Tasti D-lite Grand Opening draws a crowd

In case you missed it, there was free Tasti D-lite to be had this past Thursday between 1 and 2 pm. Tasti D-lite CEO Jim Amos, franchise partners Scott Hughes and Ben Tatum, and Law Center administrators Christina Farias and Linda Davidson were on hand for the festivities.

Tasti D-lite was founded by on New York woman and her father, a food scientist. She wanted a healthy ice-cream that she could eat everyday. And according to Amos, the first ever batch of Tasti D-lite was made in a bathtub. Over the next twenty years “it became a cult product” with the actors and actresses living in New York. The frozen treat even made an appearance in a 2004 episode of Sex and the City.

And by the way, Tasti D-lite is not frozen yogurt. It contains no yogurt cultures. So is it ice cream? Well, no. Legally speaking, Tasti D-lite does not have enough fat to be labelded as ice cream. Confused? So was I. Tasti D-lite cannot be labled as ice cream under the FDA standards because it contains less than 10% milkfat - the legal minimum. There is a legal minimum fat content for ice cream.

Law students lead fairly sedentary lives, so how healthy is Tasti D-lite? According to their website, 4 ounces of Tasti D-lite contains 70 to 100 calories, 1.5 to 4 grams of fat, and 12 grams of sugar. Tasti D-lite is also kosher.

There are more than 100 flavors and the Law Center will be getting new ones every week. You can find out what flavors are coming next on facebook or twitter.

I have it on good authority that Nutella — there is actually a Nutella flavor — is coming next week.