Booja Booja (luxury dairy-free ice cream)
Booja Booja Dairy-Free Ice Cream is not sold in supermarkets, so find it in local health stores or farm shops. It’s made with a just a few (mostly organic, including nuts) ingredients, and packed in cardboard boxes that are easy to recycle.
This is really nice ice-cream! You’ll think you could finish the whole tub, but the rich ingredients means it fills you up quite quickly. Enjoy with fruit coulis, or a few scoops in a bowl. Or serve with homemade apple crumble.
Choose from a few flavours including:
- Vanilla
- Mango Raspberry
- Chocolate Salted Caramel
- Deeply Chocolate
- Caramel Pecan Praline
If you fancy something more warming, Booja Booja also makes delicious hot chocolate, (not for nut allergies).
Vegan Mr Whippy Ice Cream Vans!
The Rolling Coconut is just one example of a modern ‘vegan Mr Whippy ice cream’ that serves up plant-based ice-cream to people in England.
Many people enjoy a bowl of ice-cream on a summer’s day, and it’s also good after relationship break-ups! But most dairy ice-cream is from factory-farmed cows, and most vegan ice-creams sold in stores are not up to much. So in this post, learn how to make your own simple ice-cream, and find good books and brands to help further.
Why choose dairy-free ice cream?
We all know that factory-farmed cows suffer, in reality the pressure on farmers and dairy cows doesn’t change, even if it’s a free-range herd (some larger herds have better welfare than some smaller ones). Labels like ‘grass-based or high welfare’ are often just marketing gimmicks.
Forced insemination, inferior winter care and high disease and mortality means cows can suffer in any parts of the dairy industry, plus of course there are welfare issues with veal meat, males cows shot dead at birth (being of no financial value) and issues with health and environment.
Cows and calves form incredibly strong relationships, and will cry out loudly for weeks, if separated.
Plant-based ice cream is free from cholesterol (and lactose) and easy to digest. As long as you’re not allergic, ‘good fats like nuts’ offer protein and calcium.
You can buy ice-cream in supermarkets, but it’s usually not made to the same quality as home-made or artisan brands. Many just use a lot of water and coconut oil, with a few cheap flavourings.
