Fro-yo girl here. This is big news. The Coconut Cult Froyo Tour is bringing probiotic vegan froyo across the country. The first dates and locations dropped yesterday.The first stop of the tour was in Westwood Village today, NEAR but not at UCLA (the tour said the truck would be at UCLA). If you’re doing a froyo tour, please provide exact addresses. UCLA is a huge campus, and the truck was not parked on campus. Westwood Village is south of UCLA.The froyo van had three soft serve machines (Electro Freeze) but one machine wasn’t being used. There were four froyo flavors, though they ran out of Banana Cream Pie. Each flavor had a specially designed cup. Complimentary froyo mini cups were provided from 12 PM – 4 PM.
Flavors:
- Key lime pie: the texture was looser and gritty/grainy, but the flavor was tangy and strong. It did taste like key lime but also coconut. The coconut flavor is very strong too.
- Banana cream pie: not available
- Wild passion fruit: the texture was much smoother and creamier than the key lime pie; I just prefer key lime pie to passion fruit, but it did taste like passion fruit and coconut and it was plenty tangy.
- Chocolate mousse: didn't try
I learned that they do tone down their regular yogurt in order to create the soft serve. The regular yogurt has very strong flavors and is extremely rich. I was also told that they wanted to collect feedback on their flavors and see how people respond to the froyo. The froyo is not available at any national retailer.
Guests also received Coconut Cult coupons. Check Coconut Cult’s IG @thecoconutcult for future tour stops. Arizona State is next.
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Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been wanting to try The Coconut Cult probiotic coconut yogurt for years, but it was crazy expensive and I wasn’t sure if I’d like it (I don’t like a strong coconut flavor). The 16 oz jar was $25 when it launched in 2017. Fortunately, they introduced a smaller jar, 8 ounces. I found it on sale at Whole Foods for $6.99 (regular price $9.99).
The Coconut Cult yogurt is organic, vegan, soy-free, and gluten-free. One serving is 70 calories, 6g total fat, 3g total carbohydrates, 2g figer, 1g sugars, and 1g protein. It also has 16 probiotic strains. It’s made with coconuts and probiotics – and that’s all. The first ingredient is coconut meat. The packaging says it's ceremonial grade coconut yogurt. I've never heard of ceremonial grade coconut anything.
The Coconut Cult differs from regular coconut yogurt because it’s a highly concentrated form of yogurt with more probiotics. There are 800 billion highly active probiotics / CFUs (CFU = colony forming unit) in every quart and 25 billion probiotics per 1 ounce serving. For those taking probiotic supplements, the dosages for adults range from five billion to 10 billion CFUs per day. The other argument for The Coconut Cult is that the probiotics are digested more readily in yogurt form than in capsule form.
Original Coconut Yogurt: It’s much thicker than other brands of coconut yogurt. The texture is like coconut cream blended with coconut meat. I wasn’t fond of the grainy texture. In terms of flavor, the yogurt was tart, sour, and had a strong coconut flavor. It also tasted funky and fermented. I’m not a fan. Culina is sour and coconut based too, but it tastes less fermented and has a smoother texture.
Available flavors: Original, Mangos N’ Cream, Chocolate Mousse, Vanilla Toffee
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