NuYo Frozen Yogurt Profile

Fro-yo girl here. Happy Earth Week! In honor of Earth Week, here’s profile of an eco-friendly frozen yogurt chain that I visited recently: NuYo Frozen Yogurt.

NuYo looks eco-friendly even before you walk into the shop. The logo is green and with leaves and there are leaf decals on the windows. The Roseville shop interior has an appealing eco-inspired design with wood floors and shades of white, blue and green.

NuYo has adopted many eco-friendly business practices, including using napkins made out of 100% recycled materials, compostable cups and spoons, recycling, energy efficient light bulbs, energy efficient frozen yogurt machines, non-toxic cleaning supplies. They also strive to purchase locally grown seasonal fruits.

For 42 cents an ounce you can fill up your cup with any mix of frozen yogurt, shaved ice and toppings. They had 14 self-serve proprietary frozen yogurt flavors with live and active cultures to choose from and a toppings bar with bins filled to the brim with nuts, fresh fruit, cheesecake bits, cookies (even regular size whole chocolate chip cookies), cereal, graham cracker crumbs, candy, mochi, cookie dough, brownies, chocolate chips, popping boba and jellies. You can also opt for a waffle bowl and add various syrups and sauces like hot fudge and peanut butter.

They offer a good blend of tart and sweet flavors, including no sugar added froyo. The flavors included classic flavors like vanilla and chocolate, along with fruity flavors and indulgent flavors (peanut butter, cake batter). I tried several tart frozen yogurt flavors. All of them were very good. The frozen yogurt was very flavorful, smooth, creamy with a refreshing edge, though the actual fruit flavors (Asian pear, strawberry) were on the subtle side.

NuYo also has froyo pies and Yoghund, frozen yogurt for dogs. Sign up for the reward card and earn your way to free froyo. The shop in Roseville is one of five locations.

* NUYO FROZEN YOGURT: 9213 Sierra College Blvd., Ste. 100, Roseville, CA 95661

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.

Happy Earth Day 2011

Fro-yo girl here. It's Earth Day 2011 and I wanted to give my "Most Eco-Friendly Fro-yo Shop" award to Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt in Palo Alto, CA. They also won this award last year. I applaud their commitment to the environment, which they've had since day 1.

About Culture:
* Store decor features recycled materials.
* Uses compostable cups and spoons.
* Sells reusable fro-yo cups and give you a discount for using the reusable cup.
* A Greenopia recommended business.
* Their fro-yo AND toppings are organic
* Uses local, seasonal fruit

And today (only) they're giving away a free small fro-yo with 1 topping with the purchase of a reusable fro-yo bowl! You can see mine in the picture, the green monster with tangerine fro-yo.


As for the wall of shame, a fro-yo shop that still uses styrofoam cups, I'm afraid that goes to Yumi Yogurt. Yumi - I still love you because of all the fro-yo you put in my cup.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* CULTURE ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: 340 S. California Dr., Palo Alto, CA

New Reusable Monster Fro-yo Bowl

Fro-yo girl here. I have a new reusable fro-yo bowl! It looks like Mike from Monsters Inc. I found mine (the green one) at the eco-friendly green business, Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt in Palo Alto. They had three colors - lime green, orange, cosmic purple.

The monster bowls have feet and come with a matching spoon. They're dishwasher safe. The bowls are $3.99 each. Use the bowl at Culture and you'll get a discount on your fro-yo purchase.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* CULTURE ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: 340 S. California Dr., Palo Alto, CA

Earth Day: Eco-Friendly Fro-yo

Fro-yo girl here. Yes, it's Earth Day 2010 and it seemed like the appropriate time to recognize Bay Area shops that are using compostable cups and/or spoons for fro-yo. I hope that this list is accurate - if I've left any place out, I apologize. Next year I might follow-up with a list of fro-yo shops that still use styrofoam cups (the wall of shame).

The 2010 List of Eco-Friendly Fro-yo in the Bay Area:
* Blush Organic Frozen Yogurt, Burlingame
* Beautifull (all locations)
* Chile Pies
* Cowabunga Creamery
* Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt
* Fraiche
* Green Cup Frozen Yogurt
* The Mix
* Sweet Jo's
* Xanath
* Yogizmo
* Yogurt Harmony
* Yogurtland
* Zuckersuss

And the most eco-friendly award goes to: Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt in Palo Alto. They use compostable cups and spoons and sell reusable fro-yo cups. The store decor features recycled materials. They're also the only all organic fro-yo shop.

Did you know that Blush Organic Frozen Yogurt is in the 2010 Green Zebra coupon book? Get yours today.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* CULTURE ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: 340 S. California Dr., Palo Alto, CA

Eco-Friendly Fro-yo Shops

Fro-yo girl here. I should have posted this before Earth Day (April 22) but consider this a belated recognition of the Bay Area fro-yo shops out there who use compostable fro-yo cups and spoons. Culture goes the extra step, incorporating recycled materials in their shop design and giving you a discount for using your own fro-yo bowl (brilliant idea and I love my fro-yo bowl).

Here’s my list of eco-conscious fro-yo shops:
* Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt
* Yogurt Harmony
* Zuckersuss
* Pink Swirl
* Snowbunny
* Yogurt Shack

Eat fro-yo and show that you care about the Earth.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* CULTURE ORGANIC FROZEN YOGURT: 340 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA
* YOGURT HARMONY: 2259 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA
* ZUCKERSUSS: 1081 B St, Hayward, CA
* PINK SWIRL: 43423 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA
* SNOWBUNNY YOGURT: 312 Center St, Healdsburg, CA
* YOGURT SHACK: 290 Hartz Ave, Danville, CA