New Flavors Introduced in 2019 & Flavor Trends

The end of the year is near and we’ve compiled the new froyo, sorbet, vegan soft serve, gelato and ice cream flavors introduced by froyo shops and mix manufacturers. We found 88 of them and organized them by shop and mix manufacturer.

16 Handles

  • Chocolate Hazelnut Truffle vegan soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Cookie Dough Craving vegan soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Nutty Banana Bread vegan soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Belgian Chocolate Fudge sorbet
  • Frose sorbet
  • Cookies & Cashew Milk vegan soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice vegan soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Glinda’s Strawberry Vanilla sorbet
  • Elphaba’s Green Apple sorbet

Dannon YoCream

  • Silk Chocolate, almond milk dairy-free soft serve

Dole

  • Cherry Dole Whip, dairy-free

Menchie’s

  • Golden Graham Cracker froyo
  • OREO Peanut Butter Cookie froyo
  • Cookies N Crème froyo made with Hershey’s Cookies N Crème bar
  • Lemon OREO froyo
  • Simply Mango sorbet
  • Cookie Sandwich (dairy-free) soft serve made with Blue Diamond almond butter
  • Orange Pineapple sorbet
  • Chips Ahoy Original Cookie froyo
  • Pomegranate Razz sorbet (reformulated)
  • Peppa Pig Cotton Candy froyo
  • Blue Raspberry Sorbet made with Sour Patch Kids flavor
  • S’mores froyo made with Hershey’s
  • Hi-Chew Dragon Fruit froyo
  • Milk Chocolate ‘N’ Almonds froyo
  • Chocolate Hazelnut dairy-free soft serve made with cashew milk
  • Milk Chocolate Caramel made with Ghirardelli froyo
  • Fresh Squeezed Strawberry Lemonade sorbet
  • Gourmet Chocolate gelato (1st gelato)
  • Chocolate Cream Pie froyo
  • Sugar Cookie Spell froyo
  • Frosted Cupcake froyo
  • Mrs. Smith’s Famous Apple Pie froyo
  • Matcha Green Tea froyo
  • Ginger Snaps Fresh Baked Cookie froyo

Menchie’s Canada

  • Nestle Aero froyo
  • Nestle Caramel Drumstick froyo

Orange Leaf

  • Edible Cookie Dough froyo
  • Salted Caramel froyo made with Twix
  • Confetti Cupcake froyo
  • Sour Raspberry froyo made with Sour Patch Kids flavor, dairy-free
  • Cookies ‘N Cream gelato made with OREO
  • Cinnamon Roll froyo
  • Peppermint Hot Cocoa froyo made with Ghirardelli

Pinkberry

  • Pinkbee’s Cookie Butter milk ice cream
  • Cold Brew dairy-free soft serve with coconut milk
  • Kiwi Strawberry froyo
  • Salted Butter Caramel Pinkbee’s milk ice cream
  • Cranberry Orange froyo

Pinkberry Canada

  • Strawberry Rose froyo
  • Spiced Apple Cider froyo

Pinkberry Philippines

  • Dragon Fruit Strawberry froyo

Red Mango

  • Spiced Apple Cider Fro-No, vegan
  • Cool As a Cucumber Fro-No, vegan
  • Beet It Fro-No, vegan
  • Pumpkin Spice Fro No vegan soft serve
  • Cold Brew Coffee Fro-No vegan soft serve

Sugar Creek/Honey Hill Farms

  • Frozen Hot Chocolate froyo
  • Cookie Monster froyo (blue in color)
  • Fudge Brownie Batter gelato
  • Kandy Krush gelato

Summit Premium

  • Non-Dairy Oat Milk, dairy-free
  • Strawberry Oat Milk, dairy-free
  • Chocolate Almond Milk, dairy-free
  • Cookies N Cream Almond Milk, dairy-free

sweetFrog

  • Berry Tropical sorbet

Yoga-urt

  • Thai Iced Tea vegan froyo
  • True Tahini vegan froyo
  • Peaceful Peach vegan froyo
  • Cherry Amaretto vegan froyo
  • (late addition) Mexican Hot Chocolate vegan froyo

Yogen Fruz

  • Vegan Coconut Strawberry
  • Rose Green Tea Ü Sensation froyo
  • Dragon Fruit U Sensation froyo
  • Taro U Sensation froyo
  • Cookies & Cream Cheesecake froyo

Yogurtland

  • Chocolate Toffee Bar froyo made with Heath
  • Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Pie froyo
  • Blueberry Lavender light ice cream
  • Fruit Punch sorbet
  • Dairy Free Key Lime Pie froyo
  • Cookies & Crème made with OREO light ice cream
  • Pomegranate Lime Twister sorbet
  • Strawberry Balsamic Light ice cream
  • Blueberry Avalanche Tart froyo
  • Ube froyo
  • Milk Chocolate Candy froyo made with M&Ms
  • Molasses Gingerbread Cookie froyo

Yogurty’s

  • Ban-ella froyo
  • Iced Cappuccino vegan soft serve
  • Froot Loops froyo
  • Cookie Butter Speculoos froyo

Froyo vs. Froyo Alternatives

Of the new flavors, 48% were froyo and 52% froyo alternatives. Of the froyo alternatives, vegan soft serve made with milk alternatives (e.g., cashew milk, almond milk, coconut milk, oat milk) was the most popular, accounting for 31% of the new flavors. Interestingly, 16 Handles and Red Mango’s new flavors were all dairy-free. There were some notable firsts:

  • Summit Premium introduced the first oat milk soft serve this year.
  • Menchie’s introduced its first gelato flavor and first dairy-free flavor made with cashew milk.
  • 16 Handles introduced its first cashew milk based soft serve flavors

Branded Partnerships

Brand partnerships continued to be popular, with Nabisco (OREO) leading the way. Other branded ingredients Kellogg’s, Nabisco (Oreo), Hershey, Mrs. Smith’s Apple Pie, Sour Patch Kids, Chips Ahoy, Nestle, M&M’s, Ghirardelli, Blue Diamond, Hi-Chew, Knott’s Berry Farm, etc.

Specific Flavors

In terms of specific flavors, we didn’t see a big change. Baked goods/dessert inspired flavors were the most popular, accounting for 28.4% of new flavors, mainly driven by cookie flavors. Fruit flavors accounted for 25% of new flavors, candy flavors (16%), drink flavors (11%), cereal (1%) and other (17%). Cereal flavors and fruit flavors declined.

Red Mango had some interesting Fro-No (dairy-free) flavors, including Beet It and Cool as a Cucumber. Yogurtland also introduced innovative flavors like Ube, Blueberry Lavender, and Strawberry Balsamic. Frose sorbet by 16 Handles captured the popular frose trend.

The year was also marked by the rising popularity of CBD products. Bella’s Frozen Yogurt in St. Louis, MO and Yogland, London both introduced CBD-infused frozen yogurt.

Are we missing any flavors that you’d like to see added? Let us know at info@internationalfrozenyogurt.com and we’ll add them to our list.