Bulgarian or Greek? Haar Examines Yogurt Types

Clinical Professor and Chair for the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Mindy Haar, Ph.D., RDN, is quoted in a Verywell Health article detailing the differences between Bulgarian and Greek yogurt. While nutritionally similar, the two differ in texture, taste, and formulation.

Both yogurts begin as milk fermented with beneficial bacteria, Haar notes, but where Greek yogurt is thick and creamy with mild flavor, Bulgarian yogurt leans thinner and more fluid with a tangier taste. Greek yogurt, strained to remove whey, often contains more protein and less lactose compared to its Bulgarian counterpart.

Haar reminds readers that regardless of which kind is bought, any plain yogurt can become more flavorful and nutritionally dense by adding fruit or small amounts of sweeteners.