Food Faceoffs — Chobani Vs. FAGE Vs. Siggi’s; Which Greek Yogurt Is The Sveltest Nutritional Powerhouse?

*First, before I’m crucified, siggi’s is technically Icelandic skyr — NOT Greek yogurt, But for our purposes it’s close enough stylistically to fit in with the upper echelon of the Greek yogurt universe.

If you haven’t noticed, Greek yogurt is just a little bit popular — it grew by a mammoth 2500% across the span of 2006-2011¹, with sales jumping 50% during 2012 to $1.6B. It now makes up a 35% chunk of the entire yogurt category; up from 1% in 2007.²

The likes of Chobani, FAGE, siggi’s and others have transformed dairy aisles into a technicolor Greek yogurt mosaic; heck, Chobani even has a froyo-style yogurt bar in SoHo.

But popularity aside — pitted head-to-head — which Greek yogurt (*ahem,* and skyr) brand is the sveltest nutritional powerhouse? We face-off.

Chobani Vs. FAGE Vs. Siggi’s

In the 3-man Greek yogurt sandbox there’s no *bad* option; just a hierarchy from lean to abdominal incineration.

To level set, all 3 brands are extremely high quality — they’re made without artificial sweeteners, colors, or preservatives; free of added growth hormones (rBGH/rBST); kosher, gluten-free, and loaded with live, active probiotic cultures.³⁴⁵

Here’s how they stack up side-by-side for both plain and flavored variants (0%):

The Hierarchy:

1. Plain Greek Yogurt, All Brands — plain Greek yogurt, regardless of brand, is your #1, uncontested champion. It’s got up to 28% fewer calories and roughly 2.5x LESS sugar than its flavored brethren. In the case of FAGE/Chobani, plain also packs an extra 4-5g of muscle-building protein.

And if you want to be whimsical and flavor it up naturally, borrow one of our 14 magical plain Greek yogurt recipes.

2. siggi’s Flavored — a good metric to gauge the “leanness” of yogurt is by the protein-to-sugar ratio. The HIGHER the better, and if it’s over 1 you’re golden — siggi’s is 1.3, FAGE .81, and Chobani rolls in last at .74. It’s also got 10/30 fewer calories than FAGE and Chobani, respectively, and a tad more calcium.

3. FAGE Flavored — while its calorie and protein content are near-identical to siggi’s, the 5g of extra sugar (16g total) is a fat gap that firmly plants it in the #3 spot.

4. Chobani Flavored — although most of the sugar comes from fruit, SOME of it comes courtesy of evaporated cane juice. 19g is a bit much to stomach regularly; FAGE’s 16g is a more palatable bet.

 
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References, Notes, Links

1. NPR - Greek Yogurt Sales [↩]
2. DSN - Greek Yogurt Sales [↩]
3. FAGE Nutrition & Info [↩]
4. siggi’s Nutrition & Info [↩]
5. Chobani Nutrition Info [↩]

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Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, an ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

He also contributes to Men's Health Magazine.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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