Proper ice cream in the UK (low carb)
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yarwell
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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.
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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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 know0
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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.0 -
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! x0 -
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 flavours0
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Have you tried just looking at the calories when you go shopping?0
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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 flavours0
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Runny Honey - 70g
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I googled and found this, http://www.first-foods.com/icecreamlite.htm
Apparently Tesco sells it.
Edit: Sorry, USED to.0 -
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:)0
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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)).0
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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!0
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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.0 -
Can't seem to even buy frozen cream anymore?0
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Is it the dairy you're after, specifically? There are various vegan ice creams eg Oat Supreme which is low-carb, but vegan.0
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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!0
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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.0 -
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.htm0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0
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