Fro-yo girl here. Functional gummies are enjoying increased popularity in the US and also in Taiwan. I recently found Q-gurt functional yogurt gummies at the new iTaiwan Foods store in Temple City, CA. The gummies are sold in 63g bags with 18 individually wrapped gummies per bag. The gummy is a small cube and contains live and active cultures, as well as collagen. One bag was $4.
According to the importer, iTaiwan Foods, “Fruity peach yogurt gummies with added probiotics. A tasty and health-conscious snack for all ages. Light and fluffy with a chewy texture, providing a dual sensation. Enhanced with collagen, the addition of white peach ensures a snack that not only delights the taste buds but also contributes to your skincare and beauty.” Q-gurt is a product of Taiwan’s Bifido Foods.
Peach and yogurt gummies: Soft, chewy but gelatinous, the texture was like a marshmallow-gummy hybrid. The juicy white peach flavor was surprisingly strong. It is sweet like a candy and pretty in appearance (white and pink). It’s made with peach juice concentrate.
Tangerine and yogurt gummies: these gummies had more of a powdery taste, like a drink mix, even though it is made with orange juice concentrate. The cube was orange and white.
One gummy is 10 calories, 0g fat, 0g cholesterol, 2g total carbs, 2g total sugars and 0g protein.
Since it’s functional, I assume that you’re not supposed to eat a couple at once? Anyway, the peach and yogurt ones are much better than the tangerine and yogurt ones. Neither tastes like yogurt.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* ITAIWAN FOODS, 5781 Rosemead Blvd, Temple City, CA
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Fro-yo girl here. I found Atrion yogurt fruit gummies at Konbiniya Japan Centre in Vancouver, Canada. They had a few flavors. The candy was $3.19 for 1.66 oz resealable pouch. It’s imported from Japan.
Yogurt Fruit Strawberry: The gummy is circular and about the size of a nickel. It’s firm and chewy. The strawberry flavor is strong and the yogurt makes the candy tangy. It’s good but it does taste a bit like Yakult (I’m not a fan of Yakult) rather than yogurt. I do appreciate the strong strawberry flavor and tang. I would buy these again. I should have bought the pear flavor too.
You can buy this candy online from Japan Candy Store for $4.90 a pouch.
4 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I found Lotte Yogurt Jelly gummy candy during a recent trip to Candy Doll Beauty in San Francisco’s Japantown. The packaging is certainly eye-catching. It looks like a giant bottle of Yakult, the probiotic beverage. Lotte Yogurt Jelly is sold at 7-Eleven stores in Korea. It’s available in three flavors: Original Yogurt, Strawberry Yogurt, Apple Yogurt. The list of ingredients is in Korean only, so I’m not sure what’s in it. A pouch weighs 50g.
* Original Yogurt Jelly: There were about 15 translucent bottle shaped gummy candies in the pouch. The lower half of the bottle was a darker yellow, while the top half was clear. It was firm and chewy but not too firm. Texture wise, it’s much like gummy bears. The flavor was tarter than I expected and I liked that, but then the powdery flavor of Yakult set in. Overall, it’s not bad but I don’t like Yakult, so I wasn’t a huge fan.
Candy Doll had the Original Yogurt and Strawberry Yogurt flavors, for $5 per pouch.
3 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* CANDY DOLL BEAUTY: 1737 Post St., Ste 385, San Francisco (Japantown), CA 94115
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Fro-yo girl here. I’ve had yogurt gummy candies before but not these Bear-y Smoothie ones that I found at Sugarfina. These are imported from Germany and sold for $2.50 for a 1 oz bag of $7.50 for a 3 oz clear candy cube. Each bear is about 1 inch in length. It’s made with skim milk yogurt powder. There were three flavors in the package.
The candy is described as, “Sweet berry juice is blended with creamy frozen yogurt in these bear-shaped, berrylicious bites. Soft and fluffy, these fruity gummy bears have the fresh taste of a delicious berry smoothie.”
Pale purple: Quite tangy and fruity, plus a little creamy. The texture is soft, spongy and chewy. It’s tangier than I expected though there isn’t much yogurt flavor. It might be blackcurrant.
Cream colored: Also tangy and creamy though it doesn’t taste like yogurt, it tastes like lemon
Pink: Tastes like a tangy cherry flavor but creamier.
Ingredients:
Glucose syrup, sugar, fructose, gelatin, skim milk yogurt powder, citric acid, lactic acid, lemon juice concentrate, sorbitol, pectin, natural flavors, natural colors (spirulina, black currant, carrot), acerola fruit powder, palm kernel oil, beeswax, carnauba wax
These are tasty gummy bears.
4 out of 5 starts.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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Fro-yo girl here. I found another yogurt flavored candy at Nijiya Market and this one’s pretty new. Kanro Pure is a line of chewy gummy candies.
* Yoghurt & Mango Gummy: These heart-shaped candies are adorable. They’re flat and firm. I liked the texture - it was firm and chewy without being too chewy. The hearts are coated in sugar. The flavor seemed good at first. They tasted quite tangy and like Yakult. The fruit/mango flavor is very faint. However, the aftertaste is artificial and reminds me of a children’s chewable vitamin. Children’s chewable vitamins taste okay but I don’t want my candy to taste like a vitamin.
One pouch is 1.62 ounces and $1.79.
Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, gelatine, milk powder, concentrated mango juice, acidulant, pectine, artificial flavor, ascorbic acid, cartotenoid color
3 out of 5 stars.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
* NIJIYA MARKET:1956 S. El Camino, San Mateo, CA 94403
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
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