½ Price Connoisseur Ice Cream Tub Varieties 1L $6 @ Woolworths

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1/2 price back again. Starts Wednesday, full catalogue.

Varieties (17):

Caramel Honey Macadamia
Belgian Chocolate
Cafe Grande
Cookies & Cream
Classic Vanilla
Baked Choc Chip Cookie Chocolate Fudge
Camarosa Strawberry Gourmet
Raspberry White Chocolate
Plant Based Hazelnut Chocolate Frozen Dessert
Vanilla Caramel Brownie
Chocolate Brownie
Black Forest
Salted Caramel
Honeycomb & Australian Honey
Roasted Hazelnut & Chocolate
Matcha Green Tea
Pistachio Gelato

Groceries Connoisseur Ice Cream

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Comments

    • KB57 on 20/10/2025 - 18:14

      Interesting… 🤔

      • montorola on 20/10/2025 - 18:39
        +20

        Tl;Dr - connoisseur has reduced their cream content by approx 28%

        • ddhar on 20/10/2025 - 18:49
          +9

          Explains why I'm not getting fat on these anymore.

        • singingwolf on 20/10/2025 - 18:51
          +1

          And added guar gum

        • rkbrange on 20/10/2025 - 20:59

          That article makes some claims… but I'm not sure they're true?

          I checked three flavours, plain, cookies and cream, and macadamia, and the ingredients list has not changed since 2023. Assuming Coles' website is accurate, which I've found it has been.

          Cookies and cream live url @ coles: https://www.coles.com.au/product/connoisseur-ice-cream-cooki…
          Oct 2023 archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20231026113222/https://www.coles…

          (archive.org may fail to load the page, but you can right click -> view source and then search for "Dairy Ingredients")

          Oct 2023: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (22%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, CocoaSolids (0.9%), High Fructose Syrup, Invert Sugar, Wheat Starch, Vegetable Origin Emulsifiers (471, 322 (Soy)), Flavours, Mineral Salts (500, 503), Salt,Vegetable Gums (412, 410), Corn Starch, Colour (160b), Antioxidant (319)

          Oct 2025: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (22%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, CocoaSolids (0.9%), High Fructose Syrup, Invert Sugar, Wheat Starch, Vegetable Origin Emulsifiers (471, 322 (Soy)), Flavours, Mineral Salts (500, 503), Salt,Vegetable Gums (412, 410), Corn Starch, Colour (160b), Antioxidant (319)

          Plain vanilla live url @ coles: https://www.coles.com.au/product/connoisseur-classic-vanlla-…
          Oct 2023 archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20231026112036/https://www.coles…

          Oct 2023: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (26%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable OriginEmulsifier (471), Vegetable Gums (410, 412), Flavours (contains Milk), Madagascan Vanilla Extract (0.05%), Colour (160b)

          Oct 2025: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (26%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable Origin Emulsifier (471), Vegetable Gums (410, 412), Flavours (contains Milk), Madagascan Vanilla Extract (0.05%), Colour (160b).

          Honey macadamia live url @ coles: https://www.coles.com.au/product/connoisseur-caramel-honey-m…

          Oct 2024 archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20241003192344/https://www.coles…

          Oct 2024: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (23%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Macadamias (4%),Honey (1.5%), Vegetable Origin Emulsifier (471), Corn Starch, Thickener (1442), Colours (150d, 160b), Anticaking Agent (460),Vegetable Gums (412, 410), Flavours, Salt.

          Oct 2025: Dairy Ingredients (Skim Milk (Concentrate or Solids), Cream (Milk) (23%)), Water, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Macadamias (4%), Honey (1.5%), Vegetable Origin Emulsifier (471), Corn Starch, Thickener (1442), Colours (150d, 160b), Anticaking Agent (460), Vegetable Gums (412, 410), Flavours, Salt.

          • mystarey on 20/10/2025 - 22:14
            +4

            @rkbrange: Going straight to the archive for the Connoisseur website instead (I'm just looking at Vanilla), and the figure of 26% is already true for October 2023 as you've found. However it definitely says the amount was 34% in March of the same year (same figure for both 1 Mar and 25 Mar), so the decrease happened sometime after then.

            The article says the comparison was over a 15 month period on the Woolies website though, and so to test that, we can indeed confirm that as of 7/7/24, Woolies still showed 36% (not 34%).

            This is doubly interesting then because yes, the ABC investigation was relying on faulty information from the Woolies website, both in terms of the timing and the original amount (34% vs 36%). However a decrease did happen, and so unluckily for Peters, Woolies tardiness "accidentally" got them caught. If not for that, it would have fallen outside the 15 month scope of this study.

            EDIT: Cafe Grande has the same timeframe for the change as Vanilla. However for both Caramel Honey Macadamia and Cookies and Cream, the change was between 3 Nov 2022 and 22 Feb 2023, so around six months earlier.

            Furthermore, the ABC article (and thus presumably Woolies, I didn't check) overstated the amount of cream by 2% for all except Cookies and Cream, which was shown correctly. Was than an even earlier reduction in the percentage? We can't know because as of the earliest webpage snapshots available in 2021, the numbers showed no further change Presumably the product URLs were different before then. They could probably be hunted down though by someone more dedicated than me.

    • ono on 20/10/2025 - 19:23
      +7

      This would explain why the vanilla tub I purchased a few weeks ago tasted completely different (in a bad way). I thought it may have just gone off somehow, or might've melted and refrozen. Will not be buying again.

  • SuperGreen on 20/10/2025 - 18:08
    +10

    After trying the new Bulla range I can’t go back to Connoisseur. They also go down to $6 pretty regularly.

    • KangaDrew on 20/10/2025 - 20:09
      +2

      IMO Bulla > than all when it comes to flavour, texture and price (i.e. only when half-price) combined

    • Spending2Much on 20/10/2025 - 21:27
      +1

      Might have to switch to Bulla on that recommendation

      The Connoisseur Cafe Grande is not what it used to be

      • SuperGreen on 20/10/2025 - 21:48

        Try the new Pistachio Raspberry and Salted Caramel Speculoos, they won’t satisfy the coffee craving but they’re delicious!

    • lplau on 20/10/2025 - 22:49

      Which bulla range?

      • qwertimus on 21/10/2025 - 00:23
        +1

        Bulla Murray St, it’s Bulla’s premium 1L tubs. Visually similar to Connoisseur.

  • idm on 20/10/2025 - 18:10
    +8

    Not that appealing anymore since the quality and taste change due to a recent change in ingredients proportion.

    • montorola on 20/10/2025 - 19:28

      We should ask wooljerks to reduce the price by 28% to reflect the reduction in cream

  • Onemoredeal on 20/10/2025 - 18:23
    -2

    Ben & Jerry’s at Coles from Wed is half price for $7.25, combine that with Shopback receipts $2.50 cashback for any Ben & Jerry’s purchase when you upload the receipt. $4.75 pretty good for a B&J

  • tomate85 on 20/10/2025 - 18:46
    +5

    Tried the coffee one recently and the taste has gone downhill. Not that good anymore.

    • soggypotato on 20/10/2025 - 19:00
      +1

      same, tried it for the first time and it tasted bad. Probably won't even finish the tub

  • igerstep on 20/10/2025 - 19:07
    +3

    It should be less than $5 considering the cream content reduction.

  • Oshada on 20/10/2025 - 19:11
    +2

    The new pistachio flavour is decent, but my old favourite Cafe Grande has definitely gone downhill

    • illusion99 on 20/10/2025 - 19:13
      +2

      Is the pistachio flavour strong or just a hint?

      • SuperGreen on 20/10/2025 - 21:58

        I’d say it’s a “hint”, you can definitely taste it and there’s even bits of pistachio pieces through it but it’s not a strong flavour, I think it might be the raspberry ripple that slightly overpowers the pistachio flavour. Still, it’s creamy and delicious, you can’t really go wrong.

  • HopSkipJumpFallSplat on 20/10/2025 - 19:18
    +5

    Loved this stuff til the last time I bought it, so figured I'd waste my time and reach out to them on FB.

    Their response.
    "Hey Insert random name here, thanks for taking your time to share your thoughts with us on this!

    At Connoisseur we believe that premium ice cream should be an immersive sensory experience. We specialise in creative ingredient combinations crafted for the Australian palette, delivering an exciting and luxurious taste experience. We’re passionate about creating bold flavours, combining high-quality ingredients from around the world with fresh cream from Australian pastures. Every scoop is carefully crafted to surprise and delight true ice cream lovers, with a focus on indulgence, creativity and quality. It’s this passion and pursuit for perfection that is evident in every product.

    Over the last couple of years, sourcing some of our ingredients has become more challenging due to global supply issues and rising cost pressures across the industry. To enable us to continue crafting our ice cream with the finest ingredients and best Australian dairy, we have refined some of our recipes. Quality is at the heart of everything we do, and any changes have been made only if it can maintain or improve the sensory experience of our products. We hope that your senses continued to be thrilled with Connoisseur.

    To summarise, basically the recipe has been slightly altered. We're sorry to hear that it wasn't to your liking, and we will pass on your valuable feedback through to our production team. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, and we hope you have a lovely day! 🙂"

    • dufflover on 20/10/2025 - 22:36
      +5

      28% reduction in staff too from the look of it, just using AI to write responses

      • kahn on 21/10/2025 - 13:04
        +1

        Hey, dufflover. Thanks for taking your time to share your thoughts with us on this! At Ozbargain, we believe that premium comments should be an immersive sensory experience…

  • belongsinforums on 20/10/2025 - 19:38

    isnt this now 'ice cream flavoured' frozen snack?

  • quackster on 20/10/2025 - 19:57
    +5

    Don't think I'll be buying these much any more after the recipe change.

    If they had to change something, I wish they just increased the price as necessary and kept the recipe the same!

    • belongsinforums on 20/10/2025 - 23:37
      +2

      why not cheapen the recipe AND increase the price?

  • bought on 20/10/2025 - 20:34
    +6

    Why can't they just do a matcha green tea without white chocolate. Keep it pure and simple

    • freedomofspeech on 20/10/2025 - 21:09
      +2

      Or stick to the original recipe from 3+ years ago..

    • Kremleen on 20/10/2025 - 21:43
      +1

      I'd happily swap the white choc for more matcha. A pitiful 0.9% matcha in its recipe is like asking for mild heat on a Thai curry.

      Where is the kick?

  • ozmma on 20/10/2025 - 20:37
    +2

    I used to regularly buy Vanilla Caramel Brownie and Cafe Grande. I recently bought them after a while and didnt like them. Didnt know they changed the recipe.
    I tried Sweetporium’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream and I am addicted to it. Stocking up everytime they go on sale and my plan to ration it fails miserably.

    • Spending2Much on 20/10/2025 - 21:28
      +1

      Cafe Grande was my choice

      But now looking for peanut butter cup instead

    • theguyrules on 20/10/2025 - 21:03
      +8

      Awesome second comment on ozbargain. Your first is the same too.
      Thanks for contributing.

  • AlienC on 21/10/2025 - 20:16

    so does all the connoisseur ice cream now taste bad even the og ones like cookies and cream and salted caramel?

    I mean which tastes better I suppose the coles homebrand equivalents or connoisseur ones these days since the recipe change has anyone compared?

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