Live yoghurt in France

[stan]

I cannot find anything other than creme fraiche in our local SuperU. Can anyone out there tell me what "live yaourt" is in French is and maybe a couple of brand names. I need it to marinade some chicken for a curry. Thanks in advance.

[Clair]

Do you mean plain yoghurt?

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[NormanH]

I think live yoghurt is au bifidus actif , such as Activia by Danone.

[stan]

After doing a bit of digging of a quiet Sunday, I have just answered my own question. All yoghurt is "live", apart from those that are UHT or "long life". The thing that threw me at the supermarket was that all yoghurt I picked up was marked as pasteurised and I was thinking there would be no "liveness" in it if it were pasteurised, however I have found that "live" yoghurt is made with pasteurised dairy products, hence the labelling, and that the "bifidus" type bacteria strains are added to some products as an extra, like Activia to stimulate the friendly bacteria in the gut.

So, thank you to all contributors, much obliged.

[Chancer]

You are correct Stan, I make my own in a yaourtiére and use whatever plain yoghurt is the cheapest as a starter culture, they all seem to work as well as each other including the bifidus ones, I find that its the milk that makes the difference to the taste and thickness/texture

[NormanH]

Thanks chaps. I didn't know that.

Chancer when I made my own yoghurt in the UK I used to boil down the milk by two thirds then let it cool, which gave a thick creamy type of yoghurt if you like that.