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Dec 13, 2025

The global "viral" 3D ice cream I knew nothing about

This afternoon my youngest daughter said she'd like to try the hyper real 3D ice-cream available in 7-Eleven. My husband obliged and brought her to buy one. When they got home, he had bought one for us all. They are all mango flavor, because the other four flavors - peach, strawberry, lemon and grape - were sold out.


First impressions; I was quite surprised by how much like a mango the ice cream looked. The packaging was quite attention grabbing too. I had never heard about or seen anything about 3D ice cream so I googled it and it would seem I have been living under a rock, so to speak. Because these 3D ice-creams are all over social media. But it looks like they only became widely available in Japan, at the start of this month.  


The one in this photo is "3D Fruit Ice Cream" by Gold Star and is sold nationally in Don Quijote, Aeon and 7-Eleven branches nationwide. It is also available at Seiyu's everywhere except for Hokkaido, Family Mart convenience stores in Kanto, Kansai and Chukyo, and in Natural Lawson and Summit in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. And in my lovely Saitama, Mommy Mart also carry them! 


The global "viral" 3D ice cream I knew nothing about photo

BigfamJapan

BigfamJapan

Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com


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