Ms. GF Guide's Summer Soft-Serve Summary
Yes, Bloomingdales even has expensive Frogurt. You, the readers, demanded it - so I was forced to deliver. After my reviews of the gluten-free soft serve options at Tasti D Lite, Pinkberry, and McDonalds, I was asked to investigate the gluten-free status of "forty carrots" frozen yogurt at Bloomingdales. Good news for everyone looking to spend even more money satisfying your sweet tooth - forty carrots' frogurt is gluten-free.
After following the many signs necessary to navigate oneself to the forty carrots restaurant tucked away on the 7th floor of Bloomingdales' 59th Street location in Manhattan, I found only a short line of customers waiting to be served (nothing compared to the throngs of people currently crowding Pinkberry). When my turn came, I asked if they had ingredient or allergen information. Yes, he nodded, and delivered to me my very own nutrition and ingredient flyer. I stepped aside and read furtively ................ yes, I could indulge.
The regular toppings are in a cross-contamination minefield, so I didn't bother with the yummy sounding coconut or goji berries. The fresh fruit toppings are in an entirely different area, so I felt relatively comfortable with my choices.
I ordered a plain small with fresh blueberries. $4.50 for a small plus $2 for the single fruit topping meant my total with tax was...choke...$7.04!!! Man I hoped it was good. I let it get a little melty before digging in - I enjoy SOFT ice cream or froyo. It is quite tasty. It has a bit of the tang sought out at Pinkberry, but it's a little more mellow and creamy. It was delicious, though for me I don't know that it is worth the price or the hassle of navigating the halls of Bloomie's.
The famous forty carrots dessert is made by a company called The Wards Ice Cream Company in Paterson, NJ. It is branded as "Frogurt" which coincidently is served at a bakery right by my apt (I will have to investigate pricing outside of the luxe Bloomingdales environs).
Probably the best tasting soft-serve I had this summer was after the Gluten-Free BBQ in NJ. We went to Applegate Farm, where I enjoyed a vanilla soft-serve that rivaled the Frozen Dairy Bar Ice Cream I had during my childhood summers in Virginia. Unfortunately it was too dark to get a photo of the creamy deliciousness.
But given price, convenience and calorie considerations I still have to give top billing to McDonald's. Yes, this Gramercy Tavern loving, jicama eating, quinoa making, GF Guide LOVES McDonald's ice cream. What is your favorite soft-serve?
Bloomingdales plain low-fat frogurt contains: Yogurt cultured Grade A milk, sugar syrup, yogurt cultured nonfat milk, corn syrup sodium citrate, mono and diglycerides, carbohydrate gum, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, guar gum and diocityl sodium sulfosuccinates. A 4 oz serving contains 100 calories, 2 grams of fat, 2 grams of protein, and 20 grams of carbohydrates.
After following the many signs necessary to navigate oneself to the forty carrots restaurant tucked away on the 7th floor of Bloomingdales' 59th Street location in Manhattan, I found only a short line of customers waiting to be served (nothing compared to the throngs of people currently crowding Pinkberry). When my turn came, I asked if they had ingredient or allergen information. Yes, he nodded, and delivered to me my very own nutrition and ingredient flyer. I stepped aside and read furtively ................ yes, I could indulge.
The regular toppings are in a cross-contamination minefield, so I didn't bother with the yummy sounding coconut or goji berries. The fresh fruit toppings are in an entirely different area, so I felt relatively comfortable with my choices.
I ordered a plain small with fresh blueberries. $4.50 for a small plus $2 for the single fruit topping meant my total with tax was...choke...$7.04!!! Man I hoped it was good. I let it get a little melty before digging in - I enjoy SOFT ice cream or froyo. It is quite tasty. It has a bit of the tang sought out at Pinkberry, but it's a little more mellow and creamy. It was delicious, though for me I don't know that it is worth the price or the hassle of navigating the halls of Bloomie's.
The famous forty carrots dessert is made by a company called The Wards Ice Cream Company in Paterson, NJ. It is branded as "Frogurt" which coincidently is served at a bakery right by my apt (I will have to investigate pricing outside of the luxe Bloomingdales environs).
Probably the best tasting soft-serve I had this summer was after the Gluten-Free BBQ in NJ. We went to Applegate Farm, where I enjoyed a vanilla soft-serve that rivaled the Frozen Dairy Bar Ice Cream I had during my childhood summers in Virginia. Unfortunately it was too dark to get a photo of the creamy deliciousness.
But given price, convenience and calorie considerations I still have to give top billing to McDonald's. Yes, this Gramercy Tavern loving, jicama eating, quinoa making, GF Guide LOVES McDonald's ice cream. What is your favorite soft-serve?
Bloomingdales plain low-fat frogurt contains: Yogurt cultured Grade A milk, sugar syrup, yogurt cultured nonfat milk, corn syrup sodium citrate, mono and diglycerides, carbohydrate gum, locust bean gum, polysorbate 80, guar gum and diocityl sodium sulfosuccinates. A 4 oz serving contains 100 calories, 2 grams of fat, 2 grams of protein, and 20 grams of carbohydrates.
3 comments:
Dairy Queen makes a good soft serve, and many of the toppings (including the chocolate dip) are gluten free.
This looks my kind of investigative reporting! Yum. Thanks for the reviews. I found you on the Foodie Blogroll, glad to meet you.
You are the goddess of Soft Serve this summer! I may have to deign to try the McD soft serve, after years of snubbing them. ;) Thanks for the fun reviews!
-Sea
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