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Why make your own yogurt?
What is in the yogurt?
What if I live at high altitude?
What if I use my sachet after it’s Best Before Date?
Can the product differ between batches?
Should I top up with more boiling water if my yogurt does not set in time?
Can I use milk?
Can I use a yogurt sachet past it’s best before date?
Can I use water from the fridge with the yogurt mix?
Can I use bought yogurt as a starter?
Can I use the EASIYO Base and Culture in my own yogurt maker?
Could I just put the mix in a jar and put it in the hotwater cupboard?
What can I sweeten it with?
When do I add Fruit topping and can I use my own?
Why doesn't my yogurt set?
Why can the setting time be inconsistant?
Can you put fruit pieces or topping in while you make it or before it sets?
What if I forget to take it out of the Yogurt Maker?
Why does the yogurt sometimes separate into curds and whey?
How long will made up yogurt keep?

INGREDIENTS
Are the EASIYO sachet contents all natural?
Why is soy lecithin an ingredient of the milk powder?
Is the milk powder pastuerised and homogenized?
Do Easiyo sachets contain casein?
Do Easiyo use the natural colour Carmine?
Do EASIYO use any genetically modifies ingredients?
Is EASIYO wheat and gluten free?
Is the Organic Yogurt certified?
What does Halal Certified mean?

WELLBEING
Why is EASIYO Yogurt so good for you?
Why is EASIYO Yogurt better than store-bought yogurt?
Can my baby eat Easiyo yogurt?
Can I have Easiyo yogurt when I’m pregnant?
What does lactose-reduced actually mean? 
What does glycemic index mean?
What is the cholesterol level in EASIYO? 
Can you eat too much yogurt?
Can your children eat too much EASIYO?
At what age is EASIYO suitable for babies?
What is I am allergic to cow's milk?
Do EASIYO make a non-cow's milk yogurt?
Can I make yogurt using soya milk?

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 WHY MAKE YOUR OWN YOGURT? 
EASIYO is not only the freshest yogurt you can get, with more beneficial LIVE cultures in every spoonful (probiotic cultures that you need for your digestive and immune health), it contains no artificial ingredients and more calcium than store bought yogurt. In fact, it was the HEALTH FOOD Shops that introduced EASIYO to New Zealanders in the first place! It was so popular with people looking for a healthier option, that the supermarkets then took it up nationwide!
  WHAT IS IN THE YOGURT?
The contents of the yogurt sachets consist of the highest quality New Zealand milk powder and lactic cultures. They do not contain stabilizers, emulsifiers, artificial colouring or preservatives. All the flavours are natural or nature identical (meaning they are derived from the plant or fruit they are named after, or from other vegetable or fruit with similar elements). You just add clean drinking water.
 WHAT IF YOU LIVE AT HIGH ALTITUDE?
Fill the Yogurt Maker right up to the top with your semi-boiling water. If this is insufficient heat then you could try using warm water in the jar as well (not hot or it could kill the cultures).
  WHAT IF I USE MY SACHET AFTER IT’S BEST BEFORE DATE?
If it sets – It is perfectly OK to eat. It is a suggested best before date only, not a use by! If it makes yogurt then it has produced lactic acid which bad bugs can't live in.
  CAN THE PRODUCT DIFFER BETWEEN BATCHES?
EASIYO is a living thing and can change with changes in the tap water temperature for example. Also there can be slight changes in the milk powder between seasons ie the cows stop milking between April and November in NZ so the milk powder at the beginning and end of a season does vary a small amount. Sometimes the yogurt needs to stay in the Yogurt Maker a little longer in order to set. In the colder months you can add a little warm water to the cold tap when first mixing the yogurt powder in BUT make sure the water remains cool (tepid) and not warm or hot. This should make the product work faster. However in warm climates you need to watch that the temperatures do not get too hot inside the Yogurt Maker. Leaving out 1 cm of the boiling water in the Yogurt Maker should work
 SHOULD I TOP UP WITH MORE BOILING WATER IF MY YOGURT DOES NOT SET IN TIME?
No. Do not do this. It will only make everything too hot. Just leave a little longer and if you still have no luck, wait until the contents of the jar are completely cold before starting the process from the beginning again.
 CAN I USE MILK?
We suggest no…….the EASIYO system is designed to eliminate the dangers of incubating milk and the hassles and time involved in stabilising milk. Imagine, if you left fresh milk on the bench in the sun for six hours you wouldn’t want to drink it. EASIYO Base Powder is heat treated to eliminate all unwanted microorganisms.
  CAN I USE A YOGURT SACHET PAST IT’S BEST BEFORE DATE?
It is a suggested best before date only, not a use by! If it makes yogurt then it has produced lactic acid which bad bugs can't live in, so it is perfectly OK to eat.
 CAN I USE WATER FROM THE FRIDGE WITH THE YOGURT MIX?
If using chilled water from the fridge in your JAR then you should take the chill off ie warm it up to at least 15ºC!
 CAN I USE BOUGHT YOGURT AS A STARTER?
This is an expensive and unreliable method of making yogurt at home and will not ensure you of all the lactic cultures present in EASIYO yogurt. Only one yogurt strain will come through….L.Bifidus, L. Acidophilus almost certainly being lost….these are the ones that are so very good for your intestine and immune system.
  CAN I USE THE EASIYO BASE AND CULTURE IN MY OWN YOGHURT MAKER?
This can work if the yogurt maker is designed to keep a constant temperature over the required period of time to allow fermentation to occur.
 COULD I JUST PUT THE MIX IN A JAR AND PUT IT IN THE HOTWATER CUPBOARD?
This is not recommended as it is critical you make the Mix go through fermentation to make a safe product. Always test a small amount of the finished product first if using methods other than the EASIYO System. EASIYO DOES MAKES IT CHEAPER, SAFER, EASIER AND IT WORKS EVERY TIME!
 WHAT CAN I SWEETEN IT WITH?
With the desired amount of sugar , artificial sweetener, castor sugar, icing or brown sugar when making, or once it is made, with EASIYO Real Fruit Squirt toppings or melted honey.
WHEN DO WE ADD FRUIT TOPPING AND CAN WE USE OUR OWN?
Add the EASIYO Real Fruit Squirts when the yogurt is made and CHILLED . These are concentrated to add sufficient flavour to the yogurt but you can use whatever you like to put with your EASIYO yogurt. Fresh or stewed fruit is great, as are hot or cold cereals, etc. EASIYO is wonderful to use in all your favourite recipes. Have fun experimenting.
 WHY DOESN’T MY YOGURT SET?
Check the following steps, it could be one of these reasons:
1. The water in the jar should be cold, not freezing, nor warm or hot (clean cold tap water is fine). See 6 below.
2. After the powder is mixed in, the jar is filled to the brim with cold water: - then put lid on and reshake.
3. If you like thicker yogurt, add part of another sachet. Do not use less water in the jar as the mix could get too hot and kill off the cultures.
4. The disk baffle is pushed down as far as it can go and does not rise up when the boiling water is added.
5. The jar is put into the Yogurt Maker after the boiling water has been added.
6. Boiling water is filled to the line and no further (this is indicated at the top of the disk baffle). (NB Exception for VERY COLD WINTER WEATHER you can add more  boiling water around the side of the jar when the water out of your tap is close to freezing.)
7. If the yogurt is not set in 6-8 hours, please leave the yogurt until it has set; up to 12 hours. Do NOT add any more boiling water.
8. Flavour is added when serving, not during the making.
Preflavoured sachets are now produced without sugar, so you can add sugar or sweetener to suit your own taste. Add approximately 50-80gms (approx. 3 tbsp) of sugar or equivalent artificial sweetener while mixing sachet.
 WHY CAN THE SETTING TIME BE INCONSISTANT?
Because EASIYO yogurt is a ‘live’ product and contains no thickening agents there is a variation in normal setting times depending on how quickly the temperature changes inside the Yogurt Maker. This depends on whether you live in a warm or cold climate to a small extent as well.
 CAN YOU PUT FRUIT PIECES OR TOPPING IN WHILE YOU MAKE IT OR BEFORE IT SETS?
No, because it upsets the pH balance in the yogurt which shortens the life of the cultures. This defeats the purpose of making fresh yogurt. Always add these when serving your EASIYO!
 WHAT IF I FORGET TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE YOGURT MAKER?
The yogurt will keep in the Yogurt Maker for up to 24 hours without it being adversely affected.
 WHY DOES THE YOGURT SOMETIMES SEPARATE INTO SOLID AND WHEY?
Whey being expressed from the yogurt is part of a natural process. Commercial yogurts contain thickeners or stabilisers to absorb the whey expressed, but as EASIYO contains no such additives the whey is best mixed back into the yogurt as it is full of B vitamins and very nutritious.
Alternatively, you may like to strain the whey and make use of it in your cooking. There is no loss of the culture content in the whey.
 HOW LONG WILL MADE-UP YOGURT KEEP?
Up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

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 ARE THE EASIYO SACHET CONTENTS ALL NATURAL?
All the EASIYO Yogurt sachets contain no artificial flavours, colouring, no stabilizers, emulsifiers or preservatives!
The flavours are all nature identical ie from a natural vegetable source but not necessarily from the flavour named. Ie citric acid can be obtained from various sources, some more reliable than others, so the flavours are made up from elements combined together to make a flavour resemble what it is copying. These flavours are usually more shelf stable than natural flavours which is the reason so many manufacturers use them. NONE of our flavours are artificial. They are all derived from naturally occuring compounds. They are all approved by the NZ & Australian Food Regulations Authority.
 WHY IS SOY LECITHIN AN INGREDIENT OF THE MILK POWDER?
The soya lecithin is in the whole milk varieties. It does not come in the skim milk versions but we have to state it, as there may be traces.
We have never heard of anyone who has a bad reaction to soya lecithin. In fact, it is in many powdered products to make them dissolve easily, but in very small amounts. It is used to instantise the milk powder ie keep the milk protein from lumping .
 IS THE MILK POWDER PASTUERISED AND HOMOGENIZED?
It is both pasteurized and also homogenised.
 DO THE EASIYO SACHETS CONTAIN CASEIN?
It does contain casein because it is dairy based.
 DO EASIYO USE THE NATURAL COLOUR CARMINE?
There is some debate over such natural ingredients such as cochineal (carmine) colour, derived from a substance (accumulated in a little pouch) extracted from a South American beetle, it is not the beetle itself that is crushed. It is actually produced from a particular red coloured plant which the beetle consumes and stores. Having said this, we have since changed our yogurt bases using this colouring, to the colour beetroot. This should be reflected in our new packaging.
 DO EASIYO USE ANY GENETICALLY MODIFIED INGREDIENTS ?
No, all our ingredients are specified non GM.
 IS EASIYO WHEAT AND GLUTEN FREE?
All our yogurt is gluten and wheat free. Our starch in our pulps is derived from corn. Any glucose is dextrose and the maltadextrin is tapioca.
 IS THE EASIYO ORGANIC YOGURT CERTIFIED?
Yes the EASIYO Organic yogurt is certified by NZ Agriquality which confirms it is made from organically produced milk powder, and complies with all the standards required for production and storage.
 WHAT DOES HALAL CERTIFIED MEAN?
Halal certified shows that the food is prepared in an acceptable way to conform to Muslim custom and EASIYO has been audited and registered as Halal.

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WHY IS EASIYO YOGURT SO GOOD FOR YOU?
The fresher the yogurt the higher the population of LIVE Lactic Cultures. Lactic bacteria (cultures) occur naturally in the intestines to aid digestion and fight bad bacteria. By eating fresh EASIYO yogurt DAILY you can help replenish and maintain the natural BALANCE of these important Lactic Cultures in your body, thus helping to reduce the disease and gas producing bacteria within the intestine.
 WHY IS EASIYO YOGURT BETTER THAN STORE-BOUGHT YOGURT?
EASIYO is the freshest yogurt you can get, with more of the beneficial LIVE cultures in every spoonful (probiotic cultures that you need for your digestive health), it contains no artificial ingredients and more calcium than store bought yogurt. In fact, it was the Health Food Shops that introduced EASIYO to New Zealanders in the first place! It was so popular with people looking for a healthier option, that the supermarkets took it up nationwide! 
 CAN MY BABY EAT EASIYO YOGURT?
As long as your baby can eat solids then he/she can eat any of the EASIYO yogurts. The cultures in EASIYO break down the nutrients into more absorbable forms so yogurt is the ideal food for babies.
 CAN I HAVE EASIYO YOGURT WHEN I’M PREGNANT?
Yes of course EASIYO yogurt is especially good for pregnant women because it is high in Calcium, Protein, vitamins and minerals plus contains folic acid which is known for its role in nervous system development. 
  WHAT DOES LACTOSE-REDUCED ACTUALLY MEAN?
Fermentation of milk causes the lactose in milk to be broken down into other more absorbable sugars, one being galactose, an easily absorbed sugar that the body can almost always tolerate. Lactose is reduced after culturing and the lactic cultures prevent a further reaction in the gut by means that researchers have yet to explain fully. 
 WHAT DOES GLYCEMIC INDEX MEAN?
Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal, in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI carbs - the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels - is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss.
All the EASIYO Yogurts are less than 18 on the GI scale with the sweetened flavoured less than 32. These numbers are both considered low by the Foster-Powel and Brand Millar test method for determining the glycemic index.

Search the GI database for GI values of foods www.glycemicindex.com
 WHAT IS THE CHOLESTEROL LEVEL IN EASIYO?
As a dairy product, EASIYO Yogurt does contain a small amount of cholesterol. However the effect of the yogurt cultures has been shown to normalise cholesterol in the body. Medical scientists continue to explore the exact mechanisms for this cholesterol lowering effect by beneficial bacteria. They suspect that lactobacillus bacteria and bifidobacteria decrease blood levels of cholesterol by either increased intestinal absorption and removal through solid excretion, or by limiting the conversion of cholesterol back into bile acids for storage in the liver.
Cholesterol Levels in EASIYO:-
EASIYO NATURAL YOGURT: 109 mg per 140 gm powder
or 10.9 mg per 100 gm made-up yogurt
EASIYO SLIMMERS YOGURT: 27.7mg per 140 gm powder
or 2.8 mg per 100 gm of made-up yogurt
 CAN YOU EAT TOO MUCH YOGURT?
We enjoyed this question in an e’mail from one of our customers and we can actually supply an answer that is backed up with scientific research. It was an American study and later a Swiss study concerning dieting.
They tested people that were dieting. (I am assuming our customer was worried about putting on too much weight if he ate too much EASIYO?)
The test dieters were given a whole 500gms of full cream yogurt per day and the results were amazing!
Not only did they lose 22% more weight than the control group, they actually lost 60% more fat while retaining their muscle tone. Even more spectacular was the 82% loss of tummy rolls over the control group.
The conclusion was, the body needs it’s Calcium. If it doesn’t get it then the body stores EVERYTHING because it thinks it is starving, so it automatically conserves!! EASIYO Yogurt is high in Calcium so 500g a day would not be considered overindulging!
Yogurt is also known to normalize cholesterol, which a plentiful supply would assist with!
 CAN YOUR CHILDREN EAT TOO MUCH EASIYO YOGURT?
Calcium, of which there is an abundance in the EASIYO yogurt, plays a wonderful role in weight management as shown by a wealth of recent research, so I would not be concerned. Children seem to have an ability to know what their body needs (if presented with good healthy food) and as long as there is daily exercise, they can't really overdose on good food. Actually, whenever we bring out a new line, my own family tend to eat or drink it by the gallon until they are satisfied, which usually takes about a month or so. It eventually settles down to normal amounts, I've found.
 AT WHAT AGE IS EASIYO SUITABLE FOR BABIES?
As long as your baby is ready for solids then he/ she can eat any of the EASIYO yogurts. In fact, it will help keep his/her tummy healthy and happy with its abundance of beneficial live lactic cultures. These help keep the digestive system clean and healthy. They produce lactic acid that bad bugs can't live in! The lactic cultures also break down the elements into more absorbable forms so that baby will find yogurt easy to digest, and they aid in the digestion of other foods.
 WHAT IF I AM ALLERGIC TO COW’S MILK?
Lactose intolerant is different to being allergic to milk (cow’s) protein!
If you are the first ie lactose intolerant, then you should be able to have yogurt, as almost all of the lactose has been converted into two simple sugars that almost everyone can tolerate.
If however you are protein allergic, then you definitely will have to convert to a non dairy milk base. We are currently working on one and can contact you if you send us your details, when we have it ready. In the meantime you can source a non dairy starter from the chiller (soy) and use this to inoculate your goat, sheep, soya milk (boil first if it is not UHT already, then cool to 45ºC before adding culture)
 DO EASIYO MAKE A NON-COWS MILK YOGURT?
We did make a soy yogurt but we took it off the market as it had a high failure rate. (Non-sets). We are however working on a non dairy yogurt and shall advertise this to the many people who have written in, as soon as this is available. 
 CAN I MAKE YOGURT USING SOY MILK?
The litre boxes of Soy Milk are usually UHT so it does not have to be boiled.
Just add a couple of tablespoons of EASIYO Yogurt to the Soy Milk and incubate as per normal instructions in the EASIYO Yogurt Maker. Some may work, some may not. I have found that the Soy Milk needs to be very very fresh ie have a long Best Before date.

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