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Written by Stephen Bell on 2024-11-02 at 18:36

There’s an unlabeled cup of plain yogurt and an unlabeled cup of sour cream on the table in front of you. How confident are you that you could tell them apart when you taste them?

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Written by Kristie on 2024-11-02 at 19:32

@stephenjbell I use unsweetened Greek yoghurt as a sour cream substitute all the time. 😁

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Written by Stephen Bell on 2024-11-02 at 19:35

@Kristie Haha. I knew it! Like, are they actually the same thing? Is it a different process that makes them?

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Written by Kristie on 2024-11-02 at 19:45

@stephenjbell I have no idea, but reading the ingredients here (I’m in New Zealand) the plain yogurt will usually have only 2 ingredients, milk and some kind of lactobacillus acidophilus culture.

But the sour cream has starches and thickeners and stabilisers and emulsifiers, sometimes gelatine too. So probably sour cream is made with a more complicated process, but to me the flavour profile is pretty similar, and I’ve had no issues in cooking using the yoghurt instead.

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