A TASTE TEST FOR FUNKY FLAVORS.Byline: Steven Pratt Chicago Tribune Taste should be the ultimate criterion in evaluating the new nonfat non·fat adj. Lacking fat solids or having the fat content removed. glitzy flavors of yogurt. And that's what shines through in Dannon's Coconut Cream Pie and Banana Cream Pie Banana cream pie, or Banana creme pie, is a banana variant of cream pie. It is a dessert often comprised of the following ingredients: a baked pie crust (sometimes made from graham flour), sugar, flour, salt, milk, eggs, butter, vanilla, and bananas and banana , the two top-rated flavors. Our panel of palates sampled 33 nonfat yogurt flavors from six manufacturers, rating them on a scale of 9 (delectable) to 1 (inedible). Seven members of the Tribune food staff were joined by Marilyn Wilkinson, vice president of communications for the Dairy Council of Wisconsin, and Patricia Ruppert, owner of Pattie's Heart Healthy restaurant in Chicago. The yogurts were purchased from local supermarkets. Following is a list of flavors we rated as the top five (there were several ties), with their average scores and judges' comments. 1. Dannon Coconut Cream Pie - 6.3 points: Real coconut flavor, natural tasting, flavor is true, nice texture. 2. Dannon Banana Cream Pie - 5.43 points: OK texture, creamy flavor, nice color, true banana flavor, doesn't have a no-fat texture. 3. Colombo Key Lime Pie Key lime pie is a dessert made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust. The pie is topped with meringue, then baked until the meringue is a golden brown.[1] Some key lime pies use other types of whipped toppings or none at all. - 5.14 points: Good texture, tart, feels rich, a bit too green, artificial color. 3. Breyers Blueberries and Cream - 5.14 points: Tangy but sweet, chunky fruit, good flavor, not artificial, texture enhanced with fruit. 4. Yoplait Amaretto am·a·ret·to n. pl. am·a·ret·tos An Italian liqueur flavored with almond. [Italian, diminutive of amaro, bitter, from Latin am Cheesecake - 4.86 points: Good creamy mouth feel, pina colada taste, slight aftertaste aftertaste /af·ter·taste/ (-tast?) a taste continuing after the substance producing it has been removed. af·ter·taste n. , fruity. 4. SnackWell's Chocolate Cherry - 4.86 points: Looks like chocolate pudding, not bad, OK texture, good chocolate fix, it works but not as yogurt. 5. Dannon Cream Caramel - 4.71 points: Nice sour taste, real flavor, good flavor of something, thick mouth-feel, flavor indistinct. 5. Breyers Cherry Chocolate - 4.71 points: Flavor reminds me of the '60s, cherry/vanilla taste, I could eat this, weird flavor, artificial pink color. 5. Breyers Strawberry Cheesecake - 4.71 points: Too pink, mouth-feel OK, doesn't taste artificial, naturally sweet, bubblegummy. Here are the scores for the rest of the field: Colombo Lemon Meringue: 4.57 Yoplait Lemon Cream Pie: 4.57 SnackWell's Double Chocolate: 4.57 Dannon Lemon Chiffon: 4.43 Yoplait Apricot Mango: 4.43 Colombo Cherry Vanilla: 4.43 SnackWell's Chocolate Almond: 4.29 Breyers Apple Pie a la Mode: 4.29 Dannon Tangerine Chiffon: 4.14 Yoplait Boston Cream Pie Boston cream pie n. A round cake with a custard or cream filling, often topped with a chocolate glaze. Noun 1. Boston cream pie - layer cake filled with custard : 4.14 Yoplait Key Lime Pie: 4.14 Yoplait Harvest Peach: 4.14 Breyers Peaches and Cream Peaches and Cream is a dessert made of peaches and cream. It is often served at ice cream stands and float shops. Many types of hard candy, such as Creme Savers, also come in a peaches and cream flavor. : 4.14 Stonyfield Farms Guava guava (gwä`və), small evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Psidium of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family), native to tropical America and grown elsewhere for its ornamental flowers and edible fruit. Papaya papaya (pəpī`ə), soft-stemmed tree (Carica papaya) of tropical America resembling a palm with a crown of palmately lobed leaves. : 3.86 Breyers Key Lime Pie: 3.86 Kemp's Lemon Chiffon: 3.86 Yoplait Banana Cream Pie: 3.83 Stonyfield Farms Apricot Mango: 3.71 Dannon Mint Chocolate Cream Pie: 3.14 Yoplait Caramel Apple: 3.00 Dannon Cappuccino: 3.00 SnackWell's Chocolate Caramel Nut: 2.43 Breyers Lemon Chiffon: 2.29 Stonyfield Farms Prune Whip: 1.86 |
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