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Fro-yo girl here. I remember hearing about Twisted Healthy Treats Frozen Yogurt Minis breaking into the US market last year, when they announced that Costco would be selling their mini frozen yoghurt cups. Twisted Healthy Treats already had wide distribution in Australia, including being sold at Cole’s, Costco, Woolworths, Harris Farm and 80% of school canteens. Costco sells an exclusive 18 cup box of frozen yoghurt minis.
Twisted Healthy Treats is an Australian brand with an all-female management team. Their goal is to be Australia’s leading better for your frozen dessert manufacturer. All Twisted products are low in sugar, lower in calories, gluten-free, all-natural, and based on clean recipes. The frozen yogurt cups also contain probiotics and are just 95 calories per cup. Their products are made with Australian ingredients, including Australian dairy. They’re sweetened with Xylitol and thickened with maltodextrin and several vegetable gums.
Available froyo cup flavors (2 flavors per cup):
- Watermelon & Mango
- Strawberry & Vanilla Bean
- Chocolate & Vanilla Bean
- Murray River Salted Caramel & Chocolate
- Blueberries & Cookie Dough
- Chocolate & Coconut
I was surprised to find Twisted Healthy Treats Frozen Yogurt Minis at The Grocery Outlet in Highland Park (Los Angeles) for $1.99 a box (they said it sells for $5.99 elsewhere). One box comes with four froyo cups and weighs 16.2 fl oz (480 ml). Each cup comes with two flavors, side by side. The cups are very cute. One cup is 95 calories, 2g total fat, 10g – 11g total sugars, 3g protein.
Chocolate & Coconut: Surprisingly good both in terms of texture and flavor. The chocolate tasted like chocolate, the coconut like coconut. They were sweet but not crazy sweet. The froyo was thick and creamy, not hard and icy. Neither flavor tasted like froyo (they tasted like ice cream). There was a grainy aftertaste though, like you’d get when someone adds fiber to your food.
Watermelon & Mango: I didn’t like these as much because the fruit flavors seemed extra sweet. There wasn’t enough watermelon or mango flavor. And the grainy aftertaste was still there.
These were not the froyo flavors that I would have chosen but there was no choice at The Grocery Outlet.
3.5 out of 5 stars
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
Fro-yo girl here. On a recent trip to the Grocery Outlet, I spotted Hempz Wild Blueberry Yogurt Herbal Body Scrub for $3.99 (compare at $19.99 elsewhere). It’s limited edition. One bottle is 17 fl oz, 100% vegan, paraben free, gluten free, THC free. The hemp seed oil, shea butter, and essential vitamins soften your skin.
The creamy white scrub is dispensed from the built in pump. I could feel the exfoliating beads. I’m picky about my scents and I did not like the fragrance at all. It smelled like something fake, sweet, fruity and a little floral. Since it smelled awful, I didn’t want to use much. The list of ingredients is very long but doesn’t include yogurt.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
Fro-yo girl here. Way back in 2012, I reviewed Foxy’s Pash Premium Frozen Yogurt: http://froyogirl.blogspot.com/2012/09/foxys-pash-frozen-yogurt-review.html
Foxy’s Pash was positioned as a low calorie, low sugar, lowfat guilt free, all-natural, premium frozen yogurt. In reality, their product did not have a premium taste, but at least it did taste natural. I found several flavors to be bland and icy. My pints of Foxy’s sat in my freezer for awhile and I finally wound up throwing them out. I wasn’t eager to try anything by Foxy’s again.
At some point around 2014-2015, the founders of Foxy’s decided to rebrand and relaunch a new product, Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Creams, in 2016. The new look was cleaner and more modern. The old look reminded me of 1950’s American teenagers). The new flavors and packaging emphasized the quality of ingredients they use. The new positioning was as a healthy, indulgent (not lowfat), ice cream with less sugar, probiotics, and prebiotics. Compared to a typical frozen yogurt, Foxy’s has higher fat and less sugar. Compared to ice cream, Foxy’s has no eggs, less sugar, prebiotics, and probiotics. In fact, it has at least 1 billion probiotics per serving.
I decided to try Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Creams since I found them at Grocery Outlet at a deep discount, $2.49 a pint. According to the sign, they retail for $6.49 elsewhere. Grocery Outlet had three flavors: Rather Thoughtful Vanilla, Oregon Cherry Vanilla, and Uncle Mike’s Double Chocolate.
- Oregon Cherry Vanilla: When I took the lid off, I didn’t see any cherries. I did encounter cherry pieces later, but this flavor needs a cherry jam or more cherry flavor. It tastes like vanilla with a tiny hit of cherries. I didn’t miss the sugar because they also added agave inulin. It tasted as sweet as other ice creams. The texture seemed firmer and a bit icier, probably because it's egg-free. The flavor was mild and pleasant though the vanilla flavor wasn’t strong either. Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Creams tastes better than Foxy’s Pash, though I’d still like more flavor.
One serving is ½ a cup, with 250 calories, 18g total fat, 10g sugars, and 3g protein.
Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar (cane), nonfat milk powder, cherry halves (cherries, sugar), cherry pieces (cherries, sugar [cane]), cherry juice concentrate, natural flavor), vanilla extract, organic agave inulin, Xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum, Probiotics: L. Acidophilus, L. Plantarum, L. Salivarius, L. Rhamnosus, B. Lactis, and B. Biffidum.
The available flavors are:
- Salted Caramel & English Toffee
- Uncle Mike’s Double Chocolate
- California Pistachio
- Oregon Cherry Vanilla
- Rocky Road Less Travelled
- Rather Thoughtful Vanilla
Foxy’s is mainly available on West Coast but can be purchased online for $8.99/each.
For stores, see: https://thoughtfulicecream.com/where-to-buy/
3.5 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
Fro-yo girl here. Grocery Outlet Bargain Market in San Gabriel, CA had assorted So Delicious non-dairy frozen dessert pints for $2.49 each. The listed retail price is $5.99 and Sprouts sells it for $6.49, so that's quite a good deal. The location that I went to only had one flavor of So Delicious Cashewmilk Frozen Dessert, Cappuccino. I went to a different location of Grocery Outlet Bargain Market and they also only had the Cappuccino flavor The Cashewmilk line has ten flavors, including Dark Chocolate Truffle, Salted Caramel Cluster, Snickerdoodle, Very Vanilla, etc. The ingredients are Non-GMO Project Verified, Certified Gluten-Free and Certified Vegan.
* Cappuccino Cashewmilk Frozen Dessert: The Cappuccino flavor is made with fair trade coffee beans. The texture was thick, smooth, dense, and very creamy, just like dairy based ice cream. The flavor was like a lighter, sweeter coffee (appropriate for the cappuccino name) with a hint of cinnamon and salt. It had an interesting nutty, buttery taste. Overall, the cashew milk frozen dessert did not taste like a lowfat, diet ice cream. It still tasted indulgent and nutty. I'm not sure how I feel about the buttery flavor though.
One half-cup serving has 150 calories, 7g total fat, 21g total carbohydrate, 17g sugar and 3g protein. It’s about half the calories and fat as a premium ice cream and lower in sugar too.
Ingredients: Cashew milk (water, cashews, non-GMO canola oil), organic dried cane syrup, gum acacia, natural flavor, sea salt, organic fair trade coffee, cinnamon.
So Delicious also makes frozen non-dairy desserts with coconut milk, almond milk, and soy milk.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* GROCERY OUTLET BARGAIN MARKET: 7260 Rosemead Blvd., San Gabriel, CA 91775
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
Fro-yo girl here. I first spotted Brio! at the new Grocery Outlet Bargain Market in San Gabriel, CA for $1.99 (for 14 ounces, regular retail price is $5.99). It’s relatively new and I hadn’t ever seen it before. Since it didn’t say ice cream on the packaging and it was probiotic, I thought it was frozen yogurt. However, I subsequently learned that Brio considers itself a healthier ice cream.
Brio starts with fresh, whole, organic, rBST-free milk from Wisconsin dairy farms. They then add premium, all-natural ingredients. It’s richer than frozen yogurt but lower in fat than premium ice cream. Brio is all-natural with probiotics, pre-biotics, anti-oxidants and omega 3-6-9s. It’s non-GMO, gluten free, with less sugar. One serving is ½ a cup, 150 calories, 7g total fat, 16g total carb, 14g sugars, and 6g protein and 40% fewer calories and 20% less sugar, and half the fat of super premium ice cream brands.
Flavors: Very strawberry, Madagascar vanilla, Café latte, Tropical mango, Vanilla caramel, Dark chocolate
* Madagascar vanilla: The color was darker and browner than I expected. The vanilla flavor was mild but the overall flavor was different and very pleasant. It tasted like caramelized sugar and grains (maybe the whey protein concentrate). It was sweet, creamy and smooth. The aftertaste was clean and buttery.
* Very strawberry: The strawberry flavor tasted like strawberries but with that same brown sugar/wheat flavor of the vanilla flavor.
I liked the vanilla flavor better because I think the brown sugar/wheat flavor complemented the vanilla more than the strawberry. For something that’s lower in sugar, it didn’t seem noticeably less sweet. It did feel indulgent. There was no tanginess, so it did taste like ice cream. I wanted to try other flavors, but the Grocery Outlet sold out of those.
Ingredients: Organic whole milk, natural fructose (sugar cane), whey protein concentrate, organic dried cane syrup, organic agave nectar, non-fat dry milk, organic canola oil, organic sunflower oil, organic inulin, pure vanilla extract, organic clarified butter, sunflower lecithin, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, probiotic (organic inulin, bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086)
To find Brio, check out their store locator: https://briolovesyouback.com/store-locator/
4 out of 5 stars.
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
