Yogurt maker: A must-have item if you want to make fermented foods
April 28, 2021
Yogurt is expensive in Singapore.
Recently, ocean freight rates have skyrocketed (2 to 4 times higher depending on the route), from $7.50 per 950g to a whopping $9.20, an increase of more than 20%.
There used to be a time when two bottles of milk were priced at $5, but I don't see that much these days... (I often go to the fair price finest.)
Refrigerated and frozen foods are imported in "reefer containers (with coolers)," which have sea freight rates several times higher than "dry containers," which become like saunas directly under the equator .
Of course, Inazo's brown rice is also imported in these reefer containers from Akita via Busan, Korea .
The transportation costs for dry container rice (supermarket rice) are low to begin with, so I don't think they will be that expensive (or they can be maintained at that price) , but for a company that places importance on quality, this increase in expenses is still a big problem.
In other words, yogurt is bound to become more expensive.
It's a different story for the wealthy, of whom one in six people in Singapore is said to have one (really? lol) , but for the average person, $9.20 is still expensive.
In Japan, where we are self-sufficient in yogurt, it is cheap so it may be better to buy it , but in Singapore, it is much more economical to make it yourself!
Yogurt is incredibly easy to make. Even a second-grader like me can help.
1. Prepare a yogurt maker that can maintain 40 degrees.
2. For 1L, add 100g of yogurt (unsweetened).
3. Fill a container with room temperature milk (not low fat).
4. Mix well
5. Leave to ferment for 8 hours
6. Chill in the refrigerator
That's it. Make it in the morning, chill it overnight, and eat it in the morning. Or you can do it the other way around.
This means that you can make 1000g of yogurt (with a 50g bonus) for just $3.50, which is $9.20 per bottle, plus $2.70 (?) for a carton of milk and about $0.80 for a little yogurt !!
If a household eats 950g of yogurt every day, they'll spend $9.50 a year on yogurt - a whopping $3,468!
If you make it yourself every day, it would only cost you a little over $1,000.
The difference was about $2,500, leaving Mommy's pockets overflowing with bills!
Inazo 's rice is delicious, but it's expensive...
This is surely a much smarter choice than the extremely irrational economics of taking a taxi to Do△ki for $20 round trip and buying 5kg of Japanese rice (which is old rice at that) for $25.
You can make Nature and Bulgarian plain yogurt (→ You can really make that as is), and depending on the model, you can also make Caspian Sea and Greek style yogurt.
Yogurt makers are also extremely useful for making your own fermented foods, such as natto and amazake.
For mom's intestinal health and beauty. For dad's increasingly hard-working days. For the endless energy of the monsters.
We highly recommend that every household purchase a yogurt maker.
Yogurt is expensive in Singapore.
Recently, ocean freight rates have skyrocketed (2 to 4 times higher depending on the route), from $7.50 per 950g to a whopping $9.20, an increase of more than 20%.
There used to be a time when two bottles of milk were priced at $5, but I don't see that much these days... (I often go to the fair price finest.)
Refrigerated and frozen foods are imported in "reefer containers (with coolers)," which have sea freight rates several times higher than "dry containers," which become like saunas directly under the equator .
Of course, Inazo's brown rice is also imported in these reefer containers from Akita via Busan, Korea .
The transportation costs for dry container rice (supermarket rice) are low to begin with, so I don't think they will be that expensive (or they can be maintained at that price) , but for a company that places importance on quality, this increase in expenses is still a big problem.
In other words, yogurt is bound to become more expensive.
It's a different story for the wealthy, of whom one in six people in Singapore is said to have one (really? lol) , but for the average person, $9.20 is still expensive.
In Japan, where we are self-sufficient in yogurt, it is cheap so it may be better to buy it , but in Singapore, it is much more economical to make it yourself!
Yogurt is incredibly easy to make. Even a second-grader like me can help.
1. Prepare a yogurt maker that can maintain 40 degrees.
2. For 1L, add 100g of yogurt (unsweetened).
3. Fill a container with room temperature milk (not low fat).
4. Mix well
5. Leave to ferment for 8 hours
6. Chill in the refrigerator
That's it. Make it in the morning, chill it overnight, and eat it in the morning. Or you can do it the other way around.
This means that you can make 1000g of yogurt (with a 50g bonus) for just $3.50, which is $9.20 per bottle, plus $2.70 (?) for a carton of milk and about $0.80 for a little yogurt !!
If a household eats 950g of yogurt every day, they'll spend $9.50 a year on yogurt - a whopping $3,468!
If you make it yourself every day, it would only cost you a little over $1,000.
The difference was about $2,500, leaving Mommy's pockets overflowing with bills!
Inazo 's rice is delicious, but it's expensive...
This is surely a much smarter choice than the extremely irrational economics of taking a taxi to Do△ki for $20 round trip and buying 5kg of Japanese rice (which is old rice at that) for $25.
You can make Nature and Bulgarian plain yogurt (→ You can really make that as is), and depending on the model, you can also make Caspian Sea and Greek style yogurt.
Yogurt makers are also extremely useful for making your own fermented foods, such as natto and amazake.
For mom's intestinal health and beauty. For dad's increasingly hard-working days. For the endless energy of the monsters.
We highly recommend that every household purchase a yogurt maker.