Fro-yo girl here. It’s been hard to find Asian yogurt drinks that I like since Yakult is so popular there, and I don’t like Yakult. The drinks are often high in sugar. Luckily, I was able to sample Probiotics Will, a Korean yogurt drink, at HMART. Probiotics Will is imported from Korea.
Hy Probiotics Will is the No. 1 brand in Korea (highest sales, according to the sign inside the store and the text on the packaging). The sign features a Korean soccer star, Son Heung-min, holding a bottle of the drink. It has been available in South Korea for 20 years.
The drinks are sold in packs of four for $5.99 each. Available varieties: Plain No Sugar Added, Strawberry, Lowfat, Original. Each bottle contains billions of live and active probiotics.
Probiotics Will Plain – The drink is 5.07 fl oz. The main ingredient is milk. I really liked the drink. It’s like a plain yogurt smoothie. It was creamy, tangy, and sweet but not too sweet. It tasted like yogurt but did not taste like Yakult. One serving contains 117 calories, 3g total fat, 19g total carbohydrates, 2g of sugar, and 6g of protein. Will claims to contain a strain of probiotics that targets the helicobacter pylori bacteria that sometimes can lead to discomfort, gastritis, and stomach pain.
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Fro-yo girl here. Shaomei, a Taiwanese brand, had (and maybe still has) the most popular brown sugar boba ice cream bars. They’ve been expanding their boba ice cream bar lineup with new flavors like pudding and taro. Recently, I found Shaomei Boba Black Tea Latte ice cream bars at Hmart Arcadia. One box, which contains four individually wrapped bars, was $7.99. One bar is 75 grams. These bars are also imported from Taiwan.Boba Black Tea Latte ice cream bar: The bar was white with brown swirls. The interior of the bar was white. The bar was surprisingly icy (their brown sugar boba ice cream bars are much creamier) throughout. The tea flavor was strong and very bitter. The boba balls were soft, sweet, and chewy. I love a strong tea flavor but this bar was too bitter. The balls were plentiful.
One bar is 130 calories with 3.5g total fat, 15g total sugars, 23g total carbs, and less than 1g of protein.
I probably wouldn’t get these bars again because they’re bitter.
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3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Cookies & Boba Black Tea Ice Cream: By cookies, I think they mean something like Oreo cookies – chocolate sandwich cookies with a cream filling. The bar was creamier with soft, sweet, chewy boba and bits of cookies (tiny bits). It was creamier than the boba black tea latte ice cream bars. The tea flavor was strong but not as bitter of the boba black tea latte ice cream bars. It seemed lik e there were fewer boba balls. And it wasn’t as creamy as the brown sugar boba ice cream bars that made them famous.
One bar is 150 calories with 4.5g total fat, 15g total sugars, 26g total carbs, and 1g of protein.
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4 out of 5 stars.
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I found them at a H Mart Arcadia for $7.99/box.
The actual bar looked paler than the one pictured on the box. It was soft and creamy with a milky flavor. And it was loaded with boba balls. The boba was soft but not chewy. While the bar was pleasant enough it lacked brown sugar flavor, was very sweet, and the balls were not chewy. It’s made with Okinawa brown sugar but apparently, not much of it.
One bar is 110 calories, 4g total fat, 18g total carbohydrate, 10g total sugars, and 1g protein. The list of ingredients was scary long but the main ingredients are water and sugar.
3 out of 5 stars.
* HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. Boba ice cream bars were all the rage but scoopable boba ice cream isn’t as common. On a recent trip to Hmart in Arcadia, I spotted two scoopable boba ice cream products, Little Jasmine Boba Ice Cream and HT Black Sugar Bubble Tea Ice Cream. Little Jasmine is a women-owned, California company. They make a variety of products, including frozen buns, vegan jerky, tea, roasted seaweed, and jelly candy.
A pint of Little Jasmine Brown Sugar Milk Tea Boba Ice Cream was $6.99 on sale (regular price $8.99) at H Mart in Arcadia, CA.
Brown Sugar Milk Tea Boba Ice Cream: The ice cream was white with a few thin brown sugar streaks and some triangular pieces of boba. The boba was the best part because they were a bit bigger, denser, and chewier than the boba one normally finds in boba ice cream. They reminded me of mochi/rice cakes. They also tasted good (sweet brown sugar). The ice cream part was creamy and a little airy. It tasted like plain ice cream though they did add condensed milk (I couldn’t really tell). The small amount of brown sugar swirls added subtle brown sugar flavor when they were encountered. I didn't see or taste tea, despite the product name. One serving, which is 2/3 cup, is 200 calories, 8g total fat, 30g total carbs, 25g sugars, and 3g protein.
4 out of 5 stars.
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* HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007 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.
I found Tsujiri Matcha Brown Sugar Frozen Dessert Bars at H Mart in Arcadia, CA. One box contains four individually wrapped bars. Each bar is 80g. The box was $8.99 (regular price). The bars were imported from Taiwan and manufactured by Kenji.
Tsujiri Matcha Brown Sugar Boba Frozen Dessert Bar: The bar had a firm but not icy texture. I took a small bite from the top and already encountered soft, chewy tapioca pearls (boba). The bar had brown sugar swirls throughout. The matcha was a bit bitter. The bar had an abundance of boba. I might be in the minority but I don’t think that brown sugar and matcha are complementary flavors. But the bar had better than average textures for a boba ice cream bar. It's very similar to A-Chino’s version. One bar is 158 calories, 6.4 total fat, 23.5g total carbs, 15.4g total sugars, and 1.5g protein.
4 out of 5 stars.
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HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. Truedan is a Taiwanese boba chain that was established in Taipei’s Shinlin Night Market in 2010. According to their website, they now have over 100 locations in 12 regions. I know they opened a shop in Daly City (Northern California) but they don’t seem to have a location in Southern California yet. They’re famous for their brown sugar bubble milk drink which contains no tea.
In late 2019, Truedan launched a line of bubble milk ice cream that included a brown sugar bubble milk ice cream cone and mochi ice cream in Taiwan. The cones were widely talked about and sold out quickly. The products arrived in Singapore around March 2020 and now they’re in the the US. At some point, they introduced a popsicle/ice bar version.
I found the brown sugar bubble milk ice cream bars at H Mart in Arcadia for $8.99/box (regular price). One box has four individually wrapped 80g bars. The bars are imported from Taiwan. There were only two boxes left at H Mart, so it seems popular. They didn’t have the brown sugar bubble milk ice cream cones or mochi ice cream with boba.
Brown Sugar Bubble Milk Ice Cream Bar: The bar smelled like brown sugar and had brown sugar swirls throughout. The texture was firm with an icier exterior shell and a creamier interior. It had a stronger milky flavor than comparable brown sugar boba ice cream bars. It was also not as creamy as some of the other brown sugar boba ice cream bars. The boba balls were soft and chewy. I found the bar to be less flavorful and definitely icier than other brands. One bar is 131 calories, 4.6g fats, 21.8g carbohydrates, and 14.4g sugars.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
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HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. Boba ice cream bars continue to be popular. I’ve noticed a few new varieties, including one with pudding and another one with taro. Both were from Shao Mei. The A-Chino Matcha Brown Sugar boba ice cream bar sounded more appealing to me because I love matcha. I found the A-Chino matcha boba ice cream bars at Hmart in Arcadia, CA. One box, with four individually wrapped bars, was on sale for $4.99 (regular price, $6.99). One box is 320g or 80g per bar. The bars are imported from Taiwan.
Matcha Brown Sugar Boba Ice Cream Bar: I’ve had a few A-Chino ice cream bars. Their brown sugar boba ice cream bars were very creamy but I wanted a stronger tea flavor. Like their brown sugar boba ice cream bars, the matcha version had a generous amount of brown sugar boba. I think there were a couple of boba in every bite, including the very first one. The bar was soft but chewy because of all the boba. The boba pearls were soft and chewy. The matcha flavor tasted powdery and did not complement the brown sugar flavor. The bar was a miss for me – too much boba and flavors that didn’t go well together. One bar is 158 calories, with 6.4g total fat, 23.5g total carbs, 15.4g total sugars and 1.5g proteins. 3.5 out 5 stars.
* HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. I found a new yogurt product on a recent shopping trip to Hmart in Arcadia, CA. Hmart had quite a few refrigerated pouch drinks. Most were coffee flavored, but there was a yogurt one called Yogurt Ade. Yogurt Ade is imported from Korea. One pouch was $1.29. A pouch is 7.77 fl oz, 130 calories and 29g of sugar. Whoa.
The pouch has the image of a giant yogurt bottle that reminds me of Yakult. What is it with Asians and Yakult? I don’t like Yakult at all. It’s too sweet and doesn’t really taste like yogurt.
Yogurt Ade: The beverage smells like Yakult. It’s milky and a pale peach color. It’s non-carbonated. Not surprisingly, it tastes like Yakult. It’s way too sweet to be refreshing. Ugh. I could not finish this drink.
Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, lactic acid culture base, milk powder, citric acid, mixed formulation (carboxymethyl, cellulose, glycerin fatty acid ester, gellan gum, dextrin), artificial flavor (yogurt), trisodium citrirate, vitamin C, sucralose.
2 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. I remember when Beard Papa first opened in San Francisco. Many people were excited to try fresh cream puffs. After eating a few cream puffs, I lost interest. But then I spotted Samlip Blueberry Yogurt flavored cream puffs at Hmart in Arcadia, CA and I was intrigued.
One bag comes with four cream puffs. The puffs are imported from Korea. Hmart was selling one bag of puffs for $2.99. They had some other puff flavors too, but only one yogurt flavored kind.
The puffs can be eaten frozen, at room temperature or even baked in the oven. I had to try it frozen because then the filling can be considered as frozen yogurt (but with no yogurt cultures).
Frozen chou: I was impressed by the ample amount of filling. The chou shell was light and dry/chewy. The blueberry frozen yogurt filling was creamy, dense, heavy, and smooth. It tasted like blueberry ice cream w/ a hint of yogurt from the addition of yogurt powder. The filling was sweet without any tang. I could taste the blueberry though the flavor was not intense. The filling and the chou were not too sweet.
Room temperature chou: The filling softened but stayed dense, thick, and creamy.
The list of ingredients is crazy long. Two puffs are 200 calories, 15g total fat, 14g total carbs, and 2g sugars. One puff is round and 2 inches in diameter.
4 out of 5 stars.
* HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. I’ve seen Hokkaido style soft serve cones for sale in the freezer section of several Asian markets, including Hmart in Arcadia and Mitsuwa in San Gabriel, CA. The cones are sold individually. I’ve seen two flavors at Hmart, vanilla and strawberry. The cones are imported from Japan. Hmart was selling the Orange Hokkaido cones for $1.99 each (sale price).
I saw single serve soft serve cones in the freezer section of several markets in Japan, though I didn’t see the Orange branded ones.
The conical packaging keeps the integrity of the soft serve swirl though the swirl looks more like squiggles than the typical soft serve swirls. I did notice that quite a few swirls of the cones at Hmart had melted but the packaging is clear, so look for a good-looking swirl if you’d like to buy one.
One cone is 6.08 fl oz, 150 calories, and 18g sugar.
* Vanilla soft serve cone: I didn’t think the cone texture or the soft serve would fare well once placed in the deep freeze. The cone wasn’t crunchy like a normal cone. It was soft and chewy. The soft serve ice cream was better than I expected. It was actually soft and creamy but it seemed blander. The treat was better than I expected though of course a fresh soft serve cone is better. I’m willing to try other brands.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. Hmart opened in Arcadia, CA in December and I spotted K-Town Yummy Belly frozen shakes, imported from Korea, in the freezer section. The product is known as milkshake in a bag. They come in several flavors, like melon, chocolate, strawberry, banana, and of course, yogurt. One package contains five 5.07 fl oz (150ml) packs. A package was $5.49 regular price and $3.49 on sale.
The bag says keep frozen but it also says shake, shake, shake to the yummiest taste. The product was frozen solid and when I twisted the top off the bag, nothing came out. So, thawing must be required. It’s cute how the bag looks like a Yakult yogurt drink bottle. Squeeze the bag once it thaws a bit.
The texture was definitely icy and it tasted sweet like Yakult. It was pretty tangy. I think Yakult is okay but a plain yogurt drink tastes better. If you like Yakult, you’ll like the Yogurt Flavored Frozen Shake. It’s a lot bigger than Yakult. One serving is 130 calories, 0g fat, 32g total carbohydrate, 30g of sugars.
Ingredients (yogurt flavor): Water, sugar, fructose, skim milk powder, oligofructose, glucose, dextrin, whey powder, citric acid, stabilizer (dextrin, guar gum, carrageenan, ammonium phosphate, dibasic, locust bean gum, tamarind gum), artificial yogurt flavors, lactic acid bacteria, annatto extract.
3 out of 5 stars
* HMART: 1101 W Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. I spied a new Korean yogurt bar at Hmart Koreatown. Seoju Ice Ju Strawberry Yogurt bars are imported from Korea and manufactured by I-Food Co. One pouch contains 6 individually wrapped bars. Each bar is 80 ml. One bar is 130 calories and 4g of total fat. Hmart was selling a package of the bars for $4.99.
* Strawberry yogurt bar: I couldn’t finish the bar because it was sickeningly sweet. The texture was creamy yet icy. There was little strawberry flavor. It just tasted awful. I had to throw the rest of the bars away. No one would want to eat them.
Ingredients: Water, sugar, strawberry syrup, high fructose corn syrup, coconut oil, whey powder, skim milk powder, yogurt powder, locust bean gum, sodium alginate, carrageenan, guar gum, emulsifier, strawberry flavor, yogurt flavor, butter flavor, cellulose gum, salt, citric acid, turmeric oleoresin.
1.5 out of 5 stars
* HMART: 621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
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Fro-yo girl here. Korean and Japanese grocery stores sometimes carry interesting yogurt flavored treats. Recently I found Crown Ice Heim frozen yogurt cookies at Hmart in LA’s Koreatown. A box contains 9 packets of cookies. Each packet has four cookies. A box is 10 ozs and $5.49. The cookies are manufactured by Crown Confectionery Co. in Seoul, Korea.
The box says the cookies are new and limited edition. It’s described as an “ice cream flavor wafer with yogurt flavor.” Try having them chilled (in the fridge) for a more frozen yogurt like effect. They taste great chilled or at room temperature.
The cookies are long and thin with a thin, crispy, light exterior and a creamy froyo filling. The cookie is similar to a French wafer cookie, aka gaufrette. The cookie part has a mild flavor. Most of the flavor comes from the filling which is lightly sweet, with a slight tang. It has a slight yogurt flavor but mostly tastes like sweet cream that’s a teeny bit tangy.
One serving is 170 calories and 10 grams of fat.
Ingredients: Yogurt cream, wheat flour, fructo-oligosaccharide, soy powder, shortening, skim milk powder, sugar, corn oil, lactose, dextrin, lecithin, sugar esters of fatty acids, ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, salt, guar gum, enzyme.
4.5 out of 5 stars
You can buy it online at http://247japanesecandy.com/products/ice-heim-frozen-yogurt-limited-edition
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* HMART: 621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
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