Fro-yo girl here. I’ve seen The Frozen Farmer Frobert around, but it didn’t seem like froyo, so I wasn’t too interested. The Frozen Farmer is woman-owned and the fruit comes from a third-generation family farm in Delaware. They company produces sorbet and frobert, a blend of sorbet and a frozen dairy dessert. Frobert is lower in calories, fat, and sugar than ice cream. Interestingly, their desserts are made with imperfect aka upcycled fruit. Frobert contains whey, a byproduct of manufacturing cheese – but it does not contain live and active cultures. It is not frozen yogurt.
I’ve seen Frobert at Vons and also at Grocery Outlet. The pints retail for $5.99 each. At Grocery Outlet, the pints are $1.99.
Available flavors of Frobert: Strawberry Cheesecake, Orange Cream, Apple Pie, Triple Berry, Double Chocolate Cherry, Blueberry Strudel
Blueberry Strudel: The texture wasn’t as icy as sorbet or as creamy as ice cream. It was like a blend of sorbet and ice cream. It was scoopable and not hard. I actually liked the combination of blueberries, cinnamon and bits of pastry – but it was way toooo sweet, thanks to the addition of monkfruit and raisins. It would be better blended with milk and cream to tone down the sweetness. There was no tang at all.
One serving (2/3 cup) is 120 calories, 3g total fat, 33g total carbs, 16g total sugars, and 1g protein.
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Fro-yo girl here. Mixmi Froyo is a new froyo product from Mixmi Brands that launched in April. The froyo comes in a 4-pack of 4 fl oz cups and is sold at supermarkets, including Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralph's, Smith's, Roundy's, Mariano's, Pick 'N Save, Metro Market, and HEB stores. The product is all-natural, nut-free, and probiotic, with billions of live and active probiotics. Low in calories, Mixmi Froyo also has prebiotic fiber. Mixmi Froyo is a portion-controlled, healthy snack that supports gut health.
I found Mixmi Froyo at Ralph’s in Pasadena, CA for $4.99/box. They had four flavors, including Ultimate Chocolate, Mas Mango, Totally Vanilla, and Orange Dream.
Totally Vanilla Mixmi: The froyo was dense, firm, and creamy. It tasted like vanilla ice cream rather than frozen yogurt. It was too sweet for me but I could see it appealing to many people, especially kids. The flavors they offer don’t interest me though – too mainstream. But it would be good with some Oreo cookies, chocolate shell, or chocolate chips. One serving is 90 calories, with 1.5g total fat, 14g total carbs, 11g total sugars, 3g dietary fiber, and 3g protein.
Ingredients: Milk, cultured milk, sugar, maltodextrin, soluble corn fiber (dietary fiber), natural flavors, cream, locust bean gum guar gum, tara gum
Available flavors: Ultimate Chocolate, Orange Dream, Más Mango, Mint Chocolate, Vanilla Cupcake, and Totally Vanilla
About Mixmi Brands
Mixmi Brands is a family-owned company of food enthusiasts and food scientists. Mixmi Brands develops unique, great tasting products that provide supportive probiotics and prebiotic fiber to you and your family. Visit www.mixmibrands.com for more information or on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mixmi_frozen_yogurt/) and Facebook
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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
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Fro-yo girl here. I’ve been haunting Target looking for the new Yasso Pumpkin Cheesecake flavor and walking away unsuccessful in my quest to find it for months. Today, I noticed a new offering right next to Yasso at Target. Culture Republick is a probiotic light ice cream. Since it’s probiotic, I thought of frozen yogurt. However, Culture Republick ice cream doesn’t contain Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, so it’s not really frozen yogurt.
Target had one CR flavor during my visit, Milk & Honey. I also saw signs for two other flavors, Chocolate & Cherry and Lemon & Graham. One pint was $4.39. Milk & Honey is vanilla ice cream with swirls of honey. One pint is 440 calories, 17g protein, 4.5g total fat, 17g sugars, and 6g protein. From the flavors and the ice cream positioning, I wasn’t expecting any tang. The flavors are a little more interesting than usual, especially the Turmeric Chai & Cinnamon. Lemon & Graham also sounds worth trying.
Milk & Honey: The texture is nice – very creamy and scoopable though a bit chewy and not as rich as full fat ice cream. The honey vanilla flavor is very pleasant and mild though the honey flavor is very strong and very sweet. There aren’t that many honey swirls though, so the honey isn’t too overwhelming. It has a sweet cream aftertaste and no yogurt flavor. I’d prefer a stronger vanilla flavor. The packaging features the work of an artist, Joe Geis, @joe_geis.
According to Unilever, “Culture Republick™ is a premium ice cream with probiotics on a mission to support culture both inside and out, with a unique connection to the arts. There are currently seven unique flavors of Culture Republick premium light ice cream, which include Milk & Honey, Turmeric Chai & Cinnamon, Cold Brew & Chocolate Chip, Pistachio & Caramel, Lemon & Graham, Chocolate & Cherry, and Matcha & Fudge. In addition to the probiotics in the ice cream, each pint is designed by a different emerging artist. The brand also pledges to use 10 percent of all profits to support arts in local communities across the country, with all charitable donations made possible by the Unilever Foundation. Culture Republick is currently available at select retailers for an average retail price of $3.99 to $4.99. To find the nearest retailer and learn more about Culture Republick, visit CultureRepublick.com.”
Unilever has launched a new probiotic ice cream brand called Culture Republick, which the company claims is the first premium ice cream containing probiotics.
Each pint contains 3 billion live active cultures and is made with no artificial sweeteners. I like how a portion of the profits goes to support the arts in local communities.
Ingredients (Milk & Honey): Skim milk, cream, sugar, soluble corn fiber, honey, milk protein concentrate, less than 2% of: cornstarch, vegetable gums (guar, carob bean), monoglycerides, natural flavor, salt, lemon juice concentrate, pectin, bacillus coagulans GBI-30 6086, xanthan gum, vitamin A palmitate.
4 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. On a recent visit to Lohas Fresh Mart in Arcadia, CA, I spotted Want Want Yogurt Smoothies in the frozen section. This was my first time seeing Want Want Yogurt Smoothies for sale. The soft serve picture on the packaging definitely caught my eye. It doesn’t look like a smoothie but maybe something got lost in translation. Want Want Yogurt Smoothies are imported from China. They are manufactured by Want Want Holdings, the largest rice cake and flavored drink maker in Taiwan.
Lohas was selling a package of Want Want Smoothies for $2.69. Each package contains 4 individual packaged smoothie pouches. Each pouch is 80ml. Each package has two flavors. One had Strawberry & Blueberry smoothies. The other had Peach and Vanilla smoothies. The pouches are small, about half the size of Korean frozen smoothie pouches.
The directions on the pouch were in Chinese with no English translation. The product was frozen solid, so the directions probably involve defrosting. Then you twist the top off, squeeze the pouch, and consume. After about 15 minutes of defrosting, the product was ready for consumption.
Blueberry yogurt smoothie: The frozen smoothie was creamier than the Korean frozen milkshake. It seemed to have more dairy. I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t taste like Yakult but tasted more like a sweet milky blueberry candy. Yes, it was sweet but it tasted better than the Korean frozen yogurt milkshake.
Strawberry yogurt smoothie: The strawberry flavor was similar – creamy with a sweet strawberry flavor. It wasn’t the most natural tasting but it wasn’t unpleasant either.
One serving has 120 calories, total fat 5g, sugars 13g and total carbohydrate 7g.
Ingredients (strawberry yogurt smoothie): Water, sugar, whole milk powder, refined coconut oil, glycerol, citric acid, pectin, propylene glycol alginate, lactic acid, succinylated monoglycerides, sucrose, fatty acid esters, artificial flavor (strawberry flavor), sodium carboxymethylcellulose, potassium sorbate, sodium citrate.
3.5 out of 5 stars
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* LOHAS FRESH MART: 1304 S Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007
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Fro-yo girl here. Another froyo bar maker has just introduced frozen yogurt pints! Nestle Outshine launched a new line of pints. The non-dairy frozen dessert is banana-based (yuck), so I won’t be trying it. The Yogurt & Granola pints have hit the shelves at Target and they’re supposed to be available nationwide in April (this month). The flavors are:
- Peach
- Blueberry Acai
- Strawberry
Target sells the pints for $3.99 (regular price). One pint is 14 ounces. A serving is ½ a cup, 140 calories, 4.5g total fat, 17g sugars, and 6g protein. My Target only had the strawberry yogurt flavor and two non-dairy flavors.
The product is described as follows: “Each spoonful of Outshine Yogurt & Granola is made with creamy yogurt swirled with crunchy granola and real fruit. It’s the snack that refereshes you from the inside out.” It’s made without high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors or flavors. Outshine Yogurt & Granola is kosher and gluten-free.
* Strawberry Yogurt & Granola: The frozen yogurt had a mild, sweet strawberry flavor. It reminded me of refrigerated yogurt. There was a fair amount of granola though the granola wasn’t chunky – it mainly seemed like rolled oats. I was surprised to see some chunks of frozen strawberry. The texture wasn’t very creamy but it wasn’t icy either. It was in between. I'd recommend letting it soften before you try to eat it because it does freeze into a very hard consistency. Overall, the product is somewhat bland but inoffensive.
Ingredients: Yogurt (Skim Milk, Cane Sugar, Strawberry Puree, Strawberries, Cream, Milk Protein Concentrate, Pectin, Beet Juice Concentrate Color, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Carob Bean Gum, Live and Active Cultures [S. Thermophilus, L. Bulgaricus, L. Delbrueckii Subsp. Lactis, B. Lactis, L. Acidophilus]), Granola Clusteres (Granola [Oats, Honey, Canola Oil], Coconut Oil, Cane Sugar, Salt, Spice).
Outshine isn’t the first frozen yogurt with granola. Haagen Dazs came out with vanilla honey & granola frozen yogurt years ago.
3 out of 5 stars.
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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.
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* GROCERY OUTLET BARGAIN MARKET: 7260 Rosemead Blvd., San Gabriel, CA 91775
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Fro-yo girl here. I can always count on Gelson’s for carrying hard to find, new brands. On a recent trip, I found Kirby’s Premium Frozen Yoghurt. Kirby’s is all natural, with live and active cultures and probiotics. One serving is 160 calories, 4g fat, 23g sugars, and 5g protein.
* Strawberry: The frozen yogurt was dense, firm and creamy. It had a pleasant natural strawberry taste but I didn’t taste tang or yogurt flavor. It was more like an ice cream but an icier, lower fat one. The strawberry flavor wasn’t intense but it was noticeable. I prefer tangier froyo that tastes like yogurt, but Kirby’s is a good choice for those of you who like a sweeter froyo that tastes natural.
Gelson’s had four flavors: Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate and Coffee. The pints were $6.99.
Ingredients: Milk and milk solids, strawberries, sugar, strawberry puree, cream, corn syrup, stabilizer (locust bean gum, carrageenan, dextrose), cultures.
For more information, visit http://www.kirbysyogurt.com/
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
4 out of 5 stars.
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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.
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Fro-yo girl here. I spotted boxes of Fruit Dips, “premium frozen fruit bars dipped in Greek yogurt coating,” recently. Fruit Dips is manufactured by PhillySwirl. There are four flavors: Wild Blueberry, Sunny Raspberry, Tropical Mango and So Fresh Strawberry. One box has 6 pops/bars and one pop is 55g, 120 calories, 4g total fat, and 16g sugar.
* Sunny Raspberry pop: The Greek yogurt coating was a thin, smooth shell, similar to Magic Shell in texture. It had a waxy, sweet flavor that didn’t complement the raspberry fruit bar. The raspberry fruit bar didn’t have the strongest raspberry flavor but it did taste like a natural raspberry fruit bar and it wasn’t too sweet.
Ingredients: Raspberry puree, water, sugar, Greek yogurt coating (Greek yogurt powder, skim milk solids, bacterial culture, lactic acid, natural flavors), coconut oil, soybean oil, lactic acid, soy lecithin, skim milk powder), natural flavors, pectin, chokeberry juice, carrot juice, salt.
Fruit Dips are sold at Publix and retail for $3.79 a box.
3 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. I’ve never tried Skinny Cow frozen desserts before because they didn’t have any frozen yogurt. They finally introduced Greek froyo bars recently and I found them at Target Pasadena. Skinny Cow Greek Frozen Yogurt Bars come in two flavors, Salt-Kissed Caramel and Chocolate Fudgetastic Swirl. The bars have 5g of protein and are 110-110 calories each. They’re sold in boxes with four bars per box. The retail price is $5.49.
Target Pasadena had both flavors for $4.49 a box, regular price. I wasn’t too thrilled with the sound either flavor (wish they had other flavors like coffee and peanut butter) but the Chocolate Fudgetastic Swirl reminded me of the fudgesicles I used to enjoy.
* Chocolate Fudgetastic Swirl: The bar is small and it looks like a Yasso bar. The texture is very nice. It’s firmer and creamier than a Yasso bar. The flavor was better than I expected. The chocolate flavor wasn’t as strong as you’d find in a fudgesicle. It was more like a light cocoa flavor. The chocolate swirls tasted like chocolate syrup (in a good way). The bar was sweet but not too sweet. It didn’t taste like yogurt but it tasted like a good ice cream bar. One bar has 2g of fat and 13g of sugars.
Ingredients: Greek frozen yogurt: skim milk, cultured skim milk, sugar, corn syrup, milk protein concentrate, cream, cocoa processed with alkali, molasses, natural flavor, pectin, guar gum, corn starch, salt, yogurt, culture. Fudge swirl: sugar water, corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, corn starch, sea salt, vanilla extrat, pectin.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
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Fro-yo girl here. Yasso recently expanded their offerings, introducing three new bar flavors: S’mores, Toffee Caramel Chocolate Chip, Black Raspberry Chip and their first froyo sandwiches, available in Mint and Vanilla.
I spotted a few of their new products at Target in Fremont, CA. That Target had all the new products except for S’mores bars. Each package was priced at $3.99. A box comes with four bars or four sandwiches.
Toffee Caramel Chocolate Chip sounds super sweet to me, so I opted for the Black Raspberry Chip bars.
* Black Raspberry Chip bars: These are froyo popsicles. The texture of the bar was creamy, soft and light. The raspberry flavor was present but not very strong. The dark and white chocolate chips were small and crunchy. The yogurt flavor was very mild. The flavor was not tangy at all but was sweeter than I expected. It’s still a nice light treat at 100 calories, 2g total fat and 14g of sugars. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Vanilla froyo/ice cream sandwiches are commonplace, so I wanted to try the mint. Also, chocolate and mint make a good pair.
* Mint froyo sandwiches: The sandwich is small compared to the other ice cream sandwiches on the market. The dark chocolate cookie looks and tastes like a soft Oreo cookie. It’s a great cookie and it didn’t get too mushy or sticky. The layer of froyo was pretty thin. The mint flavor was natural and pleasant. The texture was smooth and creamy. The cookies complemented the froyo. One sandwich is 120 calories with 3.5g total fat and 7g of sugars. I liked my froyo sandwich more than the Black Raspberry Chip bar. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
* TARGET: Fremont Hub Shopping Center, 39201 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538
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Fro-yo girl here. Mochicream is a Japanese dessert that’s basically mochi with different fillings often involving whipped cream and jam. Mochicream Mochi Cream Ice is a newer mochi product; the mochi has an ice cream filling.
Mochicream could only be purchased from J.sweets retail stores when it first reached the US. Since there are only four of these (in San Jose, Torrance, Costa Mesa and Irvine), this meant that the availability of Mochicream in the US was extremely limited. The mochi are made in Japan.
Recently I was shopping at Mitsuwa San Gabriel and I spotted Mochicream in the freezer. The Mochicream treats are now individually wrapped and 10 flavors are available (e.g., Chocobanana, Chocomint, Tiramisu, Matcha au Lait, etc. One Mochicream is $2.49. They had one yogurt flavor, blueberry yoghurt.
* Blueberry Yoghurt Mochicream: This was not the same as the blueberry yoghurt Mochicream I had a few years back (that one had whipped cream in the center, this one had blueberry jam). The thin glutinous rice shell is soft, sweet and chewy. The “ice” filling was creamy and the blueberry jam had an intense blueberry flavor. I didn’t taste the yogurt flavor but the mochi was very tasty. One mochi is 2.19 ozs and 170 calories.
Ingredients: Blueberry jam, sugar, cream, milk product powdered, glutinous rice, sweetened condensed milk, skim milk powder, polydextrose dextrin, powdered oil, gelatin, glucose, millet jelly, starch, salt, etc.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* MITSUWA: 515 W Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel, CA 91776
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Fro-yo girl here. The first smaller, more affordable 365 by Whole Foods (the new concept store from Whole Foods) opened in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles at the end of May. 365 replaces Ralph’s. There’s less variety at 365 compared to Whole Foods and the interior looks like a warehouse with huge floor freezers and some high tech touches such as kiosks to order made to order tacos, bowls, pizzas and brewed tea. The food court that one typically finds at Whole Foods is gone but there is an Allegro coffee kiosk, an in-store, casual, counter-serve vegan restaurant called by Chloe and a dining area. There are no butchers or bakers on site and the flowers are limited to a small selection of bouquets (with no floral department staff). It felt like there was a lot more security personnel.
Prices are lower than Whole Foods. 365 still has ample organic produce, the hot bar/salad bar where items are priced by container size rather than weight (it reminds me of how some self-serve froyo shops have adopted weightless pricing, charging by cup size rather than weight) and grab and go baked goods and prepared foods.
I went to check out the yogurt and frozen yogurt selection. First, the selection is smaller than the typical Whole Foods in the area. For frozen yogurt the only product they had was the 365 Greek yogurt popsicles. They didn’t have Julie’s Organic frozen yogurt, Yasso bars, Lifeway frozen kefir, etc. They did have a lot of ice cream and gelato though. Also, a smaller selection doesn’t mean a different selection. The yogurt selection was pretty good (Fage, Siggi’s, Whole Foods) but they didn’t carry Smari, Tarte, Blue Hill or Stonyfield’s Oh My Yog like the typical Whole Foods.
They’ve attracted a younger clientele but I didn’t see many of them using the high tech features. I did enjoy the food at by Chloe. Her face looked familiar…I’ve seen her on Cupcake Wars. I need to try her Cupcake Wars winning vegan cupcakes.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* 365 BY WHOLE FOODS: 2520 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles (Silver Lake), CA 90039
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Fro-yo girl here. Yeti’s Frozen Custard started out as a food truck in Austin, TX. They later built their wholesale business and recently (as of mid-February 2016) their pints became available nationwide at Sprouts. They plan to open a brick and mortar shop this year.
Yeti’s prides itself in its all natural quality ingredients and creative flavors like Cinnamon Toast and Lemon Lavender. They use local ingredients when possible. The fruits are from Texas. Their frozen custard is hand crafted and and hand packed.
The Sprouts I went to in Monrovia carried three flavors: Mint Chocolate Chip, Roasted Strawberry and Blueberry Pancake. A pint retails for $6.99. During the sale that I encountered, a pint was $3.99. The packaging with the yeti is cute and appealing.
* Blueberry Pancake frozen custard: The texture is denser and chewier than ice cream. The chewiness made it seem odd to me. However, it does taste like it’s made with good milk, cream and sugar. It’s rich and creamy. The blueberries are blended throughout. The blueberry flavor is faint and there is no pancake flavor. They did add maple syrup but that isn’t enough to make it taste like pancakes.
One serving (1/2 a cup) is 230 calories and 15g of fat. Yes, it’s rich.
Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, nonfat milk, egg yolk, blueberries, simple syrup, guar gum, carob bean gum, carrageenan, orange juice, orange peel
You can find a list of stores that carry Yeti’s Frozen Custard on their website:
http://www.yetispot.com/#!where-to-buy/c24vq
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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