“After eating one mouthful, your neck stretches out two miles.” What exactly is dry choking yogurt?

Recently, a kind of "dry choking yogurt" that can be chewed has attracted everyone's attention. Many netizens posted tasting videos to show how dry it is, and joked that "you have to stretch your neck very long when swallowing" and "after eating this yogurt, your neck will grow eight abdominal muscles."

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As this yogurt became popular, many people began to try to make their own. However, some people vomited after eating homemade dry yogurt and were diagnosed with bacterial food poisoning caused by excessive bacteria in dry yogurt. This made many people curious, what exactly is dry yogurt, what magic does it have? What should we pay attention to when eating it?

What is "Dry Choked Yogurt"?

"Dry yogurt" is actually Greek cold-brewed yogurt. The difference between it and ordinary yogurt is that it does not contain whey. Most of the whey in ordinary yogurt is removed by static filtration, making the yogurt texture very thick and solid, its shape resembles gypsum, and its taste is similar to ice cream or cream. It can be understood as a kind of "concentrated" yogurt.

Dry choking yogurt Source: CCTV News

At first, many fitness enthusiasts chose to use sugar-free or low-sugar yogurt as the base, adding healthy foods such as oats, fresh fruits, and nuts in order to reduce blood sugar and fat while supplementing protein. In this way, a bowl of nutritious meals rich in high-quality protein, calcium, and vitamins, low in fat and sugar, and filling is ready. As people's pursuit of "sugar-free" and "healthy" continues to become more extreme, the ordinary yogurt at the bottom of the bowl has gradually been replaced by "dry yogurt" with whey removed.

However, doctors say that compared with ordinary yogurt, dry yogurt loses some nutrients. Yogurt is concentrated and has a relatively higher protein content, but it is not a low-fat food as claimed on the Internet.

Homemade dry yogurt causes bacterial food poisoning

Recently, a girl made her own dry yogurt at home, but she vomited continuously after eating it: she was diagnosed with bacterial gastroenteritis. The reason was that the girl said that she bought some delicious dry yogurt yesterday, but she was not satisfied after eating it, so she wanted to eat more, so she made some herself. During the production process, she wrapped the yogurt with a face towel and put it in the refrigerator. The reason for using a face towel is that the face towel has a certain water absorption effect, which meets the requirements of making dry yogurt. Of course, other raw and cooked foods are also placed in the refrigerator. After eating the homemade dry yogurt, she soon had stomach pain, nausea and vomiting. After going to the hospital for treatment, she was diagnosed with "bacterial gastroenteritis."

Yogurt filtering may seem simple, but it is actually very easy to be contaminated when homemade, especially when it needs to be placed in the refrigerator, which increases the risk of bacterial contamination, especially Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria

Listeria, a strain widely found in nature, is the main pathogen causing foodborne gastroenteritis, with a mortality rate of 20% to 50%. Listeria can still grow and reproduce in a refrigerated environment of 0 to 4 degrees Celsius, and can survive for 1 year in a low temperature environment of -20 degrees Celsius!

The low temperature environment of the refrigerator's freezer is very suitable for the survival and reproduction of Listeria. Raw milk and its products, ice cream, raw fruits and vegetables, meat and meat products, cold cooked and raw foods, smoked seafood, etc. are all foods that are easily contaminated by Listeria.

Source of Listeria infection: National Emergency Broadcasting

Adults with normal immunity are not easily infected with Listeria, but newborns, pregnant women, the elderly, organ transplant recipients, and people with cellular immune deficiency are very susceptible to infection. Once contaminated food is consumed, central nervous system symptoms such as fever, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, joint pain, headache, and meningitis may occur. For pregnant women, it may also cause serious consequences such as miscarriage and premature birth. The general incubation period is 8 to 24 hours.

In order to avoid food safety risks, it is recommended that you buy ready-made dry milk. If you must make it yourself, please pay attention to:

① Choose fresh, high-quality yogurt and ensure the safety of the raw materials.

② Ensure the hygiene of the production process, such as thoroughly cleaning hands and all containers and tools that may come into contact with food.

③ Choose disposable, food-safe filter cloth or filter directly with a thoroughly cleaned and disinfected filter.

④ Keep it sealed and refrigerated. It is best to store it separately from raw meat, raw seafood, salad and other foods that are easily contaminated by Listeria. It is best to eat the homemade dry yogurt as soon as possible, preferably within three days.

Choking on dry yogurt may cause choking

Recently, many people on the Internet have followed the trend and posted videos of themselves swallowing dry yogurt in big gulps. The yogurt is difficult to chew in the mouth and accumulates on the palate, making it difficult to swallow. People feel suffocated just by looking at it.

Dry choking yogurt, as the name suggests, has very little water content and a thick texture. If you swallow it in large gulps, it can easily cause choking. Try not to give it to children and the elderly. If you want to taste it, it is recommended not to take too large a bite to avoid the risk of choking during tasting and swallowing.

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