# 2025-11208: Chobani Gets FDA Permission To Break Yogurt Rules While Testing Recipes

2025-11208, Yogurt Products Deviating From Standard of Identity; Temporary Permit for Market Testing, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration published 2025-06-18, effective The new expiration date of the permit will be either the effective date of a final rule amending the standard of identity for yogurt that may result from the petition or 30 days after denial of the petition.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11208
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11208
- Title: Yogurt Products Deviating From Standard of Identity; Temporary Permit for Market Testing
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 26056
- Published: 2025-06-18
- Effective: The new expiration date of the permit will be either the effective date of a final rule amending the standard of identity for yogurt that may result from the petition or 30 days after denial of the petition.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Chobani Gets FDA Permission To Break Yogurt Rules While Testing Recipes

## Summary

The FDA is letting Chobani keep testing new yogurt recipes that don’t follow the usual rules, using ultrafiltered milk to make lower-fat options. This temporary permit helps Chobani see if customers like these yogurts and gather info to possibly change yogurt rules. Other companies can join the test, and the permit lasts until the new yogurt rules are set or the petition is denied.

## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the amendment to the temporary permit issued to Chobani, LLC, (Chobani) to market test yogurt deviating from the yogurt standard of identity and lower fat yogurt products deviating from the general definition and standard of identity in 21 CFR 130.10 by using ultrafiltered nonfat milk as a basic dairy ingredient. We are also announcing an extension to this permit, which allows Chobani to continue to evaluate commercial viability of these products and to collect data on consumer acceptance of these products in support of a petition to amend the standard of identity for yogurt. We also invite other interested parties to participate in the market test.

## Effects PRIA read

- Permit extended to market-test ultrafiltered yogurt: benefit, low. Chobani is allowed to continue market testing yogurt made using ultrafiltered nonfat milk, with a permit authorizing up to 150,000,000 pounds (68,038,855.5 kg) of test product annually. The permit will expire either on the effective date of any final rule changing the yogurt standard of identity or…
- Clarified ingredient allowance: UF milk, water, sweeteners: benefit, low. FDA amended Chobani's permit to clarify it allows manufacturing yogurt and lower-fat yogurt products using ultrafiltered (UF) nonfat milk as a basic dairy ingredient and using water and nonnutritive sweeteners. The amendment also applies when those yogurt products are used, in whole or in part, as…
- Other firms may join test with labeling and notice rules: mixed, medium. FDA invites other firms to join the extended market test but requires them to notify FDA of intent, list products, area of distribution, amount to be distributed, and submit draft labels. Labels for test products must include nutrition labeling per 21 CFR 101.9 and declare all ingredients as requir…

## Related documents

- [2026-20848](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20848): Use of Salt Substitutes To Reduce the Sodium Content in Standardized Foods, 2026-10-13
- [2026-16296](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16296): Substances Generally Recognized as Safe, 2026-08-11
- [2026-14073](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-14073): Drug Establishment Registration and Drug Listing Requirements for Establishments Engaged in Distributed Manufacturing and Certain Foreign E…, 2026-07-13
- [2026-13047](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13047): Establishment Registration and Product Listing for Tobacco Products, 2026-06-29
- [2025-04978](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04978): Nonprescription Drug Product With an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use, 2025-03-25
- [2025-01840](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-01840): Nonprescription Drug Product With an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use, 2025-01-27

## Sources
- [2025-11208 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11208/yogurt-products-deviating-from-standard-of-identity-temporary-permit-for-market-testing)
- [2025-11208 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11208.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-11205, Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Resul…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11205)
- [Next: 2025-11209, Cheese Products Deviating From Standard of Identity; Temporary Permit for Marke…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11209)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11208 (as of 2026-11-03).