Häagen-Dazs seems to have a series featuring soymilk-based ice creams via a collaboration with Green Craft. I tried the Black Sesame (Kurogoma) and Kinako Soy Ice Cream.
I felt that this particular flavour pairing was good. The nutty and beany notes of soymilk went well with the black sesame's earthiness and kinako's nutty earthiness than normal milk.
The black sesame's flavour and fragrance was also very strong, and there was also added black sesame sauce below, at the bottom of the cup, as you can see in the photo below.
The kinako powder's flavour was also very prominent, and it was fragrant and nicely roasted. It added a thick, peanut-like flavour with notes of corn that paired well with the black sesame. Particularly pleasant was that it wasn't sweet and they didn't add sugar here.
What I didn't like, however, was that it was much sweeter than the normal Häagen-Dazs ice cream, especially with the added black sesame sauce below which was even sweeter than the rest of the ice cream. The sauce did add more black sesame flavour, with added sesame fragrance like you would get in good quality fragrant sesame oil, but I felt that the sauce's flavour wasn't worth the extra burst of sweetness. They should have cut out the black sesame sauce and added more kinako powder, perhaps mixed in, for a more balance and thicker peanut-like flavour.
Overall, this ice cream was nice on the flavours, but it was too sweet and the overall flavour richness was not nearly as full as Tofu G's version of soy ice cream.
Finally, here are some more photos of a close-up of the lid's label and the ingredients list.
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