Btw here's what that strange liquid on the top of your yogurt is
- Publish date
- Wednesday, 8 Mar 2017, 1:31PM

If you eat Greek yogurt, you're prob familiar with (and grossed out by) the mysterious liquid that you've seen sitting on top of it when you first open the container up.
Perhaps you drain it, perhaps you just avoid looking at it or maybe you mix it into the rest of the yogurt as quickly as possible.Â
On Twitter, people are definitely in their own personal hell when they've been faced with it.Â
i didnt shake my yogurt before pouring it onto my cereal and some nasty clear liquid came out of the carton never buying yogurt again
— i need healing (@donglord99) February 12, 2017
You kno like. The liquid sheit at tha top of the yogurt cup. What the fuck
— JO (@shrimptease) December 6, 2016
A lot of people have confused it for water.
Current mood: water on top of yogurt 😷
— OleMissGroveSquirrel (@GroveSquirell) February 9, 2017
me: *is able to successfully mix the water on top of my yogurt with the yogurt* i am the next gordon ramsay
— tom amy (@spjdermen) December 1, 2016
Serious question: When there's layer of water on top of your yogurt, are you supposed to pour it out or stir it in?
— Friday's Child (@Fridays_Child) November 23, 2016
It's actually not water and tbh it's not even that mysterious! It's whey. Yep, like, the Little Miss Muffet variety. It's the liquid remaining after milk has been strained and curdled — and it's supposed to be in Greek yogurt for nutritional purposes and because it makes yogurt creamier. You're seeing it separated out, which often happens during its journey to your house.
"At time during transit due to handling and temperature fluctuations, some whey may separate from the yogurt and settle on top," a Chobani representative told Cosmopolitan.com.
I used to cry when I opened my yogurt and there was liquid at the top. Now I simply move forward. So yes, I would say I have matured
— Bekah Smith (@bexinator14) January 18, 2017
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