If you are looking to make some healthy changes to your snacking choices, look no further then Josie’s Frozen Yogurt!

Josie’s offers customers amazing flavor packed with healthy goodness in a fun environment that people love.

Most frozen yogurt and other desserts are loaded with high fructose corn syrup. This nasty additive to our food actually makes it harder to stop snacking and spikes insulin levels dangerously, causing weight gain and a whole array of health issues. With obesity on the rise, especially in younger children, parents need to be very aware of this, in their food.

Josie’s uses pure crystalline fructose instead, because it is much better for you and less of it needs to be used, when compared to other sweeteners. It is also quite low on the glycemic index at 22, while honey gets a 55, and high-fructose corn syrup gets a whopping 62, right behind sugar. A lower level is much better for your health and keeps insulin levels from rising and dropping dramatically.

Don’t think that a healthy alternative to your favorite snacks means you have to sacrifice taste, When it comes to flavor, nothing is lost at Josie’s. We offer over forty flavors, in everything from Angel Food Cake to Wild Cherry. You can enjoy all of this while still having a nutritious snack that is calcium rich and sweetened just right. Aside from all these amazing flavors, we also offer customers many alternative types of yogurt, such as, our energy fuel, low-fat brand, or their Stevia, no sugar added yogurt, for those who need a sugar-free substitute. In addition to these two, we offer a number of other fat-free or low-fat frozen yogurts.

Josie’s also offers its customers a great environment in which to enjoy their frozen treats by offering a unique self-serve approach to their business. This service concept has been tremendously popular with customers and it also helps them keep costs down while letting people build their own frozen dessert creations. With so many awesome flavors and unique, healthy creations to be made, it’s no wonder why this franchise has taken off so quickly.

Attention Josie’s Fans: did you know that March 2012 is National Nutritional Month?

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is sponsoring an education and information campaign designed to focus on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.  Check out their informational sheet appropriately titled Get Your Plate in Shape for some great tips.

Remember, Josie’s Frozen Yogurt doesn’t contain any high fructose corn syrup, and it’s gluten free and contains vitamin additives.  We also only use pure crystalline fructose to sweeten our frozen yogurt and it’s sweeter than table sugar so less is needed.  We also offer hundreds of different flavors everyone in your family is sure to enjoy including:  Angel Food, English Toffee, Papaya, Pear, Hawaiian Pineapple and more.

When you visit participating Josie’s locations in the month of March, you’ll receive 10% off all month long for showing a valid gym membership.  Students will also receive 10% off when dressed in uniform.

Did you know frozen yogurt also has many other healthy benefits? Yogurt bacteria is proven to prevent and treat yeast infections, osteoporosis, relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and help reduce bloating.  Frozen yogurt is more than a delicious dessert, it contains healthy ingredients that keep your body in tip top condition.

Because everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day and our loyal Josie’s fan deserve the very best, we are creating special promotions just for you! That’s right! Each Josie’s location will be celebrating with different promotions so make sure you check first.  For example, the Josie’s in Las Vegas is celebrating on March 17th, 2012 by Drawing for a Discount at the Register! You could win:

• 15% off your purchase
• 20% off your purchase
• 25% off your purchase
• or 4 oz of delicious frozen yogurt for FREE!

The possibilities are endless! But don’t forget, you must wear green to participate. Fun St. Patrick’s Day Facts

1. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17 because that is the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick.  He died on March 17, 461 AD.
2. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland and a provincial holiday in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador
3. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14!
4. One estimate suggests that there are about 10,000 regular three-leaf clvoers for every lucky four-leaf clover
5. One legend states that each leaf of a clover represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love and the fourth is for (you guessed it!) luck!

Have a Magically Delicious St. Patrick’s Day at your local Josie’s location!      

Hey Tuscon, get ready! Your frozen yogurt dreams are about to come true!

Josie’s Self Serve Frozen Yogurt is opening up shop in lovely Tuscon, Arizona at 914 East Speedway Boulevard conveniently located right next door to The University of Arizona.

As part of our grand opening week festivities, we’ll give you a free 4 oz frozen yogurt when you check into the Tuscon Josie’s Facebook location for the second time. Talk about a tasty incentive to eat frozen yogurt!

Want to know what sets Josie’s apart from other frozen yogurt shops? We care about the choices you make when it comes to dessert options.  We focus on providing you and your family with the healthiest and best tasting yogurt.  We only use pure crystalline fructose which yields up to one-third few calories and less sugar than competitors.  We also don’t use any high fructose corn syrup, stabilizers or emulsifiers in our frozen yogurt.  Rest assured, you’re making a healthy choice for your family when you visit Josie’s!

So come on down to the Tuscon Josie’s Self Serve Frozen Yogurt shop anytime between 11:00 am – 10:00 pm and don’t forget to check in!  We’re super excited to meet our Tuscon neighbors and look forward to seeing you soon!

Check out our new video Josie’s Frozen Yogurt… Dessert is Growing Up!

We know it’s hard to come up with healthy dessert options that everyone in your family will enjoy. Josie’s Self Serve Frozen Yogurt is gluten free and has vitamin and antioxidant additives to help make your choice abundantly clear. Best of all, our frozen yogurt has no high fructose corn syrup! Additionally, frozen yogurt has a variety of benefits like it can prevent yeast infections, osteoporosis, urinary tract infections, relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and help reduce bloating.  It’s more than a scrumptious snack, it contains healthy ingredients that keep your body in tip top condition. Read more fun frozen facts here. Want to know what makes Josie’s Self Serve Frozen Yogurt even more awesome? It comes in a huge variety of delicious flavors including:

• Angel Food
• English Toffee
• Papaya
• Peanut Butter
• Fresh Kiwi
• Bubble Gum
• Marshmallow
• Wild Cherry
• Pumpkin Pie
• And more!

Desert is growing up! Come visit us at one of our locations today!

With Valentines Day quickly approaching and the season of romantic outings upon us, we bet you’re wondering where to take your special someone. When it comes to what makes a date like this a perfect ten, everyone has their own ideas of what’s fun, but guess what’s always a hit? You guessed it – Josie’s Self Serve Frozen Yogurt! Here are 3 terrific reasons why:

Think you know everything there is to know about frozen yogurt? Think again!  Here at Josie’s, we strive to know everything there is to know about this delicious frozen treat, and we guarantee to keep you up to date too!  Without further ado, here’s 5 fun facts about frozen yogurt:

1.  Yogurt is actually a cultured milk product, created by adding “good” bacteria to milk.  These healthy cultures, L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus, are what gives yogurt its unique qualities.  Tiny organisms ferment and convert the milk sugar (lactose) into lactic acid.  This process creates the well known tangy flavor of frozen yogurt.

2.  People have been creating and eating regular yogurt for over 4,000 years!  Frozen yogurt was first introduced to the world in the early 1970s in New England. 

Probiotics: A Billion Good Bugs Friendly Bacteria for Your Digestive System — By Becky Hand, Licensed & Registered Dietitian Did you know that your digestive tract contains more than 400 types of “friendly” bacteria? These little guys, commonly referred to as probiotics (which means “pro-life”), help reduce the growth of harmful bacteria and promote a healthy digestive system. That’s right! Probiotics are live bacteria with clinically-documented health benefits. Health Benefits It appears that when the digestive system is kept healthy, other body systems greatly benefit as well. Probiotics may:

Soda and processed-food manufacturers have long insisted that all sugars are essentially the same. Yet, simultaneously they’re delicately backing away from high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as one study after another links the corn-based sweetener to obesity and diabetes. While the market for HFCS declined by 9% in 2008, says Ken Roseboro of the Organic and Non-GMO Report, it was still used in 55% of all sweetened edibles in 2009. New findings published this month in the journal Cancer Research by University of California Los Angeles researchers could further sour the public’s sentiment toward the super-sweet, super-cheap syrup and reduce its use even further. HFCS is 55% fructose and 42% glucose. The study found that pancreatic tumor cells metabolized fructose differently than glucose and that the cancer cells “readily metabolized fructose to increase proliferation.” In other words, as the headline reads, “Cancer cells slurp up fructose.”