Viva la calcium, protein, and vitamin D
Calcium. Feel it in your bones.
One of our six-ounce yogurts gives you 25–35% of your daily calcium, and our O’Soy soy yogurt is a good non-dairy source of calcium.
Calcium is key for bone health. But nine out of ten women and teenage girls and plenty of men and teenage boys get too little of it. Kids, teens, and young adults need calcium to build strong bones, and adults over 30 need it to protect their bones from irreversible density loss and osteoporosis, the disease that makes bones brittle and weak.
Recommended daily calcium intake*
Age (years)
Calcium (mg per day)
1–3
500 mg
4–8
800 mg
9–18
1,300 mg
19–50
1,000 mg
51+
1,200 mg
Pregnant/lactating women
1,000 mg
* According to the National Academy of Sciences
Protein, for everything
Our yogurts are a good source of protein. A 5.3-ounce serving of our Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt gives you 15 grams of protein — a good portion of your recommended dietary allowance — and our O’Soy is the only soy yogurt with 7 grams of soy protein per 6-ounce serving.
Your body needs protein for growth, tissue repair, digestion, immune-system function, and every chemical reaction in your body. The protein in our yogurt is a good source of the amino acid leucine, which helps maintain lean muscle during dieting.
Recommended dietary allowances (RDA) for protein*
Age (years)
RDA of protein (grams per day)
1–3
16
4–6
24
7–10
28
11–14
45–46
Males 15–18
59
19–24
58
25+
63
Females 15–18
44
19–24
46
25+
50
* According to the National Academy of Sciences
The wonder vitamin, D
We add vitamin D to our yogurts because it helps your body absorb more calcium and because it’s a key nutrient, especially for children, teenage girls, post-menopausal women, older men, people of color, obese people, and those who live in higher latitudes and get less sun. Vitamin D…
- increases calcium absorption, helping to decrease the risk of osteoporosis;
- promotes anti-cancer activity and may reduce 17 types of cancer;
- helps the immune and nervous systems defend the body from illness;
- is involved in blood pressure regulation and is helpful for those with hypertension;
- is associated with the increase and maintenance of muscle strength in the elderly; and
- helps maintain insulin levels in diabetics and prediabetics.
