About a month ago at Whole Foods, I tried a sample of Alkemie, a new dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free, raw ice cream. I also met co-founder and executive chef, Daniel Clary; he’s a really nice guy.
Of the three flavors currently available, I like the Vanilla Bean the best and purchased a pint. It’s smooth, creamy and rich-tasting. You get the full flavor of the vanilla, without a strong coconut taste like you do with coconut-based ice cream. But it does have a hint of cashew. Probably because it’s made of raw cashews, coconut cream and agave nectar.
Dark Chocolate and Mint Chocolate are the two other flavors. I’m not a big chocolate eater so I didn’t buy either one of those.
Daniel mentioned that they’re working on 2 new flavors, coming out in the spring. Maybe a coffee or a fruit. With all sorts of crazy flavor ideas in his head, he’s still deciding on what flavors to do next.
Since I was distracted with the sampling and the chatting, some guy mistakenly made off with my shopping cart. I had to go track him down.
At $5.99 a pint, it’s definitely at the high end of premium ice cream, vegan or not. But you get what you pay for – handcrafted, batch-churned, organic ingredients and no refined sugars.
At this price and for this quality, I’m setting a guard to watch over my ice cream. No one is going to “accidently” make off with it.
I like your ice cream guard. I think I need his services in my freezer!
Awesome to see another good word for Alkemie- They’re definitely on to something! I sure wish it were more readily available on the east coast though.
which whole foods? Haven’t seen this one.
Interesting to give a change. In Sweden, the oat ice-creams seem more popular than the soy ice-creams. None of them are raw, though.
so yummy. not vegan, but would still buy this over regular ice cream.
I’d never heard of this before, so thanks for the tip! I’ve had combination cashew- and coconut-based ice cream before and I think the addition of cashews really lightens up the heaviness of pure coconut milk.
Thanks everyone for your comments. :-)
sue – I think they’re mostly in Northern California Whole Foods, I bought it at the Redwood City store.
Is alkemie found in whole foods stores in Loa Angeles yet? I have not seen them yet.
Nicole – I’m not sure they’re still around, their website seems to be gone and I haven’t seen them in the store for awhile. :-(