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Comment by bagels 3 months ago

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Do raspberries not taste like raspberries?

What product has "blue raspberry"?

I can only think of one raspberry product I buy, and it doesn't have any dye, and is deep red colored (from the raspberries)

Reason077 3 months ago

> "What product has "blue raspberry"?

Blue raspberry is a standard slushie colour the world over, in my experience.

https://www.7-eleven.com/products/slurpee/blue-raspberry

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  • riffraff 3 months ago

    Never seen it as a slushie in Italy but we do have azure ice cream. It used to be called "puffo" (=Smurf) but smurfs aren't popular anymore, so now they usually sell it as "marshmallow" or "cotton candy".

    But it tastes nothing like raspberry?

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    • coldtea 3 months ago

      >But it tastes nothing like raspberry?

      It's not like most ice-cream flavors taste anything like the real thing...

      Especially in the US (not Italian artisanal gelato)

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  • abm53 3 months ago

    In the U.K. I remember it being a novelty flavour for a brief period in the 90s.

    I’ve not seen or heard of the idea since then, although this may reflect my own consumer preferences.

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    • Reason077 3 months ago

      Surely no visit to a UK chain cinema (Odeon/Vue) in summer is complete without a refreshing and sugar-free Tango Ice Blast?! It's the "UK’S N0.1 FROZEN DRINK BRAND", according to their own marketing.

      And the two original, traditional flavours of Tango Ice Blast are Red (Cherry) and Blue (Raspberry).

      In fact, I can't remember ever seeing any other flavours, although according to their website there are others:

      https://www.lovetangoiceblast.com/flavours

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  • vjk800 3 months ago

    I have never seen this product or heard the term "blue raspberry" in my life, so probably not around the world.

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thatguy0900 3 months ago

Blue raspberry is a candy only flavor. It doesn't really taste like raspberry. Its pretty common as a flavor in the us at least, it's one of my favorite candy flavors.

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  • PolygonSheep 3 months ago

    If you eat a bowl of mixed blueberries and raspberries, it actually does taste like blue raspberry. It's a mixture of the two flavors.

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    • tuukkah 3 months ago

      Also known as the flavor of Queen's jam (from Sweden), which looks nicer as instead of blueberries, it uses bilberries (whose flesh is deep red).

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anigbrowl 3 months ago

You're thinking of snozzberries.

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  • snoman 3 months ago

    I have it on good authority that the snozzberries taste like snozzberries.

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  • whyenot 3 months ago

    You need to be squeezed. Off to the juicing room you go!

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