In the News
The importance and essential nature of live and active cultures in yogurt, and the National Yogurt Association’s petition to the Food and Drug Administration to modernize the standard of identity for yogurt, have received media attention, including the following:
- "A Spoonful of Yogurt Helps," The News & Observer, July 5, 2007
- "Culture Power," The Salt Lake Tribune, June 27, 2007
- “Trendy Bacteria,” San Antonio Express-News, February 5, 2007
- “Eat Right, Look Great,” In Style, February 1, 2007
- “The Probiotic Parade,” New York Daily News, January 28, 2007
- “Probiotic supplements may provide healthy benefits,” The Oklahoman, January 23, 2007
- “A little bug might help ward off sickness,” Times Union, January 23, 2007
- “Probiotics: This decade’s oat bran?” New York Times, January 22, 2007
- “In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See A New Bonanza,” New York Times, January 22, 2007
- “Eating right: It’s Alive!” Green Living, January 1, 2007
- “Foods fight flu bug,” Iowa City Press-Citizen, December 25, 2006
- “Bacteria helps in allergy battle,” Sunday Telegraph, December 3, 2006
- “Yogurt an increasing presence in the functional foods category,” The Food Institute Report, November 27, 2006
- “A market for cures; Vitamins and herbs are all around, but do they help? Overcoming bad bugs with good bugs,” Merced Sun-Star, November 14, 2006
- “Not all bacteria are bad,” The Star Press, November 13, 2006
- “Yogurt? Good for you”, Poughkeepsie Journal, August 27, 2006
- “All ages reap health benefits,” Poughkeepsie Journal, August, 27, 2006
- “Bacteria a healthy hot trend in dairy,” The Monitor, July 31, 2006
- “More Americans are eating something that’s good for them,” The Press Enterprise, June 13, 2006
- "It's Alive; Yogurts are Crawling with Probiotics (and That's a Good Thing)," The Post Standard/Herald-Journal, April 4, 2006
- "Dining on Good Bacteria Makes Digestion Easier," The Atlanta Journal - Constitution, March 23, 2006
- "Foods that Contain Live Cultures Hold Potential Health Benefits," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 22, 2006
- "The Beauty of Yogurt," Columbia Daily Spectator , March 21, 2006
- "New Yogurt Varieties Both Promote 'Probiotics'," Winston-Salem Journal, March 15, 2006
- "The Yogurt Culture," The Las Vegas Revew-Journal, March 8, 2006
- "Check Your Yogurt," Letter to the Editor of Waco Tribune, February 10, 2006, regarding January 18 article, "'Healthy' Foods Sometimes Aren't, But there are Tasty Options"
- "Probiotics are Naturally Occurring, Friendly Bacteria that Live in the Human Gut," Buffalo News , November 22, 2005
- "Choose Your Yogurt Wisely," Fort Collins Coloradoan, October 22, 2005
- "What are Probiotics, and What are They Good For?" The Boston Globe, August 8, 2005
- "Bacteria: They Can Be Good For You - Lurking in Your Yogurt are Live Cultures that May Boost Immunity, Among Other Benefits," South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 21, 2005
- "Active Culture; The Consumer Focus on Nutrition and Convenience has Spurred the Growth of the Yogurt Market," Progressive Grocer, May 15, 2005
- "Yogurt Packs Nutritious Punch," The Detroit News, April 21, 2005
- “A Different Culture War,” National Journal, March 19, 2005
- "Phil Lempert's Column," MSNBC.com, March 9, 2005
- “Even Genghis Khan Ate His Yogurt,” Chicago Daily Herald, December 15, 2004
- “Yogurt Proves Its Worth,” Fort Collins Coloradoan, September 6, 2004
- “Letters,” Saturday Evening Post, September 1, 2004
- “Yogurt: The Culture Catches On,” The Boston Globe, August 11, 2004
- “Yogurt Makers Want FDA to Demand Culture,” The Washington Post, October 21, 2003
In addition, the National Yogurt Association is taking this important story to the radio waves. The following is a list of radio stations that have covered “Know It’s Yogurt Month”:
- WOHI-AM – Youngstown, OH
- WTBQ-AM – New York, NY
- WBRT-AM – Louisville, KY
- WCCI-FM – Savannah, IL
- WWIB-FM/WOGO-AM – Chippewa Falls, WI
- WDIS-AM – Boston, MA
- KPQ-AM – Seattle, WA
- WGAW-AM/WCAT-AM - Boston, MA
- KSGM-AM/KBDZ-AM - St. Louis, MO
- WKHM-AM - Jackson, MI
- WACD - Antigo, WI
- KSST-AM - Dallas, TX
- WPIC-AM - Hermitage, PA
- WIOS-AM/WKJC-FM - Tawas City, MI
- KJFF-AM - St Louis, MO
- KCMN-AM - Colorado Springs, CO
- KLYC-AM - Portland, OR
- WSPL-AM - Chicago, IL
- KCYN-FM - Salt Lake City, UT
- KSOP-AM/FM - Salt Lake City, UT
- WBYS-AM- Canton, IL
- KRWC-AM - Minneapolis, MN
- WDUK-FM - Havana, IL
- WMVL-FM - Meadville, PA
- KMA-AM - Shenandoah, IA
- WACD-FM - Antigo, WI
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NEW! Listen to NYA's Sponsored Radio Feature
As part of Know It's Yogurt Month 2006, the National Yogurt Association has released a one-minute Sponsored Radio Feature. This radio segment promotes the importance of modernizing the government's standard of identity for yogurt.
In August 2004, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a report by Oskar Adolfsson, Simin Nikbin Meydani and Robert M. Russell of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts. The report, titled “Yogurt and Gut Function,” noted the importance of live and active cultures in yogurt.
