Awesome Todd! Out of curiosity have you done a price comparison to see how much you might have saved versus buying Greek Yogurt in the store?
Hey Doug
That's a good question...!
The initial cost is for 1 gallon of milk and 1 cup or so of Greek Yogurt to be used as a starter. Once you make a batch, you save 1 cup of your yogurt to use as starter for the next batch. I also use 1 cup of NonFat Dry Milk to help thicken my yogurt.
The final yield using milk from SAMS Club or Costco was about 50%
The Final yield using Land O' Lakes Brand 2% milk from Walmart was 76%
The brand of milk definitely made a difference in the yield!!!
1 Gallon 2% Milk = $3.98
1 Cup Greek Yogurt = $.99
1 Cup NFDM = $.50
Final Cost for 64 oz. to 97 oz. = $5.47
That's for the 1st batch
Using your own yogurt as starter for the next batch will save you even more
Remember, this is "Plain Yogurt". It needs to be sweetened with sugar, fruit, honey or ???
We make smoothies out of it, so the fruit naturally sweetens it