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Dayna McAlpine

Petit Filous isn't really yoghurt and lovers of the childhood snack are baffled

A staple of our childhood, Petit Filous yoghurts have been a favourite of parents and kids a like for years - however the latest revelation about the snack has gone viral on Twitter.

Yes, it turns out that Petit Filous aren't yoghurts and are in fact small pots of cheese - yes, really.

Petit Filous are made from fromage frais, which is made using a cheese culture rather than a yogurt culture - fromage frais is thicker than yoghurt and is essentially a 'soft cheese'.

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The Petit Filous website helpfully explains: "Petits Filous fromage frais provides your child with the goodness of Calcium and Vitamin D." The main ingredient on the small pots reads as: 'Fromage frais (Pasteurised semi-skimmed milk, Cream (Milk), Lactic Cultures (Milk))'.

In a tweet that has now been shared like almost 15,000 times, Twitter user caoivaa shared her shock, writing "MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE" alongside of a a picture of her googling if Petit Filous was yoghurt.

One person replied: "Childhood ruined."

"This news has really upset me," added another.

However, one person added a useful hack on how to make an 'adult Petit Filous', tweeting: "If you buy a tub of ricotta cheese, and whip a bit of icing sugar into it, and then put it with something sharp like passion fruit, or a good cherry jam, it's a grown up petit filous, and an absolute winner for a fancy hack dessert. It absolutely IS cheese (ricotta)."

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