Sojade are for our money, the best yoghurts you can buy in Europe. You’ll find them in good indie health stores or farm shops, or buy online. These yoghurts are way and above the main brands, made by a small French company that grow organically and even have a solar panel on their roof to power the plant. The company gave up plastic lids a long time ago, so now all the pots are easy to recycle.
The yoghurts are available in plain, but you’ll also find many fruit flavours (in far more varied flavours than the big brands). Try:
- Natural (also in 400g tub)
- Strawberry
- Blueberry Cherry
- Greek Yoghurt
- Blueberry
- Raspberry
- Vanilla
- Mango
- Lemon
- Kefir Alternative
Organic Sojade Desserts
Also look in stores for their banana and chocolate desserts:
Sojade La Fraiche is an organic alternative to cream, high in omega 3 fatty acids. Use it to make sauces or add to pasta, or even to make desserts and vegan quiche. it’s the perfect cooking cream alternative, and can be used hot or cold. Shake well before use.
Organic Coconut Yoghurts from Kent
Cocos Organic offers a high-coconut content yoghurt, made ethically at the company’s own factory in Kent, free from dairy, soy, gluten and refined sugar. Obviously the coconuts are not from Kent, but the company is! Certified organic and vegan, this a family-owned business who range includes:
- Natural (also in 400g tubs)
- Strawberry (also in 400g pots)
Gut-Friendly Coconut Kefir
It also makes coconut kefir, a dairy-free alternative that’s brimming with live bacteria. In natural or strawberry flavours, these are a tangy drink that you can just have as i, or add to smoothies, or pour over crunchy cereal instead of plant milk for a gut-loving breakfast! Now sold in Waitrose.
Made with Monkey-Friendly Coconuts!
Some coconut milk brands have been found to use ‘slave monkeys’ who are tethered and sent up trees, to harvest the coconuts. Cocos Organic uses human fairly-treated workers to source coconuts from Sri Lanka (rather than Thailand, which is where the monkey issue usually occurs).
In Sri Lanka, nearly all coconut milk is sustainably sourced from small farms, hand-harvested and then de-husked, with outer parts being used for other items. Their farmers are paid fair wages, from paradise to pot.
Yoghurts (that replace cows with coconuts!)
The Coconut Collab is a fabulous company that makes amazing artisan foodie products, which you can find in most grocery stores, all in easy-to-recycle packaging. With concerns over factory farming, you can now replace cows with coconuts for all your dairy treats.
The pouches are not yet easy-to-recycle if you want to avoid these. If you do use them, they have age recommendations, due to baby pouch products being very regulated due to vitamin D and coconut being too rich to digest.
Made with Monkey-Friendly Coconuts!
Some coconut milk brands have been found to use ‘slave monkeys’ who are tethered and sent up trees, to harvest the coconuts. Cocos Organic uses human fairly-treated workers to source coconuts from Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Indonesia (rather than Thailand, which is where the monkey issue usually occurs). No palm is used.
Choose from natural or fruity yoghurts (raspberry, vanilla, mango). This company also offers a high-protein yoghurt and one for gut health.
