Cecily’s (Cornwall)
There are quite a few vegan brands of ice-cream in stores. Some are inferior and others are good, but too expensive for everyday. Here is a happy balance selection of good ice-creams (they cost a little more, but not enough to break the bank for a nice iced treat).
Avoid caffeine for pregnancy/nursing. Keep these ice-creams away from pets, due to unsafe ingredients (cocoa, nuts, salt, dried fruits). Read more on keeping people & pets safe in the kitchen.
Cecily’s Organic Ice Cream from CornwallÂ
Cecily’s (Cornwall) is a brand of dairy-free ice-cream created by a woman who used to commute from Brighton to London. People loved her ice-cream, so she moved back to her childhood home to offer the best iced treats in the land!
Packed in a sugar-cane plastic alternative that can even be composted, this company sends out orders in biodegradable recycled denim insulation. No monkeys are used to harvest their sea-freighted coconuts. Flavours include:
- Vanilla & dark choc
- Mint choc chip
- Choc orange swirl
- Double caramel
- Pure chocolate
- Rum n raisin
- Creamy coconut
- Pure caramel
Mighty Vegan Ice Cream (sold in Tesco)
Mighty Ice Cream is a plant milk company that has started to make ice-cream that’s sold in Tesco. Choose from caramel or chocolate fudge flavours. Check out their gingerbread oat milk as well, to serve alongside (most councils now recycle Tetrapak, pop the top back on before putting in your bin).
Jude’s Vegan Ice-Cream (sold in Sainsbury’s)
Jude’s Ice Cream offers oat-based flavours of vanilla bean and salted caramel (with cinder toffee pieces). Both are sold in Sainsbury’s.
Booja Booja Luxury Ice Cream (in health shops)
Booja Booja (Norfolk) sells luxury ice-creams in cardboard tubs, sold in good health stores and farm shops. Made with buttery cashew nuts, other ingredients include sea salt, real vanilla extract and coconut syrup to sweeten. The range includes vanilla, chocolate salted caramel and caramel pecan brownie.
Poco Vegan Ice Cream (from Essex)
Poco (Essex) is made in Leigh-on-Sea, voted the happiest place to live in England. The range is free from nuts, soy and gluten. Choose from Raspberry, Strawberry, Banana Caramel or Coffee.
Simply Ice Cream (from Kent)
Simply Ice Cream offers plant-based vanilla and strawberry ice-creams, plus sorbets (blackcurrant, lemon, raspberry, mango). Fruit is from local farms where possible. Made in Kent with a coconut milk base.
The World’s First Cauliflower Ice Cream!
Here are England, Naturally – we like to profile inspirational companies and ideas from over the border, if nothing like it exists here. EatKinda (New Zealand) has done the impossible, and created the world’s first ice-cream – made from cauliflowers! Cauliflower has a very mild flavour and lends itself well to making the base for desserts and cakes, so it was never going to be too long, before someone happened upon making ice-cream from the lowly vegetable.
Already sold out at tasting events, the brand was founded by a talented home cook, who whilst experimenting with a vegan cheesecake recipe, accidentally turned into a good ice-cream that had rave reviews.
She pitched the ‘aha’ moment to a local startup, and paired up with a student of food technology, and the brand was born. And unlike many other vegan ice-cream ingredients (like soy), nobody but nobody surely can have an issue about cauliflowers? They grow absolutely everywhere, are cheap and good for you!
It’s sold in 3 flavours:
- Strawberry swirl
- Mint choc biccie
- Chocolate swirl