White Moustache Whey Tonic & Labneh Review

Fro-yo girl here. One of the byproducts of strained yogurt is whey. Greek yogurt manufacturers have been paying people to take their whey. White Moustache makes small batch yogurt by hand and they found a creative way to use whey – probiotic tonics and pops (frozen popsicles). I spotted their whey tonics at Eataly in Los Angeles. They had two flavors, pineapple and passionfruit. One 16 oz bottle was $4.80. That makes it cheaper than cold pressed juice and comparable to kombucha. The heavy glass bottle was very nice. It reminded me of cold pressed juice.

White Moustache whey tonics come in the following flavors: plain, ginger, honey lime, passion fruit and pineapple flavor.

* Passion fruit whey tonic: It was light, tangy, and not too sweet. I couldn’t taste yogurt but I could taste the passion fruit. The tonic was lighter than pure juice. Mr. Froyo liked how it was refreshing and balanced. It was sour but not overwhelmingly so.

Ingredients: Yogurt whey, passion fruit juice, pear juice. The whey has live and active cultures. They’re supposed to help with digestion.

One serving (8 oz) is 90 calories, 20 g of sugar, 0 g fat.

Kombucha has a more distinctive taste than yogurt whey and has much less sugar.

I actually tried and reviewed a yogurt whey drink called Drinkwell Softers in 2013: https://froyogirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/drinkwell-softers-review.html

White Moustache also makes whole milk labneh which is strained yogurt. It comes in three flavors: Plain, Shankleesh, and Kurdish. An 8 oz tub is $9.80. 

Shankleesh labneh has aleppo pepper and za'atar, the spice blend that typically has sesame seeds, thyme, sumac, and salt. It's really good - thick, creamy, a little spicy, tangy, and zesty. And it's divine with crisp Persian cucumbers. But is it that much better than the Golden Plate labneh that's imported from Cyprus and just $150 for 17.6 oz.? I don't think so.

4 out of 5 stars.

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