Products that make me mad -- Yoplait Whips
So I was at Ultra Foods the other day taking advantage of their big Yoplait yogurt sale. They were out of the light cups so I went with "whips," which I'd never purchased before. HUGE MISTAKE. Check this out:
- Yoplait light yogurt? six ounces
- Yoplait whips? four ounces
Yes: You get a third less product for the same price -- and it appears to simply be Yoplait light yogurt that they have simply whipped up so it's full of air. Stir, and it collapses like a souffle into four ounces of real yogurt. Nice trick, Yoplait! Not only that, the texture is completely off. I don't like it. The kids don't like it. Good thing I have 10 more cups...
So what products make you mad?
We love the texture of the whips better than regular yogurt. It does stink that it is less than other yogurt but if you look it also is made with a lot of sugar not sweetener like the light.
I love whips I cant pump them full of air so heck with trying. I will buy what I love....
I absolutely love the Whips too!! I think the flavor and texture is much better than the regular yogurt. I don't like the Greek whips though, I personally hate all Greek yogurt. It tastes sour to me. Has anyone ever seen the REGULAR whips in Blueberry??
My grandson only eats the whipped, he loves the lemon , lime and orange. Can't find lemon in any stores!!
I love Whips, too! I can't find the lemon either. I only got it once. I am going to call the "800" number on the container. My favorite is Key Lime, Strawberry Mist & Lemon.
I like orange creme and chocolate whips.
Lemon blast was my favorite
make smoothies with it:-)
That is so funny. I thought the exact same thing when I tried the whips. Love your blog.
I love the whips and only buy them. I was told by the Yoplait company that they have been discontinued. Am so sorry about it.
Yep, noticed that a long time ago...DH is picky about HOW many OUNCES of yogurt he eats...anything less than 6 ounces and he pisses and moans about how he will then have to take TWO yogurts to work! 🙂
We love the Whips. I guess everyone has different likes and dislikes. I don't feel upset about the size. It is not like they marketed them as the same amount.
I love the whips too and didn't even look at the amount. Lol. I love the consistency and the taste! The cherry cheesecake is to die for!!!
Omg yes!! I love love the whips too!! That’s all I buy for me and my family, and cherry cheesecake definitely is the flavor we buy most!!
I feel the same way you do about the whips, they don't taste right and the texture is awful, but they are my husbands favorite so I constantly have them in the fridge. I feel the same way about the deceiving amount of air found at the top of most chip bags 🙂
There is nothing deceiving about it at all. It CLEARLY says on the front that it's 4 oz. and they never marketed it to be any different. Whips are the best tasting yogurt around,. Also, anytime you stir something that has been whipped, it is going to lose its density....duh!!
It wouldn't lose density....It would actually become more dense as it becomes more compact.
Actually Sarah’s right - whipped is not more dense.
I love it! It’s all just a matter of taste preference. I happen to think the whips are terrific and I’m so glad I found a grocery store that carries a range of their flavors. It’s 2019 and I’m happy to say they were not discontinued! Check their site – they just released two new flavors and updated the packaging to a new design as well.
This comparison was just in this months Consumer Reports. They did an article on products that showed various products that have decreased in size but not price due to the economy. I guess research showed that people would rather pay the same price for a smaller product than have the price increased on the "regular sized" product. Very psychological, but there are those of us that don't aren't really sensitive to one over the other when it really equals out to be the same thing in the end.
Heh. smaller packages at the same price is nothing new. it's not just the recent economy, companies have been doing this (and consumer reports has been reporting on it) for *decades*. The real kicker is that once the packages get so small that people finally notice and start complaining, then the company will come out with a "new" "value" sized item at the original size but significantly higher price than you used to pay.
my personal pet peeve? ice cream. First the industry downsized from half gallons to 1.75 quarts, then again down to 1.5 quarts. Now we have 1.5 quarts of "double churned" and "lower calorie" -- which is just marketing speak for more air whipped into it -- which they're trying to convince us somehow makes the product better?? It won't be long at all before they start pushing "convenient" quarts as the "normal" size, and the standard half-gallon comes back as a more expensive "family" size.
(Anywho... sorry for all the excessive quotes in that last paragraph, but it's hard to keep a straight face when discussing food marketing)
I know, it's not new -- another personal favorite is the Kraft 2% milk cheese, which started out as 8oz and then dropped to 7oz while the regular cheese stayed the same. But to whip it up with air? Just seemed like a new low (or incredibly smart marketing, I guess -- LOL). Ugh, I'm just annoyed at myself for buying so many.
This is why America is fat. You're a bunch of fat Cathy's.
I am an American and I am NOT fat
Lol... this thread is almost five years old! Uh, bump, anyone? 😛
Put some whip cream or Cool Whip Lite on it to make it more of a dessert. I love Pop Chips, but there is hardly anything in the bag. Thankfully, Ultra had the wrong sign in front of the Pop Chips, it said Vitner's Pop Chips 3/$5. Vitners delivers Pop Chips and Pop Chips were actually $2.50/each. They actually honored the 3/$5 price, but $1.66 for a bag of hardly any chips is still steep. At least it's a little healthier than regular chips and I did get a bargain compared to the regular pricing.
I hate those desserts cause you could eat 5 & not be full. They're so light & unfilling.
I don't think you're supposed to stir them! LOL! Try freezing them and eating them frozen, they're good that way too!
How about tiny candy bars like the 3 Musketeers "lite" or whatever it is. What is that? YOu think you are getting a CANDY bar not a mini!
Well, who pays for this stuff anyway? Rachel, are you pissing about only getting 4 ozs for free instead of 6? Why doesn't anyone comment on the fact that the standard size used to be 8 oz (a full cup - wait, is that phrase trade-marked?) Just hold on, you've got 16 quarts of Chobani coming your way...
If it wasn't for the whips, I wouldn't eat yoghurt at all. I, for one, love the texture. So, to each their own, eh?
I had horrible acid reflux.I suffered for years, until I tried Whips 3 months ago.Acid Reflux gone.People please this yogurt has changed my life no more chest pain.
Praise Jesus!
It's done the same for me :). Thank you Dr. Yoplait ! :).
Does 1 four oz, cup do the trick? I have terrible acid reflux and will gladly eat this stuff if it works.
Thats what "whipped" is though... Like whipped cream, whipped eggs, etc. So it shouldn't be a surprise, really.
The Motts for Tots juices since they are just watered down apple juice. You're getting less juice so you should really just buy regular apple juice and water it down yourself if you want to.
I agree one day I took the time to read the label and saw the first ingredient was water -it's actually just watered down apple juice! So I bought the "regular" and added my own water.
I LOVE Whips...........I'm not a huge fan of yogurt though and this reminds me of a whipped jello my mom used to make. I usually put two containers in a bowl with some nuts and eat away 🙂
my daughter loves the whips...she is 2.5 and it is easier to keep on the spoon for her.
Orange juice. Used to be 64oz was standard, now Tropicana and other big names have down-sized to 59oz, but charge the same. Some off-brands are still 64 oz,though, so make sure to compare prices before you buy the stuff on sale that is really only 59 oz.
Those whips made me mad too! AND they are more weight watchers points!
I have to say that I don’t like this yogurt in the regular flavors, but the chocolate one, that a whole different ball game.
my daughter and I just LOVE the chocolate whip yogurt.
Try putting the Whips in the freezer. So good that way, like ice cream almost.
I hate products that make it seem like they are low in calories or salt. If you look at the calorie count on those low calorie frozen meals and compare it to regular meals - there's not much of a difference.
Same with "lower sodium" products - read the label they might be slightly lower than there regular product but still very high in salt.
Laura get outta here! we are debating the glorious yogurt that is known as yoplait whips. If you don't like it you're most likely a bad parent and a communist! Roll tide.
My son prefers the whipped yogurt but I never noticed the size difference...I just bought a bunch of these (and other types) the other day..What I hate (as well as other people do) is how the ice cream containers have SHRUNK but they charge the same price...grrrrrr (ditto for coffee, cereal and so on..)
My personal pet peeve is boxed pasta. It used to be 16oz. aka 1 pound. Now you have to check the boxes, many of them are 14.5 oz for the same price. I have yet to come across a recipe that calls for 14.5 oz of pasta.
Did anyone else notice all the food coloring and HFCS in your Yoplait Light yogurts?! THAT had me very upset... "healthy" yogurt packed with HFCS and tons of food coloring, then tack on some artificial sweetners. The one I ate gave me a headache... we won't be buying these again at any price until they clean up their ingredient list.
Did you know that some foods such as yogurt, ice cream, boxed red velvet cake and so on sometimes use the red coloring extracted from insect shells? I think its specifically a certain type of beetle. It is called Carmine (also called Crimson Lake, Cochineal, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470, or E120)
I learned about it about a year ago while watching Dateline or 20/20 or something like that. I still eat foods that use it because I am sure there are othr weird things that have been out there forever that don't really harm you.
I did know that, lol -- don't ever look at what Jell-O is made from, either. http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/jello.asp
oh I know. Too funny.
Any product that is kosher certified will not use red food coloring from beetles. Look for a U or a K inside a circle, or a CRC inside a triangle. (there are about 100 symbols but those 3 are most common in chicago land)
it seems terrible to pay that much for air, same thing applies to Macdonald's soft serve ice cream (which is why I never buy them). Paying extra for whipping in air shouldn't cost that much
Whipping in air requires extra processing, which increases the cost of making it. The reason people buy Whips is not to eat real yogurt, but to get the experience of eating a dessert mousse that they can rationalize as "healthy" when it is just junk. People who eat Whips to get the benefits of yogurt are kidding themselves.
...and check out the sugar content in that 4 oz....ick !!!!!!!!
Juice is a bad one. 50 and lite to me means they watered it down so you are paying the same full price for something you could have watered down yourself and got double the product.
haha... wallet pop just wrote about that today!
"More and More Products Lose Weight"
http://www.walletpop.com/2011/01/05/downsized-more-and-more-products-lose-weight/
LOL Kindra -- I think this is my favorite reason of the lot: "Reason: The marketing department decided to change the packaging, and with that came a change in size."
I was buying feta the other day and just grabbed one. When I got home I realized it was fat free feta. Don't ever ever go for the fat free. It tastes like feet.
Lol. All feta tastes like feet to me!
You are not supposed to stir them. If you just take a spoonful and stick it in your mouth, it's supposed to be like moose (sp). I think that they are also trying the old trick of putting the food on a smaller plate (container) to fool us into feeling fuller. Doesn't work with me, but I don't think that my daughters know that there is an ounce difference.
LOL you guys -- I didn't figure you were supposed to stir them, just thought I'd see what happened after we all tasted and didn't like it. It collapses into 4 oz, but the consistency still isn't the same. 🙂
Oh ick! Melanie had to go and bring up Carmine. When I found out about
Carmine (many, many years ago in a galaxy far away) I stopped wearing
lipstick. And now I read on the Wiki that they add it to yogurt! I know it's added to some lunch meats and hot dogs.
My Grocery Peeve is the foil pans (I like to use them when I go to a potluck)
aren't 9x13 any more...they're 8 x 111/2 or something like that. Trying to find
5x9 foil loaf pans is also tricky. Many 5x8's. I see that the 8x8 square cake
pans are now going to 7x7.
Rachel's Mom
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=600&sid=2222542
My grandma sent me this link today - I guess everyone is getting "angry" about this issue! Note how they bring up "whipping in air" in this article too 🙂 HAHA
Hi. I am The Director of Consumer Services for General Mills/Yoplait and happened to see your posting. I am sorry you did not enjoy our Whips product. Whips is an entirely different product than Yoplait Light, designed primarily as a dessert substitute with the consistency of mousse, in great tasting Yoplait flavors. I would be happy to refund the money you spent on Whips or replace them with other Yoplait varieties. Please contact me at the email address provided.
Impressive.
I LOVE YOPLAIT WHIPS.I WISH I COULD FIND ALL THE FLAVORS. SO WHEN I FIND WHIPS I GET SO HAPPY & JUST TAKE THE FLAVORS AVAILABLE WHICH ARE ALWAYS CHERRY CHEESECAKE, CHOCOLATE, OR KEY LIME. I LIVE IN SUN CITY CENTER , FLORIDA 33573. PLEASE SEND SOME MORE WHIPS TO MY LOCAL WALMART, I WILL BUY THEM ALL NO PROBLEM. YUMMY! EVEN BETTER ....I WISH I COUD BUY THEM IN BULK AT SAM'S CLUB...ANY POSSIBILITY OF THAT REQUEST?
Linda, I'm happy to hear that you enjoy Whips. I'm sorry that they are sometmes difficult to find. While we would like every flavor of every product we make to be on all retailers shelves, the retailers have limited space and stock only the products that sell teh best for them. It gets even tougher with club stores like Sam's bcause they carry very few items within any product category. I will forward your comments to our sales and marketing teams so they can let the retailers know what we're hearing. You may wish to tell the store manager where you regularly shop that you'd like to see more of these.
Im addicted to the whips! I have scoured all the grocery stores in my area and have managed to find 5 flavors, but im steadily hunting for the vanilla. There needs to be some sort of tracker or "yoplait delivery boy" lol. I HATE regular yogurt but i havent found a flavor whip i dont like!
I love the vanilla whips too, but nobody carries them around me anymore! I've asked at my local Jewel, and they said Yoplait was discontinuing them to make more of the more expensive Greek yogurts. I hope this is not true. My kids and I are fans of plain old boring vanilla, and it's getting harder to find.
Try Bi Lo they have all flavors.
Gee. None of you should be eating that Yoplait crap yourselves let alone feed it to your kids. It's more pudding than anything remotely resembling yogurt. Check the sugars and carbs: the amounts are staggering! And, it is added high-fructose corn syrup! No wonder we are an obese, sick nation!!
You might wanna speak for yourself, “we” are not obese at all!!! No one in my family is, and we are Americans. We aren’t even considered to be even close to being overweight!! Worry about what you and your family eat instead of what other people eat and feed their kids!!
I'm so glad you posted this. I know I'm late, but I just opened up this crap and didn't even realize (until I read your post)that it has real sugar. Glad I just grabbed one.
Well, if it wasn't for whips I would never eat yogurt....At 48 years of age, the whip is the only reason I eat yogurt and that just started about 3 weeks ago...lol, so I guess I have no complaints as of now.
I eat Whips as a dessert. I get the idea that's what they're intended to be, more or less. Just look a the flavors. Desserts...
Reading all these replies,I now know why it is so difficult to find Whipped Yoplait. I am almost 90 years old and never could eat yogurt, then found Whipped!! now my nephew checks every other day and buys all they have on the shelf - from 12 to 20, for he knows that I have become an addict, but would just like to have more variety...but this great-grannie will make it if they keep making it!
For ice cream, Blue Bell is still sold in 1/2 gallon containers--still a private company.
I have way too many recipes I have to buy 2 of something instead of 1 and then wind up with an open
container in the fridge.
Suzann, check the dates on your Blue Bell 1/2 gallon containers, your store may have sold you expired stock. All the ones I bought in the last year and what's in my freezer are 1.75 qt.
Not Blue Bell...you must be thinking of Blue Bunny. Blue Bell is still a full half-gallon, thank goodness!
Ohhh, she's based in the Chicago area...that explains it!!
What the hell does Chicago have to do with anything?
Yoplait Whips is my crack. Everyone hated them but I love them, Whips has in general ruined all other yogurt. Keep the Whips coming!
I just tried my first whip and I love it. I had the Greek Coconut Macaroon and it was delicious. I'll be getting more, and I will try every flavor. Thanks Yoplait!
The whips is so, so, so good. But id much rather just go for the light. Has more ounces and less calories.
I use to eat your vanilla yogurt, buying the large container. I got tired of the same old flavor, so I got the chocolate whip and I was hooked. I have been buying them every since, but I will no longer buy them. I hate buying them in those small containers costing me money to dispose of them and filling our land with all those little cups so I will not buy any more of your chocolate yogurt until you sale it in the bigger tubs, like the vanilla. I will be looking for them in the bigger tubs, and I look forward to eating your yogurt again
I love the Whips! I am really disappointed I can not find the Cherry Cheesecake flavor at my local grocers anymore. I really like it drizzled on a fruit Salad. I do not care for the texture of regular yogurt. It reminds me of sugar flavored sour cream. Would you grab the sour cream tub out of your fridge and just start eating large spoonfuls of it?? Probably Not!
loved reading these comments...and I love whips....orange cream , raspberry, lemon and lime are my favorites. they are my comfort food. you people made me laugh
I wish they would sell more varieties of whips in the local stores...one could argue that the reason the stores have limited stock is because of available space, however, the whips are always sold out, so, maybe if they move some of the other brands that don't sell as quickly out of the way, there would be more room for the variety of whips us whip lovers crave
My favorite Yoplait whips are strawberry, raspberry and orange crepe. Please ad blueberry flavor to the mix. Whips are my favorite dessert!
I agree with Rachel. I too bought whips many years ago and was aghast when the volume decreased by nearly half when stirred a bit. Whether it is marketed as 4 oz or 6 oz, it comes in the same size packaging as their regular yogurt and costs the same so you are indeed getting less for the same price. It felt sneaky to pump something up with air to increase the volume and basically charge the consumer for air. I never bought it again.
I love Yoplait whips. I can't get enough of them!
I happen to love Yoplait Whips!
It clearly says on the label that it's 4 ozs, so it's not like they're intentionaly tricking you or something. It is whipped, and knowing that, anything whipped IS going to be full of air.. AND why would you stir it? There isn't any fruit on the bottom.