Frozen yogurt is a dessert similar to ice cream, but made with yogurt rather than cream. It tends to be healthier than ice cream, so many people choose it as an alternative. It is important to realize, however, that frozen yogurt, while richer in many minerals and nutrients than ice cream, is still not as healthy as regular yogurt – a fact many people overlook.

Yogurt, and by extension frozen yogurt, has a number of benefits over other dairy products. Perhaps most importantly, yogurt contains enzymes that assist in breaking down dairy, allowing many people with lactose intolerance to ingest yogurt and frozen yogurt with little or no ill effects. Yogurt also tends to have high levels of protein and many important minerals.

Frozen yogurt is perhaps best viewed health-wise as being somewhere between real yogurt and ice cream. While it contains protein, the protein found in frozen yogurt is often as little as a third the amount found in regular yogurt, and roughly equivalent to that found in ice cream. While ice cream is quite high in fat – between 10 and 18% fat by weight – frozen yogurt varies more widely. It usually has less fat than a comparable ice cream, but higher amounts of fat and substantially more calories than a comparable yogurt. Fat-free frozen yogurts exist, but they often have even more added sugar than other varieties.

Of course it is! Because instead of cream, it is made from other dairy products like milk and of course yogurt, which are less fattening. Its tart taste is also better, don't you agree? Yogurt also aids in digestion. Its better to enjoy frozen yogurt on an eco-friendly yogurt paper cup so you'd also feel less guilty about the environment.