Finally! After some months of waiting, I've got my sticky mitts on some Co-yo ice cream!!
Having heard about it on Twitter, I've been waiting for Co-yo's ice cream for a while. I already enjoy the Co-yo yoghurt, which I reviewed here.
Apparently the ice cream comes in various flavours, Vanilla and Nutmeg, Raw Chocolate and Sticky Date and Tamarind, but this one was Natural.
I found the ice cream in my local health shop. I must admit, I was so excited to see it, I bought a tub before reading the price label - £6.98. Oops!! But, as I told The Hub, it may be more expensive than my 'usual' but at least it's cheaper than Booja Booja (which I can't have anyway, as it's made with cashews)!!
Having got it home, I couldn't wait to dive in!
First thoughts? Creamy, definitely creamy and with a distinct taste of coconut.
'You can certainly tell it's made with coconut,' I thought. 'So not for anyone who can't eat coconut or won't eat coconut but great for those who can/will!!'
In fact one of my earliest remarks, to The Hub, was that it tasted pretty much like frozen coconut cream. I really liked the creaminess, but thought that (apart from the coconut) it lacked a bit of flavour. For me, the coconut needed something else to go with it and give it a bit of oomph.
Feeling that it would probably work best as an accompaniment to something else, I added some home made choc sauce and a few walnuts (you could always use some crumbled biscuit instead) which tasted yummy - a bit reminiscent of some Haagen-Dazs, maybe?
However, I thought the Co-yo ice cream could work equally well served with a scoop of mango sorbet or strawberry - or maybe one of each!?! Not so long ago Tesco made some coconut and strawberry frozen ice lollies, and those were LUSH (unfortunately they no longer make them, now).
I'm really intrigued to see what Co-yo's other flavoured ice creams are like - to see what difference their added flavours make.
So, let's get down to the nitty gritty - what's in Co-yo's ice cream? (Or not, as the case may be!)
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| Diggin' in :) |
Having heard about it on Twitter, I've been waiting for Co-yo's ice cream for a while. I already enjoy the Co-yo yoghurt, which I reviewed here.
Apparently the ice cream comes in various flavours, Vanilla and Nutmeg, Raw Chocolate and Sticky Date and Tamarind, but this one was Natural.
I found the ice cream in my local health shop. I must admit, I was so excited to see it, I bought a tub before reading the price label - £6.98. Oops!! But, as I told The Hub, it may be more expensive than my 'usual' but at least it's cheaper than Booja Booja (which I can't have anyway, as it's made with cashews)!!
Having got it home, I couldn't wait to dive in!
First thoughts? Creamy, definitely creamy and with a distinct taste of coconut.
'You can certainly tell it's made with coconut,' I thought. 'So not for anyone who can't eat coconut or won't eat coconut but great for those who can/will!!'
In fact one of my earliest remarks, to The Hub, was that it tasted pretty much like frozen coconut cream. I really liked the creaminess, but thought that (apart from the coconut) it lacked a bit of flavour. For me, the coconut needed something else to go with it and give it a bit of oomph.
Feeling that it would probably work best as an accompaniment to something else, I added some home made choc sauce and a few walnuts (you could always use some crumbled biscuit instead) which tasted yummy - a bit reminiscent of some Haagen-Dazs, maybe?
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| Great with chocolate sauce! |
However, I thought the Co-yo ice cream could work equally well served with a scoop of mango sorbet or strawberry - or maybe one of each!?! Not so long ago Tesco made some coconut and strawberry frozen ice lollies, and those were LUSH (unfortunately they no longer make them, now).
I'm really intrigued to see what Co-yo's other flavoured ice creams are like - to see what difference their added flavours make.
So, let's get down to the nitty gritty - what's in Co-yo's ice cream? (Or not, as the case may be!)
Ingredients:
Coconut milk (84%), natural fruit extracts (apple, grape, carob), tapioca.
Additional information:
Worried about traces of other allergens? Co-yo say:
Coconut milk (84%), natural fruit extracts (apple, grape, carob), tapioca.
Additional information:
Worried about traces of other allergens? Co-yo say:
Our natural yoghurt is made with just 3 ingredients and none of these come into contact with nuts; our factory is a nut free environment, we do not produce anything with nuts in it.
Our ice creams are the same, just 3 ingredients, coconut milk, agave syrup and tapioca. Flavoured with raw cacao, date syrup, vanilla extract.
We believe very strongly in preparing our product in an allergen free environment and it makes us very angry to see other products calling them selves dairy free when they are made in and packed on dairy equipment that milk products go through.
Now, if you're interested in trying this product, how you get your hands on some?
Well it's pretty tricky at the moment, unless you live near a Whole Foods Market, or your health food shop happens to stock it, but, hopefully, it will become more widely available soon.
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I absolutely love this ice cream. The raw chocolate one is good too, but it's made of rock... or is just my freezer? Had to defrost for an hour before I could shave off a few bits. Are Coyo trying to make me loose weight? Is this normal? I want to sit with a spoon and eat the whole tub. Last time I put it in front of the roaring fire and it still didn't melt... what is going on with my CoYo? Still love it though. Bessant & Drury is not bad either. Have you tried that one?
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