The short answer

The best yogurts for high cholesterol are fat-free (0%) Greek yogurt and skyr, such as Fage Total 0%, Oikos Triple Zero and Arla Skyr, with 0 to 0.2g of saturated fat per 150g. Full-fat Greek and Greek-style yogurts had 5.3 to 7.8g, and a coconut yogurt had 10g, so the fat level on the pot matters far more than the brand.

Quick picks from our table:

  • Best overall: Fage Total 0% (US and UK): 0g saturated fat per 150g, plain and high in protein, with about 4.5g of sugar, all from the milk
  • Best US: Oikos Triple Zero Vanilla and Dannon Light + Fit Greek Vanilla: 0g; Oikos has no added sugar on its label
  • Best UK: Arla Skyr Natural and Müller Light Greek Style: 0.2g
  • Best plant-based: Alpro Plain Soya and Oatly Oatgurt Plain: 0.9g (Alpro's has a little added sugar)
  • Limit: Silk Greek Style coconutmilk yogurt (10g), Rachel's Organic Greek Style (7.8g) and full-fat Fage Total (5.3 to 5.4g)

Label data only, not medical advice

This ranking compares what each pot's nutrition label says about saturated fat and sugar. It isn't a health rating of any brand, and no yogurt here is a cholesterol-lowering food. Recipes change, so check the label on the pot you buy. If your doctor or dietitian has given you specific limits, follow those.

25 yogurts ranked by saturated fat

Every yogurt is compared on the same 150g serving: one US 5.3oz cup, or a typical UK single pot (UK pots run from about 110 to 150g, so a smaller pot has proportionally less). Big tubs are scaled to the same 150g. Bands: Better 2g or less per serving, Occasional over 2g up to 4.5g, Treat over 4.5g. Sugar is total sugar, which includes the 3 to 5g of lactose (milk sugar) that plain dairy yogurt has naturally.

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Sorted by saturated fat per serving, lowest first. Tap a column heading to re-sort. Data fetched from Open Food Facts on 2026-11-10.
1 Fage Total 0% Plain GreekUS · 150g 0g 0% 0g 4.4g Better
2 Oikos Triple Zero VanillaUS · 150g 0g 0% 0g 5g Better
3 Dannon Light + Fit Greek VanillaUS · 150g 0g 0% 0g 7g Better
4 Fage Total 0% Greek YoghurtUK · 150g 0g 0% 0g 4.5g Better
5 Arla Skyr NaturalUK · 150g 0.2g 2% 0.1g 6g Better
6 Arla Skyr VanillaUK · 150g 0.2g 2% 0.1g 11.3g Better
7 Müller Light Greek StyleUK · 150g 0.2g 2% 0.1g 8.7g Better
8 Yeo Valley Organic Super Thick Kefir NaturalUK · 150g 0.5g 4% 0.3g 5.3g Better
9 Two Good VanillaUS · 150g 0.9g 7% 0.6g 1.8g Better
10 Yoplait Original StrawberryUS · 150g 0.9g 7% 0.6g 15.9g Better
11 Oatly Oatgurt PlainUS · 150g 0.9g 7% 0.6g 6.2g Better
12 Alpro Plain SoyaUK · 150g 0.9g 7% 0.6g 3.3g Better
13 Oatly Oatgurt Greek StyleUK · 150g 1.2g 9% 0.8g 6.2g Better
14 Activia StrawberryUS · 150g 1.3g 10% 0.9g 15.9g Better
15 Chobani Complete VanillaUS · 150g 1.5g 12% 1g 6g Better
16 Fage Total 2% Plain GreekUS · 150g 2.2g 17% 1.5g 4.4g Occasional
17 Onken Natural Set YogurtUK · 150g 3.3g 25% 2.2g 7.1g Occasional
18 Müller Corner StrawberryUK · 150g 3.8g 29% 2.5g 18g Occasional
19 Yeo Valley Organic NaturalUK · 150g 3.8g 29% 2.5g 7.4g Occasional
20 Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk PlainUS · 150g 4g 31% 2.6g 5.3g Occasional
21 Noosa StrawberryUS · 150g 4.6g 35% 3.1g 21.2g Treat
22 Fage Total 5% Plain GreekUS · 150g 5.3g 41% 3.5g 4.4g Treat
23 Fage Total Greek YoghurtUK · 150g 5.4g 42% 3.6g 4.5g Treat
24 Rachel's Organic Greek Style NaturalUK · 150g 7.8g 60% 5.2g 7.5g Treat
25 Silk Greek Style Coconutmilk Yogurt (Blueberry)US · 150g 10g 77% 6.7g 9g Treat

Nutrition data from Open Food Facts, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Product names link to each product's Open Food Facts page.

What the ranking shows

  • The fat level decides it, not the style. Fage Total comes in 0%, 2% and 5%: 0g, 2.2g and 5.3g of saturated fat per 150g. About two thirds of milk fat is saturated, so every step up in fat adds saturated fat almost one for one.
  • "Greek" and "Greek style" aren't the same. Strained Greek yogurt can be fat-free. UK "Greek style" yogurt is often whole-milk yogurt thickened with cream: Rachel's Organic Greek Style Natural had 7.8g per 150g, 60% of a 13g daily limit in one pot.
  • Skyr is reliably low. Skyr is made from skimmed milk, so Arla Skyr Natural and Vanilla both had 0.2g per 150g. The vanilla one adds sugar (11.3g of total sugar against 6g for natural).
  • Plain whole-milk yogurt sits in the middle. Stonyfield Organic Whole Milk (4g), Yeo Valley Organic Natural (3.8g) and Onken Natural (3.3g) are Occasional: fine now and then, but a pot a day would use up a quarter to a third of a 13g limit.
  • Plant-based depends on the plant. Soya and oat yogurts were low: Alpro Plain Soya and Oatly Oatgurt Plain had 0.9g, Oatly's UK Greek Style 1.2g (it gets its fat from rapeseed oil). The coconut yogurt had the most of anything: 10g, because coconut fat is mostly saturated.
  • Fruit pots trade fat for sugar. Low-fat fruit yogurts were low in saturated fat, but Yoplait Original Strawberry had 11.5g of added sugar per 150g and Noosa Strawberry 13.3g (US labels). Müller Corner Strawberry had 3.8g of saturated fat and 18g of total sugar.
  • US labels round. US Nutrition Facts round saturated fat under 0.5g per serving down to 0g, so the US yogurts showing 0g could have a trace.

How to choose a yogurt

  1. Look for 0% or fat-free, or skyr. On a UK pot, 1.5g of saturates or less per 100g counts as low; most fat-free and skyr yogurts are 0.1 to 0.3g. On a US label, check saturated fat per serving and the serving size.
  2. Read "Greek style" carefully. If the ingredients list cream, or the saturates line is over 3g per 100g, it's a full-fat yogurt.
  3. Buy plain, flavour it yourself. Plain yogurt has only milk sugar. Add berries, a little honey or cinnamon, and you control the sugar. US labels show added sugars; on UK pots, look for sugar in the ingredients.
  4. For plant-based, pick soya or oat over coconut. Check that it's fortified with calcium if it's replacing dairy.
  5. Use it as a swap. Yogurt's biggest benefit for cholesterol is what it replaces: fat-free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream, crème fraîche, cream or mayonnaise cuts several grams of saturated fat per serving.

Make it a better breakfast

Top plain 0% Greek yogurt or skyr with oats, berries and ground flaxseed for soluble fibre, which helps carry cholesterol out of the body (see how fibre works like a cholesterol sponge). More ideas in our low-cholesterol breakfast guide and best cereal ranking, and the basics of yogurt and cholesterol in our yogurt food guide.

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How we ranked them

We picked best-selling yogurts in the US and UK, from Chobani, Fage, Oikos and Yoplait to Müller, Yeo Valley, Arla and Alpro, and took each one's nutrition data from Open Food Facts, an open database built from product labels. To catch mistakes, we compared each product's current record with an earlier copy and left out any where the saturated fat, fat or sugar didn't match. That excluded Chobani Non-Fat Plain and one of the US Fage Total 0% records (we used another Fage 0% record that matched).

All yogurts are compared on 150g, calculated from the per 100g values. Percentages are of 13g, the American Heart Association's suggested daily limit for saturated fat on a 2,000 calorie diet. The NHS upper limit is 20g a day for women and 30g for men. The full dataset and the script that builds it are kept with this page and refreshed periodically.

Yogurt and cholesterol: quick answers

What is the best yogurt for high cholesterol?

Plain fat-free (0%) Greek yogurt or skyr. In our comparison, Fage Total 0%, Oikos Triple Zero and Dannon Light + Fit Greek had 0g of saturated fat per 150g, and Arla Skyr Natural 0.2g. Plain versions have no added sugar, so add fruit yourself.

Is Greek yogurt good for high cholesterol?

Fat-free Greek yogurt is a good choice: high in protein with almost no saturated fat (Fage Total 0% had 0g per 150g). Full-fat Greek yogurt is different: Fage Total 5% had 5.3g per 150g, about 41% of a 13g daily limit, and a cream-enriched Greek-style yogurt had 7.8g. Check the fat level on the pot.

Does yogurt lower cholesterol?

Ordinary yogurt isn't a cholesterol-lowering food, and studies on yogurt and LDL cholesterol are mixed. Its main benefit is as a swap: low-fat yogurt in place of cream, sour cream or full-fat desserts cuts saturated fat, which does raise LDL. Yogurt drinks fortified with plant sterols or stanols are the exception, and can lower LDL when taken daily.

Is full-fat yogurt bad for cholesterol?

Full-fat yogurt adds saturated fat: 3.3 to 4g per 150g for plain whole-milk yogurts in our table, and 5.3 to 7.8g for full-fat Greek and Greek-style. It isn't off limits, but if your LDL is high, low-fat or fat-free yogurt leaves more room in a daily limit of about 13g.

Is skyr good for cholesterol?

Skyr is made from skimmed milk, so it is very low in saturated fat: Arla Skyr Natural and Vanilla both had 0.2g per 150g. It is also high in protein. Flavoured skyr adds sugar, so plain is the better everyday choice.

Is plant-based yogurt better for cholesterol?

It depends on the plant. Soya and oat yogurts were low in saturated fat (Alpro Plain Soya and Oatly Oatgurt Plain had 0.9g per 150g), but a coconut yogurt had 10g, more than any dairy yogurt we compared. Plant yogurts have no cholesterol, but saturated fat matters more for LDL.

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