Plain Whole-milk Yogurt

Plain whole-milk yogurt is a cultured dairy product with a smooth, spoonable body and a glossy white appearance. It tastes mildly tangy and creamy, adds gentle acidity and richness to dressings, marinades, and batters, and works well as a cooling dollop on soups or stews. Sold in tubs and single-serve cups in set or stirred styles.\n\nIt developed from milk fermentation traditions across Central Asia and the Middle East and spread through the Balkans into Europe. Modern production uses starter cultures of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus.