Aiko Garden Fruit Bucket Review

 

Fro-yo girl here. H Mart in Arcadia had Aiko Garden’s Fruit Bucket ice cream for just $3.99. The mini fruit-shaped ice cream treats have gone viral, and the reviews were positive. However, after trying them, I have to wonder why the reviews were positive. Yes, they are cute, but they taste very artificial.

Each Fruit Bucket is 4.06 fl oz and comes with 12 mini ice creams. The shapes match the ice cream flavors and include green grapes, mango, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and bananas. The ice cream fruit features a thin white chocolate shell and a filling of fruit-flavored ice cream. One fruit is 10g and about 25 – 30 calories. Artificial flavor is used for every fruit ice cream flavor, along with whey power, milk powder, and various gums.

The white chocolate coating flavor overwhelms the flavor of the ice cream. The chocolate shell was creamy. The ice cream was icy. Here’s how I’d rank each flavor:

• Mango: this was my favorite, it tasted like mango candy but in a good way, it also seemed a touch creamier.
• Peach: the peach flavor was faint but pleasant in a fake peach way
• Banana: I hate bananas, but I didn’t mind this flavor because it tasted more like vanilla than banana.
• Grape: sweet, tasted like fake grapes but not in a good way
• Blueberry: artificial but did taste faintly of blueberries
• Strawberry: the most artificial of the flavors, sadly

Aiko Garden is a Chinese brand. The Fruit Bucket is imported from China.

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

* H MART, 1101 Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007

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