Summer’s Bounty (Below Freezing)

By Warren Rojas

Photography by Hana Jung

“They look like rice,” one coworker opined upon spying the frost-covered grains of cryogenically preserved Fruit Pearls.

But unlike rice, each pastel-colored pellet releases a torrent of exotic flavors—from a guava-mango love fest (fruitiest of the whole bunch) to mixed berries awash in vanilla-ish cream (strong raspberry and yogurt undercurrents here).

Some coworkers groused about the residual pulpiness (it is fruit-based, after all). Yet the chocolate-strawberry mix (a sweet-bitter partnership) seemed to disappear before a single kernel could thaw.

Fruit Pearls currently come in six flavors: banana berry, chocolate strawberry, guava mango, strawberry, tropical and wild berries and cream. To increase your iced-citrus intake, please visit: www.fruit-pearls.com.

(January 2009)

Tags: citrus, Fruit Pearls, relish