OneZo Tapioca adds yogurt drinks to menu

MANILA -- OneZo Tapioca, known for making their pearls in-store, has launched its line of yogurt drinks.

The store has developed a following by sticking to its no-preservative standards with regards to its ingredients. It uses fresh milk for its drinks and fresh yogurt for this new series.

OneZo yogurt is the base of the drink and real fruit are sliced and mixed into the Mango Madness, Banana Delight, and Fruity Strawberry. 

If you want to be a little indulgent with your yogurt drink, try the Oreo Loco, and the Dirty Yogurt, which is yogurt with brown sugar syrup and OneZo’s freshly made pearls.

“We recognize our responsibility to continuously launch yummy drinks, yet they should be healthy. We also recognize that there is a market craving for such drinks,” said Christopher Chua of Unibev Enterprises, owner of the OneZo Tapioca franchise in the Philippines.

The yogurt drinks will be available in all OneZo Tapioca branches starting this week.

OneZo Tapioca can be found in the new East Wing of Estancia in Capitol Commons, Banawe, Promenade in Greenhills, with branches in Araneta Center, Landmark Trinoma, and Kalayaan Avenue in Makati opening soon.

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Yogurt may reduce high blood pressure

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Long-term yogurt-eaters were less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who didn't eat yogurt, U.S. researchers found.

During the 15 year study, the researchers tracked more than 2,000 volunteers who did not have high blood pressure at the beginning of the study.

Yogurt consumption was measured by questionnaires filled out by the volunteers at three intervals over the study period.

The study found 31 percent were less likely to develop high blood pressure if at least 2 percent of their daily calories came from yogurt -- or eating at least one 6-ounce cup of low-fat yogurt every three days. In addition, systolic blood pressure increased less than that of people who didn't eat yogurt, the study said.

The study was funded by the Framingham Heart Study of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health and by a research grant from the Dannon Co. Inc.

The findings were presented at the American Heart Association's High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions in Washington.

source: upi.com