Lavva, a Hudson Valley, New York-based vegan yogurt company, is stirring up the non-dairy yogurt aisle with its new line of yogurts. Launched earlier this year, Lavva is not your typical soy, coconut, or even flax-based brand. The company has created a truly unique plant-based product made with pili nuts for a creamy, nutrient-rich, and dairy-free yogurt.
Liz Fisher, Lavva’s founder, discovered the pili nut while researching foods to help combat her cancer and restore her health. The nut is native to Southeast Asia and not easy to find in the U.S. Fisher found that pili nuts are packed with essential nutrients, including vitamin E and magnesium, and contains all the amino acids for protein building. What’s more, it makes for a great yogurt in terms of texture. She said in a press release, “When I started to play around with the nut, I found it whips up into a buttercream consistency.” Fisher worked on her vegan yogurt recipe for two years before debuting on market shelves in early 2018.
In addition to the pili nut, Lavva yogurts incorporate a blend of other non-traditional yet health-promoting ingredients. The nuts are blended with plantains, coconut, cassava, and fruit to create a clean product that satisfies like yogurt without adding gums or sugars. The final product is dairy, soy, and gluten-free, and also totes 50 billion live probiotics, prebiotics, and healthy plant-based fats.
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