Proper ice cream in the UK (low carb)

yarwell
yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Knowing that ice cream can be made from eggs and cream, without addition of sugar or glucose syrup, I wonder if anyone sells such a thing commercially in the UK ?

If I make it then it gets eaten within a day, so buying it has an appeal but I haven't found anything as yet.

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  • emafairycake1986
    emafairycake1986 Posts: 38 Member
    I dont know of any theyve got some fab ones in America and im sooo jealous of that fact ...so if you do find any let me know ;)
  • jonathanmhobson
    jonathanmhobson Posts: 44 Member
    I have just made some of my own Ice Cream following a recipe I found online and adding my own stuff to it.

    Healthy Ice Cream

    Whole Earth peanut butter - 100g
    Cottage Cheese 70% fat free - 1500g
    Runny Honey - 70g
    Diet Whey Protein (I have used banana flavour here but any would work well) - 175g
    Vanilla extract.
    Stevia for a little extra sweetness.

    Mash up the lot together in a bit bowl.

    Makes 8 portions.

    1 portion = 200 grams

    1 portion = around 320 cals - 20 carb - 11 fat - 35 protein.
  • mrsowen2012
    mrsowen2012 Posts: 19 Member
    Have you tried just looking at the calories when you go shopping? It's a silly thing to say, I know, but the other week I really fancied some icecream (I have a sweet tooth and I needed something after tea).

    So I literally stood there in Tesco (probably looked like a right weirdo) and checked all the calories!!

    In the end, I found that Tesco's value mint icecream only had 65 calories per scoop! Perfect and just what I needed. Plus it's a big enough tub to leave in the freezer when you fancy something - especially ice cream.

    I usually made my own ice cream but I would dread to think of the calories in it!

    If any one has a recipe for around (or less - even better) of about 100 calories per scoop it would be lovely to find it out.....

    Thanks! x
  • xMillyLouisex
    xMillyLouisex Posts: 171 Member
    I always shop at lowcarbmegastore.com which is actually a uk based online low carb store and they do really yummy low carb icecream mix in all diff flavours :)
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Have you tried just looking at the calories when you go shopping?
    No, because I'm looking for low CARB ice cream not low calorie.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I always shop at lowcarbmegastore.com which is actually a uk based online low carb store and they do really yummy low carb icecream mix in all diff flavours :)
    I'll take a look, thanks. They aren't far from me as it happens.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Runny Honey - 70g

    Fail !
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    I googled and found this, http://www.first-foods.com/icecreamlite.htm

    Apparently Tesco sells it.

    Edit: Sorry, USED to.
  • goodtimezzzz
    goodtimezzzz Posts: 640 Member
    I eat a pint of ice cream daily I am sort of a connoisseur :) Why are u looking for low carb?????? Then it is not ice cream:)
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I googled and found this, http://www.first-foods.com/icecreamlite.htm

    Apparently Tesco sells it.
    That's interesting, thanks. Doesn't look like "proper" ice cream TBH as it's dairy free :-
    Ingedients: Water, oats, vegetable extract from chicory roots, (also known as inulin, not to be confused with insulin), glycerine, non- hydrogenated vegetable oil, emulsifier: mono and di-glycerides from vegetable oils, stabiliser: carob bean gum, carrageenan, vanilla flavouring, butter flavouring (non dairy), colouring: annatto (vegetable colouring, sweetener: sucralose (derived from sugar 600 times sweeter but calorie free also known as Splenda)).
  • philijewell
    philijewell Posts: 1
    I'm sure in the past I've seen low carb ice cream recipies and tried some when I googled. Pity my memory isn't better! I believe some recipes were very simple with cream as the main ingredient and only one or two others. Again "I think" someone suggested adding a little vodka to stop the ice cream becoming so hard. I was tempted to buy an ice cream maker but didn't. I've tried so many LC recipes for sweet treats and breads etc but now seem to prefer saving my carbs for lovely green veg with butter, yum!! I'm still surprised when I find myself saying that! Good luck!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I eat a pint of ice cream daily I am sort of a connoisseur :) Why are u looking for low carb?????? Then it is not ice cream:)

    That's my choice. Sorry if it offends you.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Can't seem to even buy frozen cream anymore?
  • christabel6
    christabel6 Posts: 173 Member
    Is it the dairy you're after, specifically? There are various vegan ice creams eg Oat Supreme which is low-carb, but vegan.
  • mrsnecincy
    mrsnecincy Posts: 115 Member
    I'm not a low carb expert so forgive me if I get any of this wrong. I hope you can get what you want from that supplier that was mentioned before but if not I wanted to give you my experience anyway. My MIL has an Ice Cream maker and she uses it just for frozen yogurt. Only greek Yog, fruit and sweetner nothing else. My faves are with frozen red berries or there is one with lime and coconut she does which is delish. Having said that, I still prefer the proper stuff. But we have nestle cool and slim here that's sugar free but not carb free. I think also you can make an iced dessert out of coconut milk too. Another idea might be sorbets if you can get a sugar free one. I would have thought the berry or citrus flavours would be fairly low carb. With ice cream though I think it's the sugar and booze that give it the texture. Despite having the machine, that frozen yog MIL makes is like concrete!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    http://www.greenandblacks.co.uk/our-range/ice-cream?c1=1558&c2=1571 looked tempting, but 20- 25% carbs.
    Ingredients
    Organic Whole Milk, Organic Whipping Cream (26%), Organic Sugar, Organic Pasteurised Whole Egg, Organic Skimmed Milk Powder, Organic Bourbon Vanilla Powder (0.16%), Organic Lemon Juice, Stabilisers (Organic Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Organic Locust Bean Gum), Organic Vanilla Extract (0.05%).

    I suppose they've sweeten it for prevailing tastes and to depress the "evil fat" content.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Is it the dairy you're after, specifically? There are various vegan ice creams eg Oat Supreme which is low-carb, but vegan.

    I'm a bit traditional, so to me "ice cream" is clearly dairy. Oat supreme looks to be 25% carbs with added sugar and corn syrup solids ? http://www.first-foods.com/icecreamingred.htm
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,265 Member
    http://www.greenandblacks.co.uk/our-range/ice-cream?c1=1558&c2=1571 looked tempting, but 20- 25% carbs.
    Ingredients
    Organic Whole Milk, Organic Whipping Cream (26%), Organic Sugar, Organic Pasteurised Whole Egg, Organic Skimmed Milk Powder, Organic Bourbon Vanilla Powder (0.16%), Organic Lemon Juice, Stabilisers (Organic Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Organic Locust Bean Gum), Organic Vanilla Extract (0.05%).

    I suppose they've sweeten it for prevailing tastes and to depress the "evil fat" content.
    Hard to get proper ice cream without sugar, what about portioning? I know me for example, I can be in ketosis eating 100 g's and if your working out at all it gets used up pretty fast anyway. My point I guess is the proper ice cream should have a sweetener.
  • LadyPakal
    LadyPakal Posts: 256 Member
    If you decide to make ice cream with sweetener it will get rock hard (it's the sugar that makes it softer). Don't make it in an ice cream maker unless you want to have to repair it (the motor will burn out if you're not careful). Once it goes in the freezer you'll need a knife to cut it as it will be too hard to scoop.

    As for buying it - I can't say I've come across any - far to hard to make & keep I expect, besides being full of chemicals to try and soften/preserve it etc.

    I gave up trying in the end.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I can see that sugar depresses the freezing point, and also interacts with fat in crystallisation (as in chocolate) so perhaps it isn't viable as a commercial product with shelf life and very cold freezers etc.

    I've made a few recipes, and there are some at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?p=221068 for example. A blueberry ice cream wouldn't need sweetening beyond the blueberries (to my palate).

    Perhaps I just have to keep making it.
  • Oriole15
    Oriole15 Posts: 58
    You claim to have made your own ice cream, what did you use to sweeten it?

    A) Ice cream is meant to taste sweet and some flavours just do not work without the sweetness.
    B) Freezing dulls the sweetness sensation (eat some melted ice cream and eat some of the same ice cream in its frozen form, same ingredients but one "tastes" significantly sweeter than the other)
    C) To counteract the dulling effect you need to have high quantity of sweetening agent.
    D) That agent can either be a traditional sugar ie the carbs you are trying to avoid or an artificial sweetener
    E) The people wanting nice dairy ice cream are unlikely to want artificial sweeteners in their product.
    F) The market for the product you seek would then be minuscule so it's unlikely it would be profitable so the product you seek is unlikely to be on the market.
  • girrafe12345
    girrafe12345 Posts: 1
    Walls 33% less fat- 2 scoops 60 cals. :)
  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    Honestly with the 'pickiness' of what you want in it and the flavor you want to keep it seems like you may not find what you want.

    If you are already making it at home (which is what I got from your original post) then keep doing it that way, you will always be getting exactly what you want otherwise you will need to find some form of compromise when buying ready made.

    I'd rather eat the real stuff, there are frozen water ice from chapmans that are decently low carb (including sugar), calorie (20 cals usually) and are treat sized and delicious. Not milk ice cream but in my opinion was a nice flavorful trade off where I didn't have to give up a frozen treat.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    You claim to have made your own ice cream, what did you use to sweeten it?
    So you doubt my word ?

    I did not sweeten most of the batches I have made. The raspberry one was quite tart and tasted like (shock horror) raspberries. Everyone enjoyed it.

    The one made with a bottle of Bailey's (actually the Aldi cheap version) had the sweetness of the Bailey's but nothing added. Etc.

    Yes I can see that people hooked on sickly sweet things would fall into your E & F, but there is a market for 85% cocoa chocolate and the like so I'm open minded about what might be out there. I don't really want my diabetic relative eating something that nudges them towards losing a foot, vision or whatever if there's an alternative.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Walls 33% less fat- 2 scoops 60 cals. :)

    and 7 grams of sugar. Didn't read the question :-(
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    Walls 33% less fat- 2 scoops 60 cals. :)

    and 7 grams of sugar. Didn't read the question :-(

    It's pretty good though. You won't get any with no sugar in.

    You just admitted to putting sugar in the one you made yourself.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Someone recommended this to me http://www.wheyhey.co.uk/index.php?lang=en

    Seems to have 5g carbs per 100 g.

    Apparently tastes quite nice.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,686 Member
    contact these people...

    http://www.rr-icecream.co.uk/getintouch/get-in-touch.aspx

    they make pretty much all the supermarket own brand icecream in the uk (and quite a bit of the branded stuff as well iirc)
  • nadz6012
    nadz6012 Posts: 126 Member
    Breyer's ( I don't know if this brand is available in the UK :( ) has a "Carb Smart" Line which is sweetened with Splenda/ sugar alcohols and has 8g total carbs. I really enjoy it and it's only 90 cals per serving as well!
  • inkysmurf
    inkysmurf Posts: 168
    Cleanest ice cream i've found is hagen daz vanilla - made with cream, skim milk, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract
    I try to eat clean and I'm lowish carb (100gms below) this is by default as I am gluten intolerant , but when I'm after a treat - this is the one I go to because it isn't full of rubbish.

    20gms of carbs in a serving

    Always amazed at whats in "organic" ice cream...

    But have never found anything in the UK which is low carb & clean (no sugar and rubbish added) so I think the sugar part is the compromise.

    I have a thought a few times about an ice cream maker as well - and sounds like your doing a great job making your own at at home.

    Other place that may be worth a try is wholefoods - I think they do one made from almonds/cashews - but sorry, no info on their site for me to pass on.

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