Food Obsession: The Collective Dairy Passion Fruit Yoghurt

Every once in a while (okay, quite often!), I get obsessed with a particular food or dish. Like roast duck or som tam, See's Candies butterchews or the black daal at Dishoom! It usually means that I will make sure there is a ready supply at home or haunt the place the makes it!

For the last few days my obsession has been the passion fruit yoghurt (yes, they spell it with a 'h') from The Collective Dairy in NZ. They recently launched in the UK and I was lucky to spot it one day in my local corner shop. The reason why it caught my eye is because it looked similar to an amazing yogurt we had while traveling in Australia last year--could it have been the same?

To be fair I AM a yogurt person. I have some almost everyday and I like all types, anything from Activia (rhubarb) to Yeo Valley Organic (greek yogurt with honey) and Rachel's Organic (coconut Greek yogurt)...to one of my absolute favorites, yogurt in France that comes in the little glass jars. There's just something about them! But I have to say that The Collective Dairy yoghurt is SO GOOD that it would turn anyone into a yogurt eater.

The yoghurt comes in a 500g pot and you can see from the pic that the lovely passion fruit runs throughout. Pry open the lid and you are greeted with The Collective Dairy's mantra--"No Bull!"

The yoghurt is a thick, creamy, Greek style yoghurt but doesn't have the sharp sour taste that some yogurts do--it has just the right balance of tanginess. The fruit is like a coulis which runs through the whole pot so you'll have some with every spoonful. No worries about rationing it because you have plenty at the bottom, too. A lot of times with passion fruit flavors they are either artificial or just not strong enough, but this is delicious with an amazing real passion fruit flavor. You can even see the seeds! The yoghurt is sweetened with honey to just the right level, and also contains a probiotic.

For me, The Collective Dairy has succeeded in making a yoghurt that has the right balance of everything--texture, tartness, sweetness, fruitiness. They talk a bit about their ambition to do this on their website. I eat this yoghurt pretty much any time of day: breakfast, snack time and dessert. I can get a new pot in about 5 minutes from my local shop (a privately owned Nisa Local), but they are also available at Sainsbury's, Waitrose and through Ocado. Currently there are four flavors available in the UK: passion fruit, Russian fudge, apple + spice, and luscious lemon. To be honest, I haven't tried the other flavors because I like the passion fruit so much I'm almost scared to try the others! But I'm sure I'll bring myself to try the others soon, and am hoping they eventually out bring some of the other flavors (rhubarb and strawberry, mango, and black plum...mmmmm)!

Please stop me from eating everything single pot in the UK!

*Please note that these opinions are my own and I am not affiliated with The Collective Dairy in any way.