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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Yogurt has become a popular ingredient in the United States for everything from toothpaste to pet food to cereal.
"You'll know it's gone too far when you start seeing yogurt beer," Tom Vierhile, director of Datamonitor's Productscan Online, told USA Today.
NPD Group, a market research company, says that 20 years ago almost 10 percent of the population reported eating yoghurt at least once every two weeks. Now, more than 20 percent have become yogurt eaters.
Sales continue to increase, rising 7 percent in one year, according to A.C. Nielsen.
Yogurt has also infiltrated the fast-food industry, with McDonald's offering yogurt parfaits and thinking about a yogurt breakfast drink, while Wendy's has a yogurt-granola combination.
While yogurt with live cultures is healthy, one reason for the explosion of yogurt-flavored cereals and other foods is that many people like the taste.
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People n the Palestinian territories don't have their most basic needs met because of an Israeli blockade, a U.N. human rights official said.
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The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force are to receive support services from SAIC under separate contracts.
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Local markets will probably not be swamped by waves of foreclosures following the multi-state mortgage settlement announced yesterday. Rather, the huge inventory of one to two million foreclosures will enter markets gradually....
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Investors will not have the distraction of financial reports to look forward to this week. They will have to look at the spot news headlines instead.
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