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Which Yogurts Have Vitamin D? These 17 Yogurt Products Do

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As far as I understand, milk contains a fat soluble sterol, which when irradiated with UV light is photochemically converted into vitamin D. This is how commercial milk is fortified with vitamin D (and that is how the bone disease rickets was eliminated in the first half of the 20th C--or at least that is the case according to Wikipedia!) So. it would seem to me that irradiating milk products would be a great way to increase Vitamin D content. I do not drink milk--so I appreciate your list of yogurts with vit D. I recently wrote a letter to chobani asking about vit D supplementation.

Liz Jenny MD of NY 3:01PM March 18, 2012

Yes, there is Greek yogurt with Vit D!!
Yoplait Greek Yogurt 20% per container.

Geo of IL 2:02PM February 23, 2012

How come there is no vitamin D in your greek oikos yogurt, and why doesn't it come in a lowfat style? It's really good and creamy, but with Vitamin D and lowfat it would be perfect. I guess you can't please everyone.

Carol of NY 8:45PM December 14, 2011

Hello,
great post!

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Fresh Vending Jobs of VA 7:03AM January 24, 2011

If you make your own yogurt with store bought Vit D enriched milk then an 8-oz serving of your homemade yogurt will contain the 25% (100 IUs) of Vit D that the milk going into the yogurt contains and the best thing is that you will have only the milk and the added yogurt cultures in your yogurt - no preservatives, additives, gelatin, etc that many name brand yogurts contain!

Katho of MI 9:12PM June 08, 2010

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lemyaskin of IN 9:49PM September 22, 2009

Al- vitamin d is ADDED to milk. it is not contained naturally in fluid milk. so whether or not they add it to yogurt is up to the manufacturer. So if you make your own yogurt with milk it would have some.

maureen of FL 2:06PM April 28, 2009

If Vitamin D is to be present in yogurts, then what makes those yogurts which may not carry D. Is that the process the way yogurt is made (what is that process).If milk contains D why would D disappear during making of any kind of yogurt. Any expert or chemist would be helpful to explain this.
Also, the Researchers ignored to mention the other sources of D from vegitables and fruits, so I heard. Al

Al Rajput of CA 5:07PM April 27, 2009

Katherine, are you sure you got the numbers right? The Fred Meyer Lite yogurt I've been eating lists Vitamin D as 25%, just like milk. Don't know about other brands, but your numbers seem awfully low.

Katherine Hobson: I assumed that all would have 25% too, but it wasn't the case. I didn't check store brands because they are so local, but the national brands definitely vary and seem to range from 0% to 30%. Check out the company websites and you can see for yourself!

Robert Liles of OR 11:06AM April 18, 2009