Is frozen yogurt better for you than ice cream?
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When eaten in moderation, frozen yogurt and ice cream can fit into a healthy diet, nutrition experts said.
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Alice Callahan
A: Since frozen yogurt took off in the 1970s, it has been pitched as a healthier alternative to ice cream. In TCBY advertisements from the 1990s, its low-calorie, non-fat version was said to have “all of the pleasure, none of the guilt”. Today, some Greek yogurt shops tout gut-friendly probiotic benefits.
After a few years of lacklustre sales, frozen yogurt is having a resurgence. Within the last year, an estimated 129 new frozen yogurt shops have opened in the US – about a 50 per cent increase from the previous year, according to the International Frozen Yogurt Association.
