A SuperNatural Culture: What Makes our Yogurt Different
When we rebranded all of our products to Kalona SuperNatural, we received tons of email from fans of Cultural Revolution, our original yogurt brand. They were worried that their yogurt – so different from any other on the shelves – had disappeared. We knew our product was unique in the United States, but had no idea it had garnered so many fans in its short time on the market.
Today, our yogurt is one of the most talked about topics on our Facebook page. Here’s some of the great comments:
Reminds me of my first yogurt many years ago in Switzerland long before it was available in the US.
Had some yogurt today, love it absolutely love it. Low calories, low in carbs and low in sugar. Just the right sweetness without going over the top. Will be buying more tomorrow.
The Hy-Vee here just started carrying your strawberry yogurt and it’s delicious! Keep up the great work…
My husband can’t get enough of the yogurt and I love the milk! The package design drew us in and the quality of the product made us loyal customers. Thanks to Whole Foods for stocking this product at the store on Lake in Forest Park IL.
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What makes Kalona SuperNatural Yogurt different?
Most people notice right away that the texture is completely different from anything they’ve seen in US supermarkets. As one of our customers said, “After getting back from an extended stay in France, I started searching for an American yogurt that didn’t taste like pudding.”
Sticking to our SuperNatural philosophy, we add no stabilizers or gelatin to the yogurt to thicken it. We don’t whip it to smooth out the natural marbled texture of the cultured milk and we add no artificial colors. We let nature do that work for us.
What’s cool (we think) about our yogurt is that the consistency – and sometimes even the color – changes throughout the year as our cows eat what some would call a seasonal diet.
Ain’t that sweet?
Not really. Not only do we skip the artificial colors, but we also add less fruit (and natural sugars) so that you can taste the yogurt. That’s kind of the point, right? A typical yogurt has 20-35 grams of sugar. Ours has 7-12 grams per serving. Some of our most loyal fans swear their “taste buds have been transformed” after transitioning from the super-sweet taste of the highly processed yogurts, to the supernatural taste of ours.
So what if it tastes great?
Yogurt is one of the original health foods! There is evidence dating back to 2000 B.C. citing yogurt as a remedy for stomach ailments. It didn’t make it to the States until some years later – around 1908 – when it was made available in tablet form for tummy troubles.
We know a lot more about it’s health benefits today. Yogurt is nutritionally rich in protein, calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. Lactose-intolerant? You can typically eat yogurt with no side-effects, as much of the lactose in the milk is converted to lactic acid by the bacterial culture.
And something a lot of moms and dads already know, yogurt is a mechanism by which kids – even picky eaters – can be convinced to consume something healthy!
How about you?
We want to know why you like our yogurt! What flavors are your favorite and which ones would you like to see. Have you tried Kefir before? Is that something you’d like to see from Kalona SuperNatural (pssst…we’re experimenting with it at the creamery!)
Thanks as always for your support and love for our products!
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I am a big fan of your milk and whipping cream. Can you please confirm if your yogurt made with grass fed milk?? Thank you!
Hey Christina – absolutely. Our yogurt is made from the same milk as our other products!
Thanks for the real yogurt! In Baltimore I liked a the “Hawthorne Valley” brand, unavailable here in WI, but yours is as good or better!
Would love to have Kefir from Kalona SuperNaturals! If you need to experiment on people…I’m in, even willing to drive to Kalona to get it!
Finally, a yogurt that tastes like REAL yogurt from back home, India, where this is called curd and is part of our staple diet. Every other yogurt here in the States is beyond sad, and when I finally found Kalona, I must say that was one of the happiest moments I’d had in the six months I had been in the US when I discovered Kalona! Thank you!!!
We loved Cultural Revolution because of its lower sugar content and fresh, natural fruit flavor, and GREAT name/branding. With the name change there seems to be a quality change as well, with inferior ingredients and fake flavor. We no longer like any of the fruit flavors…was there a corporate takeover?
Hi Elizabeth, no corporate takeover – we’re still the same small creamery! There was, however an issue with the culture we used in our yogurt, specifically on containers labeled with a sell by date of 7/2. We have since replaced the culture and the yogurt should be back to regular standards! Please visit our coupon page, and try our products again!
I am very sensitive to chemicals, and thus can not eat most of the food that is sold in the United States. Cultural Revolution was one of the staples that got me through this thing. I had to absolutely minimize sugar, so I bought the plain and put stevia in it. IT TASTED AWESOME!
I was one of the people who was super worried when I thought C.R. had disappeared, but it was obvious by the nutritional content that Kalona Supernatural was its replacement. RELIEF!
Thank you for existing. I just ate a plain with stevia, and I am Superhappy.
I bought a 24 oz. carton of your plain yogurt when I went to Hy-Vee. I bought bing cherries at another store.I plan to buy more and mix the two together for my church circle pot luck next Wed. i don’t plan to add any sugar, just cut the cherries and fold into yogurt.I look forward to trying some of your other products as well. I want to share your website with two friends as well. Better than Greek yogurt.
I bought a 24 oz. carton of your plain yogurt on July 4, 2011 at a Hy-Vee in Des Moines. It was gone by noonon Tues. I want to buy bing cherries wash and cut them. and fold them into another container of your yogurt, no sugar added and take it to my church circle pot luck next Wed.I’m looking forward to trying some of your other products. Your yogurt is better than Greek yogurt.I have allergies to plastic and many other items.I haven’t noticed any reactions to your container yet.
I eat a LOT of your yogurt. Like five 24-ounce containers a week. (Usually with frozen blueberries. Yum!) But over the past several weeks, it seems like the consistency has changed. I’ve always liked the kind of lumpy goodness of your product, but now it seems like it’s been spun smooth. It still tastes OK, but I miss that marbled texture. Is is gone forever?
Hi Cindy, yes we changed the culture used in our yogurt in late May / early June, which impacted our processes to some degree. The yogurt sets up in the cups they ship in, so we did not know of the inconsistency until several batches had already made it to store shelves. We have corrected the process and the issues since. Check our coupon page for your next trip to the store!
I’ve been eating your plain supernatural yogurt every day since I arrived in Wisconsin for a business trip: it is absolutely the best I have ever found! I’ve suggested that my local co-op source it, since it is not available in the State of Oregon yet (so sad!). Thank you for an amazing product!
I am trying your Super Natural Organic Strawberry Yogurt for the 1st time. I see there are no stabliers, etc in it. It’s the thinnest yogurt I’ve ever eaten and I had to really stir it to get it mixed up and not
be so water like. I am wondering if this is the way it’s suppose to be or am I going to get sick.
The batch is 1655-10-28-11Y2E3
Hi Polly! Yes, that’s the way it’s supposed to be. Without the stabilizers and gelatin, the yogurt takes on it’s most natural form. It’s not for everybody, but we hear a lot from fans of European and Asian yogurts, who love it – and from those who are trying to limit their intake of processed foods as well.