I went to the store today looking for something sweet and what caught my eye was ice cream fridge, and discounts, of course. I saw this big 1kg ice cream by Algida was on an almost 50% discount so I bought it. There were four different flavors in the container so I thought it would be cool to buy it because it means that everybody in my family will find a flavor they may like. So I bought it.

The plastic container wasn’t very promising. Unfortunately, with Algida ice creams, but with most products these days, it is like; what you see is what you get. What I am trying to say is that Algida usually has these fancy containers for their ice creams, and ice creams in their fancy looking containers always taste great, but this container is totally different from the regular Algida container. The first thing you notice about it is that simple, just a transparent box with the label at the center of the lid. My first impression about this ice cream wasn’t a positive one but I made a hasty decision and I bought it anyway. Now, let me tell you about the flavors.

I will start with the best taste which is giandiua, which is chocolate hazelnut. This taste is really amazing. Chocolate plus hazelnut, it is strong is not very sweet and it is creamy and dense. Everything a non fruity ice cream is supposed to be and it doesn’t melt quickly either. So if this 1kg container contained just giandiua flavored ice cream, nobody would be happier than me. I am not a big fan of chocolate ice cream but the addition of nuts won me over.

The worst one is coffee taste, it is so bland. I don’t know how they made this possible but this creamy ice cream has a very watery taste. I expect that kind a taste from cheap ice creams which are full of ice pieces but this ice cream is creamy so it was a big disappointment. I must admit I am not a big fan of ice cream or any products with taste of coffee, although I like coffee very much, but still I wasn’t expecting such a tasteless product from Carte d’or. You can see on the photo that the way this ice cream is melting is a pure proof of its lack of creaminess.

Then there’s zabaglione taste which is also so-so. It is yellow-ish and a bit less tasteless than coffee but still not very good. Zabaglione flavor is usually very rich and intense while this one is totally not any of those things. The first thing consider a total must have is density, you can't have a watery zabaglione ice cream, it just isn't right! I can eat it, but still it doesn’t meet my expectations, especially considering the fact that this company has a long tradition of exquisite ice creams.
Fourth flavor is Stracciatella, I left it for the last because it is my favorite flavor, well usually it is my favorite flavor, but, unfortunately not this time. I adore stracciatella so I really know my stuff when it comes to it. This one is kind of good but again, I tasted much better ones. It is mediocre, I’ve had better. The amount of chocolate chips is if not low than very restricted and the chips are really small. And the vanilla base of the ice cream barely even tastes like vanilla and you can't even smell vanilla fragrance which is totally sad.

I must admit I am rather disappointed with this ice cream.It doesn't even smell like any of the tastes, usually when zou open a great quality ice cream you can feel the scent of fruit or whatever it is made of, coffee ice creams usually smell nice and so do the vanilla ones, but there's no fragrance coming out from this container. I guess family packages sacrifice taste in order to be cheaper but still this ice cream is much less than what I would expect from Carted d’or and Algida. My decision was hasty and was based only on the price, but at least I got my lesson out of it, I will think twice before I base my decision on the price again. I guess when one already decides to intake so many calories they should, at least, taste delicious.