Häagen-Dazs Tops ShopSmart’s Taste-Test of Vanilla Frozen Yogurts and Butter Pecan Ice Creams

Plus, runners-up that tasted almost as good and cost a fraction of the price

Yonkers, NY – Willing to splurge for a tasty frozen treat? Then look no further than Häagen-Dazs – the famed ice cream maker edged out the competition in ShopSmart’s recent taste-tests of vanilla frozen yogurts and butter pecan ice creams.

The report, which features the full results of taste-tests of 12 vanilla frozen yogurts and nine butter pecan ice creams, is available in the June 2013 issue of ShopSmart, from Consumer Reports, on newsstands now. [Read more]

Eleven Store-Brand Products Tie or Beat Name-Brand Rivals in Consumer Reports Taste-Tests

Choosing private-label alternatives can save consumers up to sixty percent

Yonkers, NY – In Consumer Reports’ blind taste-test of 19 store-brand and name-brand grocery staples, store brands tied name brands for taste in ten instances, with one product, Giant Eagle chicken broth, beating out its name-brand counterpart, Swanson.

Switching from name-brand to private-label products can save consumers an average of 25 percent. [Read more]