Fro-yo girl here. I recently visited The Argentum Project in San Francisco to try their soft serve Greek frozen yogurt. They use Kayak frozen yogurt, which is imported from Greece. The Argentum Project is a Greek style coffee café which also sells Greek groceries, such as olive oil, wine, sweets, and more importantly, Kayak Frozen Greek Yogurt (the packaged kind that you can find in a supermarket freezer section).
They had the full Kayak Greek Frozen Yogurt line, which includes 500ml and 107ml pots. The large pots come in 8 flavors. The mini pots come in 6 flavors. A small pot was $2.50. A large pot was $8.
They had the following flavors: Chocolate, Madagascar Vanilla, Choco Cream Cookies, Mango & Jasmine, Red Berries & Acai, Peanut Butter Caramelized Peanuts, Pure, Mediterranean Orange
Interestingly, I spotted Kayak frozen yogurt at Bi-Rite, in the freezer, a few months ago. They had two flavors, Pure (plain, no sugar added) and Madagascar Vanilla. I decided to try another flavor, even though I didn’t like the Pure flavor.
* Mediterranean Orange Greek froyo: The texture was similar to ice cream but not as creamy. I wouldn’t say that the product was icy, but it didn’t have the scoopable quality of a high fat product. The orange flavor was present but subtle. There was little tang and it was on the bland side. I could taste the cream more than the yogurt. From what I’ve tried from Kayak, lack of flavor and tang are consistent qualities. The mini pot was cute and came with a built in spoon under the lid.
One serving was 77g, 130 calories, 5g total fat, 18g total sugars, 3g protein.
Ingredients: Milk, Greek strained yogurt (skim milk, concentrated skim milk, cream, whey, bacterial culture), sugar, orange juice, cream, skim milk, dextrose, guar gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides of fatty acids.
Here's a link to my earlier review of the Argentum Project’s Greek soft serve froyo.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
* THE ARGENTUM PROJECT: 47 6th St, San Francisco (SOMA), CA 94103
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Fro-yo girl here. When I first heard about the Argentum Project, which opened in July of this year, I knew it was a place that I had to visit. The owners grew up in Greece. The Argentum Project is a “Greek-style coffee cafe featuring Greek specialties, take away sweets & savories and gift items." One of the items on the menu is award winning soft serve frozen yogurt from Greece (Kayak brand).
The soft serve frozen yogurt is available in two flavors, original 0% no sugar added or vanilla.
Small $5/ Medium $7/ Large $9
The price includes your choice of honey syrup, sour cherry syrup, or housemade baklava crumbles. Or you can add a Greek spoon sweet (+$1.25), organic fruit (+$1.50) or granola (+$0.50).
* Original, 0% fat, no sugar added. This was icier than the vanilla. It was sweeter than I expected because the yogurt has Stevia. There was no tang and it didn’t have much flavor.
* Vanilla: Fat and no Stevia made this the better flavor. It was rich, velvety smooth, and very creamy. The vanilla flavor was subtle. While the texture was nice, the yogurt seemed to melt quickly and was never that firm, even when I first received the cup. The frozen yogurt had little tang. While it was good, it wasn’t as flavorful as I had hoped. It was different than the usual vanilla froyo – less like ice cream and more like froyo but not tangy.
In addition to frozen yogurt, the Argentum Project offers Greek specialties like spanakopita, bougatsa, hortopita, tiropita, tahinopita, baklava, kataifi, pastachio, beeftekia, Greek desserts, sandwiches, spreads, salads, and more.
If you want to check it out, be aware that it’s in a rundown area with a lot of pawn shops.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* THE ARGENTUM PROJECT: 47 6th St, San Francisco (SOMA), CA 94103
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. Bi-Rite is such an amazing market filled with hard to find products. During a recent visit, I spotted Kayak Greek Frozen Yogurt. They had two flavors: Madagascar Vanilla and Pure (no added sugar). I’d seen pictures of Kayak, which is made in Greece with real Greek yogurt, before, but I had never encountered the product in person. Bi-Rite was selling Kayak frozen yogurt for $6.99 each. The container is 500 ml (16.9 fl oz).
I was intrigued by the no sugar added Pure (plain flavor) and expected it to have a strong yogurt flavor.
* Pure Greek frozen yogurt: The frozen yogurt was creamy and thick, easily scoopable. It didn’t have a sour yogurt flavor or yogurt tang. It tasted like plain milk ice cream, sweet, with a cream aftertaste. It wasn’t unpleasant but it was very mild, to the point of being bland. It was sweeter than I expected.
One serving (1/2 a cup) of Pure frozen yogurt has 6g total fat, 5g sugars, and 4g protein.
Ingredients: Milk, Greek strained yogurt (skim milk, condensed skim milk, cream, milk proteins, bacterial culture), isomalt, cream, skim milk, sorbitol syrup, less than 0.5% of mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, guar gum, cellulose gum, carrageenan, steviol glycosides. The ingredients are non GMO.
Isomalt is a sugar substitute. Steviol glycosides are another term for stevia. Sorbitol syrup is also a sweetener. It’s too bad that they added so many sugar substitutes to their frozen yogurt.
3 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* BI-RITE MARKET: 550 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117
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.
