the Berry Blue Yoghurt Experiment

I've started making my own yoghurt. 
Scroll to bottom for photos. 
I'm using an Easiyo Pot and prepare packet mixes. 
So far the regular yoghurt has been a success. Strawberry flavour went down well with one of my sons who is modifying his diet because of a medical condition. The unsweetened Greek style yoghurt was inedible it was so bitter. I sweetened up the next batch. 
Then I started thinking about making my own yoghurt from scratch and the addition of flavouring and sweetness. Not a lot of sweetening, just enough to get past that bitter taste. 
So, . . . . 
I've done quite a bit of reading on the topic in the last 2 days and found out that some people do add gelatin when making yoghurt.  It was from reading this that i decided to add Aeroplane Jelly in an effort to give flavour and sweetness. However, the amount of gelatin I'm adding is much less than in those recipies.
I'm going to be using a small portion of an already made Greek yoghurt as the starter culture in this blue batch.

Experiment#1. The Berry Blue Jelly Experiment.

Aim: to put flavour and sweetness into previously disappointingly bitter Greek style unsweetened yoghurt made by the Easiyo packet into water method.

This time I'm trying 'from scratch' method where you use a small portion of an already made yoghurt as the culture to set the fermentation process going.

Into microwave jug I put 500ml of boiling water and 1\3 (one third) of a packet of Berry Blue Aeroplane Jelly.
I whisked this until the jelly was dissolved.
I added 2 tablespoons of milk powder and whisked this until the powder was dissolved. (to turn this water into milk).
Then I added 500ml full cream milk and heated it all in the microwave until it reached 85°C.
This took a bit more than 8 mins all up. (It's a zap and test, zap and test process after an initial 5 mins).
Then it's put into the fridge until the milk is COLD. (it's going into the Easiyo pot). [If I was wrapping it up to keep the heat in and leaving it on the bench to ferment for the night, I would have cooled the milk to 37°C - 40°C].
Then, when the milk is cold, I add 2 generous tablespoons of already made yoghurt and mix it in.
Then i poured it into the fermentation jar supplied with the Easiyo kit and seal the lid. (Its fussy, takes me a couple of goes.)
Pour the required amount of boiling water into the Easiyo Pot and put in the jar. Put the pot lid on and lock in place.
Leave sit for 8 - 10 hours.

Next day.
BLUE YOGHURT !
Who'd a thunk it.

It's done it's thing.  It's yoghurt.
Not as thick as I expected it to be but very similar to store bought.
Not as flavoursome or sweet as I expected. So next time I will use more of the jelly mix.
I think putting a packet of Aeroplane Jelly into each of the unsweetened Greek yoghurt Easiyo packets that I misguidedly purchased is going to solve the bitterness problem, and I won't be buying them again. 


CONCLUSION
Experiment#1. The Berry Blue Jelly Experiment is a success.
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NB. Future ordinary yogurt will be made from scratch. Probably with Nesquik Strawberry or Banana flavouring. I may have to experiment as to how much. 
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