Magnolia Best of the Philippines

I was pleased when Magnolia started making ice cream again. I like to support Philippine brands whenever possible. Unfortunately, and probably because dairy is so expensive here, most ice creams sold are "mellorines", which don't use butterfat but usually coconut oil. I heard that the vanilla flavor of Magnolia is still a true ice cream.

I tried the strawberry (Baguio) and coffee (Batangas) flavors and they were both ok. The mango-mangosteen (Davao?) was bleech. The mangosteen swirl tasted chalky and not at all like mangosteen to me. I also didn't like the butterscotch (Iloilo).

My favorite BOP flavor so far is the caramel cashew fudge (not sure where. Based on the cashews it could be Antipolo or Palawan).

I also like this flavor from Selecta but I think all Selecta "ice creams" are mellorines.