The Food Directorate of the National Health Regulatory Authority has published NTON 03 073 – 06 Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard for sweetened, natural, flavored and fruit yogurt (yogurt, yoghurt). This standard applies to processors, importers and distributors that manufacture and/or commercialize sweetened, natural, flavored and fruity yogurt.

Natural or plain yogurt. Means the coagulated milk product obtained by lactic fermentation by the action of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus from milk and milk products as listed in section 4.1.2 and with or without the optional additions listed in section 4.1.4.