Inulin is a dietary fibre that is added to help our gut bacteria thrive, It was added because a lot of us do not get enough of this type of fibre in our diets and it helps support the cultures in our gut. It gets broken down in the lower gut and has many important health benefits. It is extracted from plants (mostly Chicory that has large amounts of it).
For the rest, most of the ingredients such as the starches are to provide a consistent product that has a reasonable shelf life.
My previous post was to point out that some/many Strawberry Youghurts can and do contain Strawberries in response to
Of course it would be great if we all went back to whole foods and less refined product but for many this is not easily achievable for reasons of room, access, ability, finances, time and many other considerations. This is why it is good to see products on shelves that provide real benefits rather than some of the junk food alternatives out there.
We do not consume large amounts of fruit/flavoured Youghurts and consider them as the occasional treat. We prefer to use plain youghurts and sometimes will add some apple, or mango, or strawberries, or hulled cherries, or raspberries, or banana, or passionfruit or similar or some mixture of any at the time of consumption. We prefer Youghurt to sour cream in many of our dishes and happily add it as a dressing and or ingredient to our curries, Stroganoff and similar cream containing dishes. We use plain as the base for Lassi, favourite being Mango Lassi but Rosewater or others are also enjoyed.
Can I recommend you try Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan). It is a smaller seed, has a great flavour and is quite hardy. It doesn’t require much water and the yield can be poor but with your hydroponics setup it might work very well for you. It can be grown into a small tree if you wish to plant it out but yields do drop off after about 2 years so you may wish to replant a new set every year for rotation reasons.
It makes the best Dhal…you can use it green or dried and it can be bought from many Indian supply stores. If they don’t understand what you are asking for try “Tur” or “Toor Dal”