yogurt: Quick Facts

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Nov. 7, 2026

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Swapping from dairy to plant-based milk, cheese and yoghurt ‘could lead to micronutrient deficiencies’ • Nov. 4, 2026, 6:32 PM ET (The Guardian)

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Also Known As	yoghourt • yourt • yoghurt

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Glass bowl filled with creamy homemade yogurt and a wooden spoon, set on a green and yellow checkered cloth with daisies and a milk bottle in the background.

Industrial yogurt production line with metal machinery filling rows of plastic cups with yogurt; a worker in a hairnet stands in the background.

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