Taste Test Tuesday: Yoplait Delights Parfait 1% Low Fat Yogurt

You'll find it in the yogurt section but these new yogurt parfaits taste more like a dessert than a dairy snack. Yoplait Delight Parfaits come in four flavors - Lemon Torte, Chocolate Raspberry, Crème Caramel, and Triple Berry Crème. Sugar is the second ingredient, but two alternative sweeteners (sucrolose and acesulfame potassium) are also added, and the parfaits are fortified with vitamins A and D.

Each 4 ounce container contains: 100 calories, 5 g protein, 16 g carbohydrate, 1.5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 5 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium. Calories from fat: 13.5 percent.

This is a bit higher in calories and carbs than a 4-ounce serving of regular light lemon yogurt, which contains (per 4-ounce serving) 60 calories and 11 grams carbohydrate. But when you compare it to a slice of lemon cream pie or a lemon bar, the 100 calories investment for the Lemon Torte Parfait suddenly seems worthwhile.

First 5 ingredients in the Lemon Torte parfait: cultured pasteurized lowfat milk, sugar, modified cornstarch, nonfat milk, and lemon pulp.

How did they taste?
I tried all the flavors except crème caramel and my favorite was the Lemon Torte. It was full of flavor and creamy and totally satisfying. If you love desserts like lemon cream pie or lemon bars...you'll love this new yogurt treat. According to a company spokesperson, the two most popular flavors are the Lemon Torte and the Chocolate Raspberry, but the Berry Crème flavor was also very enjoyable.

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