The Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO in Spanish) has published in the first edition of the 2026 Consumer Magazine a study evaluating the most consumed dairy products in Mexico: yogurt.
Products analyzed:
-2 natural yogurts
-2 strawberry-flavored yogurts
-4 sweetened natural yogurts
-7 strawberry yogurts
-1 lactose-free sweetened natural yogurt
-1 lactose-free strawberry yogurt
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.
The Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce (MIFIC) published in public consultation the Central American Technical Regulation: NTON/RTCA 67.04.79:23 Dairy Products. Yogurt (Yogurt, Yogurth, Yoghurt, Yogourt). Specifications for adoption in national regulations. This RTCA establishes the technical specifications to be met by yoghurt, based on the definition in numeral 4.1 of the based on the definition contained in numeral 4.1 of the technical regulation. technical regulation. The regulation provides elements for the classification and composition of yogurt. It applies to y ogurt destined for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of the territory of the States Parties.
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