type private founded 1987 in new york headquarters scottsdale arizona usa products frozen desserts owner kahala brands website tastidlite.com tasti d lite is a new york based fast food company which sells products including a frozen dessert . the company operates a system of franchise chain stores which are predominantly located in new york state although the company s corporate headquarters are now in arizona . in 2002 published studies 1 found that the company may have greatly exaggerated claims of its product s healthfulness . tasti d lite subsequently implemented an overrun compliance program and settled the nutritional claims matter with the nyc department of consumer affairs . 2 in 2004 tasti d lite was mentioned in episodes of hbo s sex and the city season 6 episode 88 3 non primary source needed and the apprentice season 2 episode 18 4 non primary source needed tasti d lite was acquired in 2007 by ny based private equity group spg partners llc 5 and announced that james h. amos one of the firm s operating partners will serve as chief executive officer of tasti d lite . the new company would be headquartered in franklin tennessee . 6 a redesigned website was launched in 2007 listing nutritional information for over 100 flavors . 7 tasti d lite announced in 2008 that it will begin a franchise offering to facilitate the growth of the brand to markets both domestic and international . 8 subsequently a majority of the original licensed stores signed agreements to convert to the franchise model . 9 also in 2008 the first international development agreement was signed for south korea . 10 in june 2015 quick service restaurant franchisor kahala brands purchased tasti d lite along with smoothie chain planet smoothie . kahala brands is owned by the serruya family of canada and is the franchisor of about a dozen fast food treat and sandwich chains such as blimpie and cold stone creamery . together the 128 tasti d lite and planet smoothie locations will now be run from the kahala brands corporate headquarters in scottsdale arizona . 11 tasti d lite received an average score of 4.5 out of 10 from the mates rating corporation . 12 contents 1 ingredients 2 see also 3 references 4 external links ingredients edit tasti d lite products are made from two different dairy based mixes upon which additional flavors can be added . the vanilla dairy base is made with water nonfat milk sugar corn syrup cream guar gum locust bean gum carrageenan vanilla and lactase . the chocolate dairy base used for chocolate flavors replaces vanilla with chocolate and is made with water nonfat milk sugar corn syrup cream cocoa processed with alkali guar gum locust bean gum carrageenan and lactase . 13 see also edit list of frozen dessert brands references edit burros marian fewer calories than ice cream but more than you think . the new york times p. f1 . october 2 2002 dca puts the freeze on misleading calorie claims announces agreement with tasti d lite hbo sex and the city episode guide summary season 6 episode 88 nbc.com the apprentice candidates former mail boxes etc. chief takes tasti d lite stake . nashville business journal february 21 2007 ruble drew just desserts . business tn magazine june 2007 tasti flavor & facts menu http www.tastidlite.com images stories images dessertguiltrelease.pdf http www.tastidlite.com images stories images tastidlitefirstfranchisees.pdf tasti d lite franchise news kahala brands announces purchase of planet smoothie & tasti d lite . 2015 06 02 . retrieved 2015 06 02 . episode 56 tasti d lite . 2012 04 23 . retrieved 2016 01 28 . tasti official website faqs external links edit official website v t e kahala brands blimpie cold stone creamery great steak planet smoothie ranch1 surf city squeeze taco time tasti d lite retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tasti d lite & oldid 727957849 categories brand name frozen dessertscompanies based in scottsdale arizonafast food chains of the united statesfast food franchiseskahala brandsregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 1987restaurants in arizonarestaurants in new yorkrestaurants in tennesseehidden categories all pages needing factual verificationwikipedia articles needing factual verification from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 06 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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