Frozen Yogurt History and Facts

In my last bog, I talked about food that may seem a little gross and nasty but is still loved in different countries. In this blog, I'll be talking about the History of an amazing dessert. A dessert that should be known about and loved around the world! The desert that is frozen. The desert that is smooth. You might be thinking about ice cream but, I'm not. This dessert is so, so, so, SO much better than ice cream (my opinion) This amazing, fabulous, scrumptious dessert is the one. The only. FROZEN YOGURT! Amazing, I know. Delicious, of course!
Now what is the history behind frozen yogurt? You may think that it doesn't have a very exciting, interesting or cool history. Maybe someone just froze their yogurt on accident and it became a trend. If that's what you're thinking then... maybe you're right. Frozen yogurt has very short history as it was only invented about three decades ago. That, however, won't stop me from sharing it with you.
Frozen yogurt, basically the healthy ice cream. It was created in the early 1970s in New England by a man named H.P Hood. In about 1978, they started to sell frozen yogurt in tubs. After that, a popular yogurt company Dannon started to sell it on a stick under the name Danny. Another fun fact I bet you didn't know is that Frozen Yogurt was first called "Frogurt." What an appetizing name.
A lot of people didn't really like the tart taste that frozen yogurt had at the time. More sugar was added to balance out the tartness and gained popularity in the 1980s. Frozen yogurt began to become more and more popular all across America. Shops and stores started to sell for the more "health-minded" customers. Even though the popularity of the dessert increased, it was still no match for ice cream, king of frozen desserts! In the 1990s, "Frogurt" had taken 10% of the frozen dessert share. Even though in the 90s, the dessert had a steady rate of popularity, when self serve frozen yogurt machines were introduced in the 2000s, the fro-yo industry boomed with popularity. Unlike the 90s, the self serve frozen yogurt machines gave people more of choice of how they wanted their dessert. They can pick more than one flavor, they can have more toppings, it was just better than before!
With the "freedom" of having more of a choice when it came to their frogurt, the frozen yogurt shops continued to help make the franchise expand. Frozen Yogurt shops had an inviting atmosphere and made everyone feel welcomed. This helped yogurt shops get more business. It was like a coffee house, people came in to hang out and talk while having some delicious frozen yogurt. They were like meeting places. Have you ever seen that show "Friends"? When they go to the coffee shop, The Central Perk, they are always hanging out there. That's what Frozen Yogurt shops were like. People would hang out, talk, and even made it their own hangout spots.
Can you think of any cool frozen yogurt fun facts? No? Then here's some! (Be sure to tell your friends all these interesting fun facts!!)

1.) It contains helpful, "good bacteria." The bacteria that's in it is shown to help keep the digestive system healthy and the help the immune system fight infections.
2) It got it's name from the Turkish word "yogurur" which means "long life." There's been a belief that eating yogurt will give you a long life! So keep on eating!
3) Before leaning in for that one quick kiss, why don't you just go out and eat frozen yogurt before hand instead of reaching for a breath mint. Frozen yogurt has been shown to improve your breath.
4) It'll help you burn fat and lose the weight. It makes you feel fuller so if you eat it as a snack, you won't eat as much when you have your next real meal.
5) This is for if you're lactose-intolerant. Frozen yogurt is easy to digest. So even though it may have milk in it, it's easy for everyone to digest because of this one thing called the "Fermentation Process" which basically means it's a chemical breakdown.
6) Although I said that in the 1970s frozen yogurt was introduced, that doesn't mean that it was made then. People have actually been eating plain flavored yogurt for over 4,000 years!
7) In 1981, a Frozen yogurt company (like Danny) was introduced and got a way better turn out in sales than Danny because their yogurt was much sweeter. The frozen yogurt company TCBY was an arcanum and people always wondered what it was stood for. At first, it stood for " This Can't Be Yogurt" but that got changed to "The Country's Best Yogurt" and I'm sure that many people would agree.
Have you learned something new about the creamy, delicious, scrumptious frozen dessert that is frozen yogurt?! I hope you did. There are some really interesting things about frozen yogurt that I never knew and now I have better knowledge about it.