You can't beat full-fat Greek

What I read

According to Nick Triggle in "Yoghurts (even organic ones) 'full of sugar'" (2018), a recent report in BMJ Open says that many yoghurts, including organic varieties, contain very high levels of added sugar. Triggle says that although there has been progress in reducing the sugar content of yoghurts, the British government is still not satisfied with the high amounts of sugar in most brands of yoghurt, which is sometimes even higher than in sweet soft drinks. The report says that the lowest sugar content is in natural and Greek style yoghurts, which are accordingly the ones that the experts who did the research recommend. 

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My response 

My family have always eaten yoghurt, along with lots of pasta and the wine that comes with our Italian heritage. In fact, when my ancestors migrated from Italy to Australia, they bought cuttings from their grape vines so that they could grow grapes to make wine in their new home, although these days we buy wine made by others. I remember eating yoghurt back in primary school, before it became a popular health food. And the yoghurt we ate was not full of sugar; it was natural, Greek style. 

My preferred yoghurt - tasty and
natural with added cream! 

My doctor recommends some daily yoghurt in my diet, and although he would prefer a low-fat one, I like an imported yoghurt from Australia. It's the Greek style Farmer's Union yoghurt, which has zero added sugar. My doctors worries because it has added cream, so it's definitely not low-fat. But it is delicious and healthily free of sugar. I usually eat a tub every day, except that sometimes it's out of stock at the Tops and other supermarkets near my home on Silom. I guess that means that other people in the area also like this product. 

I wasn't very surprised that many yoghurts are not healthy because of the high sugar content. I've looked at the ingredients lists on the packaging in supermarkets, and they do report high sugar percentages.  I've often thought that being "organic" is not a very strong recommendation. Something might indeed be organic, but that does not make it healthy or good for any other reason, although it's a popular sales story these days. I prefer my food to be healthy and delicious than organic. I suspect that the production methods also means that organic food takes more land and more water to produce the same amount than using more high-tech. methods than organic, which makes organic worse for the environment. 

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My question

Do you think that organic foods are healthier or otherwise better than non-organic foods? 

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Reference

• Triggle, N. (2018, September 19). Yoghurts (even organic ones) 'full of sugar'. Retrieved from  https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45565364