Weis Pineapple Lime & Vanilla Tub

What is it?

A sharper fruit combination than the mango tubs, and the lime is the reason for it. Pineapple is sweet with a little acidity of its own, and lime pushes that considerably further. This matters in a frozen dessert, where cold suppresses sour flavours. A fruit swirl that tastes balanced at room temperature can read as flat once frozen, so pairing pineapple with something sharper than itself is a way of compensating for that. The vanilla ice cream is the counterweight, swirled through rather than layered, following the tub format rather than the two-layer construction Weis uses on its bars. It is the sharpest thing the brand makes in a tub, and the only one pairing two fruits rather than leading on a single one.