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Article: Blending in Yogurt, long-touted for its health benefits, endures to become mainstream star.(Food)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- May 6, 2009
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Byline: Deborah Pankey Daily Herald Food Editor dpankey@dailyherald.com
Remember the commercial in the 1970s about the man living to 100-plus years old because he ate yogurt? Remember when yogurt came in a handful of flavors and took up a tiny portion of the dairy case?
Today, yogurt commercials feature young kids rather than old men, and yogurt has taken over the dairy case with flavors like apricot mango and pomegranate blueberry and varieties ranging from no-fat and full fat to those enhanced with fiber and brain-building vitamins.
Yogurt is "the food of the day" says Harry Balzer, vice president of NPD Group in Rosemont and author of "Eating ...