I've had better chocolate ice creams than Carte D'Or

Advantages: Looks attractive, gives a sense of luxury
Disadvantages: Chocolate taste overpowers the white ice cream, awkward lid

...I have just - finally - managed to finish a 900ml tub of Carte D'Or Chocolate Inspiration ice cream that was bought some time ago and has been lingering in our freezer for some time, being ignored in favour of other flavours of ice cream that have much more appeal in my mind. Although I am well known for my love of chocolate and also recognised to be particularly fond of ice cream, this offering from Walls just doesn't work for me. The first point of difficulty I noted with the ice cream was the tub. For some reason, these fancier (and more expensive) one-litre tubs of ice cream seem to come in more glamorous looking tubs than the standard, Walls Soft Scoop, square two-litre tubs of vanilla and I am not sure why. The Carte D'Or tub is one of those too-rounded-to-be-a-rectangle shapes which features an irritating, "breakaway" plastic tab...

KateHurst 30.06.2009 · Read review
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The D'Or To Ice Cream Heaven

Advantages: Makes a nice change from 'Ben and Jerry's'
Disadvantages: Calorie Packed, Not cheap

...If I ever went on ?Mastermind? my specialist subject might well be Cherry Ice Cream (well its no weirder than the bloke who chose ?Cements Used In Hip Replacement? now is it?!) I see myself as something of a cherry ice cream connoisseur and although Ben and Jerry?s ?Cherry Garcia? reigns supreme as the ice cream of choice in my household there is a young pretender to its throne?enter Carte D?Or Spagnola ice cream. Carte D?Or ice cream isn?t new to the market and according to my ?extensive? research is the number one brand in Britain ? one in 10 people have now eaten Carte D?or ice cream (that was my useless fact for the day ? an even more useless one being that enough Carte D?or ice cream is sold in Britain each year to stretch from Lands End to John O?Groats and back again ? imagine the hassle getting to work if you had to negotiate...

lwperkins 21.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Carte D'Or Spagnola

I scream for ice cream.... italian style!

Advantages: Something a bit different.
Disadvantages: None!!!

...Here I am again faced with another review on ice cream? god I love this job! As with most of the other reviews they all seem to start with PMT, and end up a few extra pounds around my waist, the in between part is of course here! The product I will now review is "Carte D'or ice cream - Amaretto". Ok, there is one big difference with this ice cream review from the rest, this ice cream doesn't contain chocolate in any way shape or form, gasp? shock horror! As always I was feeling a little down so decided to get myself something cold and sweet, as always I refuse to indulge on my own so I drag my husband down with me, he doesn't really mind! So browsing through the freezer full of ice cream tubs, nothing was jumping out at me. I had managed to find a delicious tub of raspberry pavlova ice cream for the other half, but didn...

sarahbarrow 14.01.2009 · Read review
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Bum Cheeks Ruined By Coconut Wedding Scandal

Advantages: good quality, nice flavour, it's ice-cream!
Disadvantages: not the best I've ever tasted

...Thanks to everyone's ideas for opinion titles. I have chosen the suggestion by mbmb11 (Mel) so thanks for that! I must say that psrose's suggestion came a close 2nd... So, on with the opinion.... CARTE D’OR ICE CREAM – COCONUT Yes, I can see the irony of writing another ice cream opinion, just after a rant bemoaning how badly us larger ladies get treated, while looking for non-size 8 wedding dresses. (When I was complaining about my saggy tum recently, my Mum suggested I get a new body. I want Kylie’s.) But I love my ice cream. My favourite flavour of Carte D’Or ice cream is the one with Fruit and Yoghurt. However, when my fiancé went shopping at the weekend, current financial constraints (i.e. we’re skint!) meant I could only have one tub of ice cream this week. (Virtual donations always welcome...

KarenUK 19.04.2002 (26.05.2002) · Read review
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SCOOP - no beer

Advantages: Soft and creamy, not too fussy
Disadvantages: Not very exciting

...Today I'm reviewing something that I get through quite a lot of when the weather's warm, as it has been this last wee while. And guess what? It's not beer (although I've been known to work my way through a fair bit of that). I'm talking ice cream. Ice cream in general, and CARTE D'OR in particular. And if we're going to get pernicketty, CARTE D'OR SPAGNOLA in detail. (Is it just me, or does Spagnola sound more like some sort of pasta dish than a dessert?) Let's pop open the tub and dive right in. The ice cream itself is a pale yellow, vanilla coloured affair with the purply, dark cherry sauce rippling throughout. There's not an awful lot of said sauce and in fact, it looks suspiciously like a plain vanilla ice cream that has had some token flavouring added as an afterthought. Hmm, smells OK. Again, vanilla is...

proxam 24.05.2004 · Read review
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Never mind the spagnola, here comes the summer

Advantages: Lovely creamy texture, real fruit
Disadvantages: overlysweet

...When an advert for a new yoghurt-type ice cream hit our television screens a year or two ago I didn't bat an eyelid - what's new, I thought? That was until I got a fridge with a freezer compartment (a bit behind the times, I know!) and suddenly a whole new world of ice cream deserts was opened up. Firstly, price: for 500ml in an oval clear plastic tub, Carte d'Or Spagnola costs £2.79 at the Co-op supermarket. So, not at the bottom end of the market, but nestling nicely in the mid-price bracket between bargain buckets and the Hagaaan Daaz upper end. Packaging: the tub is fairly robust, although there is an extra layer of plastic film under the lid, which is surely unnecessary packaging. I am lucky to be able to recycle plastic here in East England, but anyhow the empty tub makes a good plant pot. Appearance...

aspebbles 29.04.2007 (05.07.2007) · Read review
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How "vanilla" are you ..... ?

Advantages: It's cold and it's ice cream
Disadvantages: Doesn't live up to its promise

...***Introduction*** I love vanilla. I adore vanilla ice cream as well as any hint of the scent of such a wonderful substance. A good, high quality vanilla ice cream is hard to find. In my humble opinion there?s not that many great vanilla ice creams to be found. So when I came across the Carte D?or brand on BOGOF (buy one get one free) at Sainsbury, I couldn?t pass up the chance to give it a try. Not being one to limit my choices, I chose one tub of Carte D?Or Spagnola (that?s cherry to you and me) and Carte D?Or Vanilla. At £2.89 for a 1-litre container I thought this was a reasonable price, given that it?s marketed as a premium product for which you might expect to pay a slightly higher price, so given the offer it was damned good value. ***Packaging*** Now, the vanilla one really did grab my attention. The packaging was...

fantasybeliever 24.05.2004 · Read review
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Greek Is The Word

Advantages: Nice Honey
Disadvantages: Artificial, Misleading Product Description

...'Greek Yoghurt... and Honey', whispered a late-night television advert, in the sort of dulcet tones more commonly associated with M&S sausages. A couple of warm and sunny days later, when I found myself floundering in a frozen food aisle, struggling to appease two small children, I spotted it and popped it in the trolley at once. I suppose I imagined (in a moment of folly) that it might transport me from the aisles...to the isles. THE LOOK: Carte D'Or's 'Greek Yoghurt and Honey' is packaged in a 900ml, oval-shaped tub, and in the customarily 'classy' Carte D'Or livery, which is all ostentatious gilt and earnest lettering. The back label seems promising enough... 'Deliciously smooth ice cream made with authentic Greek yoghurt', it proclaims, 'swirled and topped with Greek-style honey sauce and crunchy toasted almonds. Only...

snowbunni 07.06.2007 · Read review
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A Fruity, Fresh Phenomenon

Advantages: Delicious
Disadvantages: Addictive

...The sun is shining and Summer is here, so why not treat yourself to a tub of "Fruit and Fresh" icecream....? "Fruit and Fresh" is made by Carte d'Or. Unlike normal icecreams, it is made by combining fresh yoghurt and beautiful Summer fruits. PRODUCT ITSELF "Fruit and Fresh" comes in 3 varieties: red fruit (containing raspberries, strawberries and redcurrants), green fruit (containing apple and pear) and yellow fruit (containing peach, apricot and pear). PRODUCT PACKAGE The icecream is sold in 249ge tubs. They are 12cm tall and 7cm across, and are decorated with images of the different fruits, depending on whether you have the red, green or yellow fruit variety. All tubs are bright and attractive. APPEARANCE "Fruit and Fresh" looks like any other icecream at first glance, but is subtly different. Because it is made...

rowei 18.06.2003 · Read review
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Cala D'or

Advantages: Great Weather - Lots to do
Disadvantages: None

...I have been to Majorca twice now and have immensely enjoyed the experience. Both times I stayed in a small rseort called Cala D'orada. Cala D'or itself is a very nice town, with some very good restaurants and a picturesque harbour, full of a fantastic array of yachts. The nightlife is also very good with very reasonable prices. There is lots to amuse yourself once you are there. Cala D'or has some very good beaches and there is accomodation practically on the beach if thats what you enjoy doing on holiday. There is also things for the energetic holiday goer. I have for two years now enjoyed windsurfing in Majorca, with a small fantastically run surf school. They cater for all abilities with great beginner courses and fun for the seasoned windsurfer alike. There is also sea kayaking and many other water sports as you would...

bigstu299 27.10.2006 · Read review
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