Euro CuisineGY50 Greek Yogurt Maker with Ultra Fine Mesh Strainer Basket, BPA Free, Patented Greek Yogurt Strainer for Homemade Greek Yogurt (White)

OH MY Gosh this is a great product. I have read the negative reviews and it is almost like we have different items.. We run a community house and we are fermenting foods especially yogurt and kefir ...for health and to save money. The GY50 works better than regular strainers and you can store the yogurt after you have strained it in it very easily. We tried several strainers and colandars with a variety of things in them. We work with DV victims, combat veterans, the homeless etc...many people come to us in poor health and we teach cooking and techniques for a healthy lifestyle on a low income using organic and whole foods. Making yogurt is definitely part of this process. Real Homemade Greek Yogurt is as Good or Better than store bought with no extra additives or thickeners. You can get an amazing product and it is alot cheaper which is important if you are low income and using food stamps or supplies from the food bank. We really wish Organic whole food was available to everyone. We think it would cut medical bills for the country in a big way. For us this is a health investment.We looked at many heating yogurt machines but due to volume we make on a weekly basis decided to keep our method going, which is basically to do a gallon batch each time. We use a pressure cooker to heat/cool down milk, We then put culture in and put in quart mason jars, we are moving to two quart jars purchased from Amazon.Com because they fit inside the Pressure Cooker when we are fermenting. Please note the cooker is not on heat. We just add warm water and and close the lid... and then ferment over night in the pressure cooker, then pour into Euro Cuisine CY50 Greek Yogurt Maker....this item is actually NOT a yogurt maker from the perspective that it does not ferment the yogurt, it is a full size (2) quart strainer. It is sort of like a giant coffee strainer. It holds the large size of "Nancy's Honey Cultured Yogurt" perfectly. You get several cups of whey out of it. We turn our whey into lemonade and other drinks for people to consume for the culture and health benefits which include ulcers and gasteric problems. We ferment our own yogurt as well as use Nancy's as a backup because we eat so much weekly. It is really a shame so many Americans suffer from stomach and gut problems including surgeries when they can eat their medicine and enjoy it! We tried other methods to strain yogurt but decided on this product because of the cost and the fact we do not like to strain products into paper towels or coffee filters. It is easy to clean to but we keep adding yogurt to it and putting it back in the fridge! Some of the reviews say this product is fragile. I have not experienced this. It might be because we use plastic utensils and avoid metal because with Kefir fermentation metal can change the flavor. When you first put in the yogurt it can be runny. We spoon it in and then just pour on top when we get to the bottom of our quart and two quart jars. It sets up in a few hours but if you like it extra firm let it set up overnight. Using cream or 1/2 and 1/2 during fermentation is absolutely divine. The Euro Cuisine GY50 Maker Works great either straining yogurt you just made or prepared yogurt into creamy Greek Style yogurt. We are making yogurt cheese as we speak. You just let it drain a litte bit longer. We would definitely purchase this item again. We plan on having fermenting parties to teach others how to do this. Amazon is a great place to get supplies and the prices seem to be the best. We know down the road we will want another one. Even the die hard, "I don't eat yogurt" change their minds after eating homemade Greek Yogurt. We are not kidding...it is really amazing stuff. We are plugging Nancy's Cultured products as a prepared yogurt to use because of the volume but there are many others that simply cost more. Either way it is much cheaper to make Greek Yogurt from scratch or straining your own. We paid for this Amazon purchase in in 4 cultured batches.www.harmonyhealingheartservices.org

This is just right for straining s 2-quart batch of my homemade yogurt. The mesh is very fine, so the whey drips through, leaving the yogurt behind to thicken. It’s not overly difficult to remove the yogurt when it’s ready. It’s also easy enough to clean. (It’s not dishwashers safe, but it washes up just fine.)It will take up a good bit of space in the fridge, but let’s be realistic. It has to be large enough to hold 2 quarts of yogurt. That’s the amount I make, so this is the right size fort me.

This makes the whole process of making yogurt so much easier! No trying to fine cheese cloth or anything. Works beautifully. Captures the whey for use later. Easy cleanup. Worth every penny

Great quality!! Makes Greek yogurt easy without a fuss and easy to clean!!

I've been making greek yogurt for a while, and had been using a cheesecloth setup to strain the yogurt.Since my setup was a bit messy I was looking for an easier-to-use device.After using the Euro Cuisine GY50 five times, here is what I found.The key question to me was how well the mesh would strain the yogurt compared to cheesecloth.See the photo for a comparison of the straining capabilities of the GY50. They whey was properly extracted, but also allowed some yogurt to pass (jar on right-hand side), whereas the cheesecloth filtered out the whey much better (jar on the left-hand side).Deal-breaker? No. While it could work better, I find it works well enough.Pros:- Fully self-contained- Space-saving for refrigerator- Works for 1/2 gallonCons:- Mesh is somewhat flimsy, and care needs to be taken when cleaning. A good soak and rinse goes a long way to prevent from damaging it.Now stop reading reviews, buy this thing, and go make some greek yogurt.

If you want a tool to help you make your yogurt thicker look no further! This works really really well. Very easy to use and to clean afterwards. Worth every penny.

I love this strainer! Does a great job at straining greek yogurt or cream cheese. I plan on trying other cheeses soon. A bit nervous about the fragility of the mesh, so I gently hand-wash it; however, I've used it multiple times, and it is holding up just fine. Fantastic product!

This product is outstanding!! I make my own yogurt and bought two of them in February 2024 and have used them 3 times a week for the past year and they work fabulously. They strain the whey beautifully -- I put it on my plants -- and they're easy to clean, but you have to be gentle when cleaning. I didn't expect them to hold up under this much use but they've exceeded my expectations. Very well done.