Talk:Frozen yogurt

FDA Regulations
If somebody could find the government publication for "NAICS code 311520: Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert," it could be a better source than the currently cited source.XLBSS (talk) 21:33, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Fructose
The reference to fructose (vs. sugar) being of interest to diabetics is incorrect, out of date and should be removed. Research done by the ADA, presented in June 2007, showed that fructose consumption significantly elevates plasma lipids such as triglicerides and LDL cholesterol. The ADA recommends AGAINST the ingestion of added fructose by diabetics. Foods where fructose naturally occurs in small amounts (i.e., fresh fruit and vegetables) is allowable, as long as it is only 3-4% of the energy intake from these foods. Frozen yoghurt sweetened with fructose would not qualify as a recommended food for diabetics. This reference to fructose for diabetics is dangerous and irresponsible.

Freezing Point
If the freezing point of yogurt is higher than that of milk why does frozen yogurt both freeze and melt slower than regular ice cream. Wouldn't it freeze faster and melt slower? that frozen yogurt is somehow more healthful than ice cream. Katr67 22:30, 29 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I am not sure the information on the heat of enthalpy is necessary, it is probably not even correct because heat of enthalpy is property of the compound and is usually seen in comparison with other compounds and elements (i.e., water, metal, gas, oil, etc.). In this case, frozen yogurt and ice cream are both mainly water. The correct term would be the colligative properties, in which the different solutes depress the freezing point or elevate the boiling point of the solvent. --Luxdormiens (talk) 05:56, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Popularity
Frozen yogurt became popular in the 1980's.

The part about it being popular at the university seems to me to be of little interest to anyone not from that area. Bigger problem it is written in a supremely anecdotal and informal style. Case in point: "students flock daily to receive their delicious frozen sustenance." I mean, come on. Slightly over the top for an encyclopedia article don't ya think? I actually don't mind the style so much as think it doesn't belong here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.196.38 (talk) 09:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Popular Culture
The "Frogurt references in popular culture" is totally pointless. Such trivia are also discouraged by Wikipedia... I think it should simply be removed. 198.103.223.52 21:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Benefits of frozen yogurt
This is a note regarding a recent string of edits:, , , , and .

I feel strongly that the proposed additions to this article push a strong viewpoint that frozen yogurt is an extremely healthful food when this is not an overwhelmingly-accepted position. Additionally, the edits have only one new source which does not attempt to assert that frozen yogurt is healthy nearly as strongly. Besides, this source also contains quotes from scientists who discount many of the claims:
 * 1) "I would not agree with those studies," says Margo Denke, M.D., who does research on nutrition and cardiovascular disease and serves on the AHA nutrition committee.
 * 2) "There have been some interesting leads, but nothing has crystallized out of it," says Anthony Hitchins, an FDA microbiologist who formerly conducted and reviewed yogurt research at USDA's Human Nutrition Research Center.
 * etc

Other phrases such as "refreshing, tangy", "that everyone liked and recommended", "which are necessary", "Numerous health benefits beyond its nutritional value", and "can help to rebalance" are also unencyclopedic/sound like a sales pitch.

« D. Trebbien ( talk ) 03:43 2008 March 4 (UTC)

frozen yogurt
add melting time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.248.184.91 (talk) 22:11, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

froyo
Froyo is not a recognised alternative name for frozen yoghurt, it is as the link clearly showed, nothing more than one example of a manufacturing machine. --Brideshead (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Has frozen yogurt ever actually been referred to as "frogurt" outside of that one Simpsons halloween episode? Just throwing that out there. 71.56.2.160 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 13:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC).
 * It was referred to as 'frogurt' on episode 11 of The Suite Life on Deck. Though it seems to me that this was probably a little Simpsons reference. 146.115.31.95 (talk) 05:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I first heard the portmanteau word "frogurt" before The Simpsons existed. Of course it could have been coined multiple times independently -- it's a rather obvious name, I think.  Joule36e5 (talk) 08:26, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

- Froyo brings up 200,000 search results on google so I think it's fair to put it as an alternative name. I've changed round the froyo/frogurt thing as frogurt is basically just the Simpsons name for it - Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.62.198 (talk) 20:18, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Uh, yeah, 'froyo' certainly IS a recognized alternative name for frozen yogurt. If it's not used in Britain, it doesn't belong on Wikipedia? Do I have that right? "Froyo" is even arguably a new product, separate from "frozen yogurt" (sold by TCBY, etc.). 'Froyo' or "tart frozen yogurt" has been gaining HUGE popularity since the advent of West Coast (and now nationwide) 'froyo' shops like Pinkberry. Ben and Jerry's and dozens of other US manufacturers are now marketing a product called FROYO, specifically. (And hundreds more are offering a new product called 'TART frozen yogurt,' or some variation thereon.) (Incidentally, Ben and Jerry's used to offer a more ice cream-tasting frozen yogurt product in various flavors [like Cherry Garcia, etc.] when the low-fat craze was big in the late '80s and '90s, but I think those products have all been phased out, at this point.)  Interestingly, the original frozen yogurt (in the form of, say, Dannon/Danone bars) was as tart as the new "froyo," but consumers back then wanted something that tasted more like ice cream, so eventually the tart stuff was no longer offered. Seethaki (talk) 17:10, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

A Google search for froyo recipe (no quotes) also brings up many valid results (it is also sometimes spelled fro-yo or fro yo). I know I'm only one data point, but I say froyo because it is easier to say than frozen yogurt. It is becoming a more popular moniker since the recent California froyo boom, as Seethaki has said. Marcipangris (talk) 21:01, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

i grew up with it being called "frogurt" in the 70s (US). then it faded away. this second wave it is now "froyo". i don't know the simpsons ref, but frogurt was a legitimate term once.

as an old geezer, i still call it frogurt. it's a dated term, like "ice milk" or "oleo". 66.30.47.138 (talk) 23:32, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Lost
There's a character on Lost caled Neil "Frogurt". Don't know why he gets called frogurt, but he's listed in Characters of Lost. Not really relevant I suppose, just felt like saying it. Spongefrog (talk) 19:58, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Relative statements need reference
You can't just say "xxx is closer." Closer relative to whom/what? Company x is closer than company y? 69.239.106.118 (talk) 20:49, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Name of next version of Android
So, how are we going to deal with this redirect when people search the site for froyo? --newspaperman (talk) 07:56, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The search result for "froyo" is a disambiguation page.XLBSS (talk) 08:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Froghurt redirect
Would be helpful for us Commonwealth types. I understand that Froghurt probably isn't a trademark, but I am certain that people will be using this as a search term (I did) and that it isn't an ambiguous term. I would create the redirect myself if I had an account. 90.215.124.167 (talk) 13:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ here it is]. Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:22, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Presence of active, live bacteria cultures
It would be good if there were some mention in the article about whether froyo has live bacteria in it. I came to this wiki page looking for info on specifically that. NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/26/garden/frozen-yogurt-tasty-but-no-health-food.html?pagewanted=2 Journal articles: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=frozen+yogurt+bacteria&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2001&as_sdtp=on Marcipangris (talk) 20:51, 30 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I have tried to address this issue in a neutral manner by citing FDA regulations in the introduction of the frozen yogurt article.XLBSS (talk) 08:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

First store in Britain in 2008?
I looked at the link provided as evidence and it only suggests that 'Lick' is only the first frozen-yoghurt cafe in Brighton. I'm fairly certain that there have been others in the UK before that - I've had frozen yoghurt from one since I was very little. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.171.230.30 (talk) 10:30, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I removed "The first frozen yogurt shop in the UK, Lick, based in Brighton opened in March 2008. Later that year, frozen yogurt shops began opening in London and across the country." since none of it is born out by the sources it includes, even it's own spam external link. Alistair Stevenson (talk) 10:47, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Homemade?
Any recipes or advice for how to make your own, rather than having to eat store-bought? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.46.9 (talk) 15:14, 23 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Cook's Illustrated published homemade frozen yogurt recipes (with flavor variations) in May 1996. XLBSS (talk) 08:04, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Er, put yogurt in the freezer? As I did when I was a kid in the early 80sTalltim (talk) 12:13, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Frozen yogurt invention claimed by The Spa (formerly in Harvard Square)
In the 1970s, a Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA) store called "The Spa" claimed to have invented frozen yogurt.

This claim also cited hereand here and here

This item refers to The Spa collaborating with a local dairy, which may well have been H. P. Hood, which the Wikipedia article cites as froyo's inventor.

I (KB) second this entry. I consumed soft-serve "frozen yogurt" at The Spa on Brattle Street (Harvard Square) Cambridge, Mass in the summer of 1971 (if not earlier). The original flavors were vanilla and peach (both fairly tart). The Spa offered one topping the following summer: granola.

Other uses of term is incorrect.
This section states that versions of Android prior to kitkat have dessert codenames. However, neither Honeycomb nor Jellybean would really be classified as desserts. It is more accurate to state that Android codenames reference sweets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.114.134.70 (talk) 22:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Can this be correct?
'As others saw the success of TCBY, frozen yogurt took off in the 1980s, reaching sales of $25 million in 1986.' Seems a piddling amount for what was a fairly serious fad food. Whereas frozen yogurt (as a whole) was already selling $300 million worth back in the 1970's --well before the trend was in full swing-- according to the news link "The Great Soft-Yogurt War is On" (posted within the above talk entry "Frozen Yogurt Invention Claim by The Spa Harvard Square)".
 * reply (KB)* Agreed. It's possible, since TCBY was a single chain... but as big as TCBY was nationwide, It should've done more at the height of the fad...

(KB) I must say: the statement "Unlike previous pre-packaged versions introduced earlier, TCBY's yogurt was soft-serve dispensed at the point of sale through a machine." is inaccurate, since the original "frozen yogurt" was served this very way a decade earlier (as documented in the aforementioned articles). While styles of frozen yogurt varied since its invention, TCBY merely widened the selection, as well as expanded the market through nationwide promotion to fat-conscious consumers, offering a less tart product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:197:500:F58A:6534:BA16:800D:D9C5 (talk) 05:34, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Euro tart?
"This new euro tart flavor" What exactly does that mean? Talltim (talk) 12:16, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

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