to traditional antacids. Yogurt has long been the negotiator in the power struggle between my stomach and tomato-heavy foods.

I just love how this yoghurt tastes.

My wife & I crack up at the probiotic foodstuff commercials, going on about active cultures, etc. Somehow, I don't think the stuff would sell as well if it were marketed as "now with live bacteria!"

I thought this was fortified with bifidis regularis! That sounds healthy.

I snagged one once from the employee lunchroom fridge one a while back.

WHy are the containers so freekin' tiny! HeLL! There's more in a jello cup!

And I dont trust half the crap that so called "health foods" claim on their packages. The way i see it... its just lies to get you to think its healthy & to buy the product.

As an asthmatic that takes an inhaled corticosteroid, this yogurt definitely helps control oral thrush, so I buy it and will continue to buy it.

I'll +1 the tastiness argument for this yogurt. I, frankly, could care less about the probiotic culture stuff. I just love how Activia tastes. I could eat just plain white Activia and be satisfied.

Strawberry Activia tastes great and it has a nice texture, but all in all I prefer Kefir in the morning.

If you start hunting down the studies that support their claims, you will find out regular yogurt is as good or better.

If I ran out and bought some do you think I could get in on the lawsuit? What you figure the settlement will be? About $3 in coupons for the consumer and about $30,000,000 for the attorneys?

I have Crohn's and my gastroenterologist has recommended that I eat some probiotic yogurt daily. Either he's full of gastroenterologist business, or they're something to it if you've got gut issues. It's not hurting me, hard to tell if there's a tremendous benefit as how I feel varies from day to day, but the cherry Yoplait Yo Plus is certainly yummy.

Why exactly is this yogurt being advertised as "probiotic"?

I thought regular old run-of-the-mill yogurt was already probiotic. That's what yogurt is, milk that's been fermented with certain bacteria cultures, which also aid the digestive system.

One annoying thing about all the mainstream brand yogurts (Yoplait and Activia especially) is that the use HFCS instead of sugar - and I'd really like to find a brand that doesn't - any suggestions?

I've been using Danactive regularly for months now. I swear by the stuff. Will start to feel like I'm coming down with something and the next day its gone. Have not had a full blown sick day since. Its done wonders for my PTO at work!! Oh, and this is coming from someone who used to get sick nearly every other month.

@HYDRAULICMONSTER: I think some of the schmancy triple-whipped extra-flavored pudding things advertised as "yogurt" may not actually be probiotic, or at least not very much so, once all the processing and flavoring has happened. Maybe that's the distinction? "Hey, guys, this actually IS yogurt!"

Heh. And my mom's been going "Get some activia, it's the only one that helps your digestion!"

I did get some activia, and now you guys are saying their claims are all lies??

"But as the lawsuit points out, the studies Dannon knew about did not support any claims that the special yogurt was more beneficial than regular yogurt."

Oh. Yes. Guess that IS what you guys say... Liars. I'm going back to Yoplait. They're cheaper.

The first time I ever saw an add for this yogurt with "active cultures", I wondered how it was different from regular old yogurt (not the whipped or pudding-that-we-claim-is-yogurt kinds). The perceived benefits just allow them to charge more for smaller containers.

I'll stick with my regular old Dannon Light N'Fit or store brand. I get more yogurt (that tastes good to me) for less money and the same number of calories.

I saw this on the news last night; I had already more or less determined that the stuff wasn't helping (my digestive system is quirky), but since it tasted fine (I prefer Yoplait's version) I hadn't really said anything. Then I found out how much it cost. Since my GF does the shopping, and this has been my first experience eating yogurt, I never knew. Suffice it to say we will be switching yogurts.

Right on, this stuff isn't actually proven to be more beneficial than any other cultured food. Just get yourself some healthy yogurt (one without aspartame, preferably organic -- hell, organic yogurt is cheaper than the Dannon Activia stuff) and you'll be golden.

Also, fun fact, kimchi and sauerkraut have plenty of lactic acid bacteria.

@ROTTNDUDE: that Joint Juice does indeed have a peculiar marketing campaign. It does contain a "daily dose" of glucosamine which is often used as a treatment for osteoarthritis, but has been shown to be completely ineffective to treat the knee. Makes me wonder why half the commercial is an animation of a man's knee being "lubricated"...

I don't understand the fuss. My great grandma "makes" yogurt with that bacteria stuff. This type of yogurt is pretty standard in Europe. I remember my mom buying it when I was a little.

i will sell my bacteria for waaaaaay cheaper!

@MickeyMoo: Dannon Naturals has sugar instead of corn syrup. I get the vanilla flavor when it isn't sold out. I'm obviously not the only person who likes it. It is also pretty cheap $2.99 for the big tub.

The real issue with this whole scam Dannon was running is that they were claiming this stuff was some super duper special formula you can only get from them.

It is just active/live culture yogurt. Go to the organic section of a supermarket and get yogurt there. It will be much cheaper and most if not all will state they are live culture and what strains.

They are charging a premium by misinforming the unwashed masses.

I'm a freak for Wallaby organic yogurt. I could eat the lemon flavor for all three meals. I'm got a screwy stomach, but it's never made me feel sick at all. Higher in calories than most aspertime diet crap, but it fills you up more and is sooo gooood.

And look! It contains Bifidus!

@MickeyMoo: Buy plain yogurt and add your own fruit and sugar if you really need it. I got tired of all the HFCS in yogurt so I tried this and it tastes good. You don't need the sugar.

How are Dannon's claims about Activa substantially different from all the wild claims made by the herbal/supplement industry?

I've been Bamboozled! i want my monies back!!!!

...and how is their claim different from late-night TV infomercials?

I haven't tried Activia, but I really love Yoplait's Yo-Plus. As far as I can tell, it appears to be their answer to Activia. It's the closest thing I've found here to the yogurt I had at my friend's house in Europe, which was friggin awesome. (It was whole milk yogurt too, which I'm sure assisted in the awesomeness.) Still, if you guys say the yogurt in the hippie section is just as good, then I'll try that next time. Yo-Plus is pricey.

Here's a pretty good CSPI article about a selection of probiotic products and the varying levels of bullshit in the claims they make on their labels.

Compared to the half-gelatin, aspartame-flavored crap you find in most stores, I'm sure it's an improvement. Compared to actual cultured yogurt made with whole milk, like Brown Cow, for example, it's nothing special.

Eat real food.

I never really got the point of the UltraMegaProbiotic thing. Regular Dannon & Yoplait (and a lot of store brands) already have "live and active" cultures. It's cheap if you buy the 16-oz tubs. Or for like $10 you can buy a little yogurt maker and just make your own.

@MickeyMoo:

My first choice is always Stonyfield Farm yogurt. Even their low-fat and fat-free versions are yummy. Here's what they say about sweeteners:

"What types of sweeteners do you add to your products?
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We add only naturally milled, organic sugar. Almost half of the sugar listed in our nutritional legends is not added sugar, but sugar that occurs naturally in our milk and fruit ingredients. We add less sugar per ounce than other leading yogurt makers."

It's not just the HFCS, it's the hormones and antibiotics they inject on the dairy cows. Talk about a product that used to be healthy and now is as bad for you as lard.

The strawberry is the best I've had so far. I'm not a huge yogurt fan, but i like this stuff -- if it makes my guts healthy -- FANTASTIC. If not, it's still plenty yum.

@chiieddy: Really? Because I will pay CASH MONEY for something that tames the wild air biscuits.

I tried those charcoal filter underpants, but they were too bulky under my skinny jeans.

@NotATool: Got it..."ancient chinese secret" = OK. False scientific studies = Not OK

@chai_tea: I used to buy that stuff, but it's really hard to justify paying more than a dollar (more than 75 cents, really) per cup. I'm back to Old Home now.

@rockergal: This is call Kefir. I make my own and it's great for your stomach. Lifeway is a fairly new company that sells the real stuff and Dannon and other companies are trying to jump on this. Kefir has been around for ages.
If anyone want some live, real culture grains you can ask me or you can get them from several people over the internet. Do not buy the powder, you want the live grains.