Ideal Bite

Nondairy Ice Cream

Is your heart's desire a dairy-free dessert?

07.28.2009

Submitted by alara on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:00pm.

The Bite:

Wish granted: Try a scoop of organic coconut, rice, soy, or hemp ice cream for your kiddo. They're produced without pesticides (or animal products, natch), safe for kids with food allergies, and makes no difference who you are, they taste great.

The Benefits:

Indulging allergy-free wishes. If your kids are allergic to milk proteins, lactose (milk sugar), and/or gluten, these alternatives let 'em enjoy frosty treats with no worries...except whether they can have another scoop.
Adding only sweet fulfillment. Organic farmers use no GMOs, pesticides, or fertilizers, so our picks only contain the good stuff.
Fantasizing about healthier desserts. Nondairy frozen ice creams are lower in fat than regular ice cream. No cholesterol either.
Dreamy flavors. Our pint-size squad put their spoons to work (poor them) and picked the cream of the crop.

Personally Speaking:

Wanna Try:

Note: Always check labels - different flavors within brands contain unexpected add-ins that might trigger allergies.

Blackwell's Organic Gelato - started in a family kitchen, this fair-trade, soy-based frozen dessert is worth the splurge, especially the Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl; sold at Whole Foods ($10).
Luna's & Larry's Organic Coconut Bliss - vegan, coconut milk ice cream sweetened with agave syrup in eight creamy flavors like Cappuccino and Cherry Amaretto; coconut taste is subtle; made with fair-trade ingredients; sold at Whole Foods ($6).
Living Harvest Tempt - new frozen dessert made with hemp milk and organic ingredients in five flavors; tastes just like ice cream; dairy- and soy-free; bring on the Mint Chip and Chocolate Fudge ($5).
Rice Dream Organic - the stuff we've always loved, only organic; made with brown rice and no refined sweeteners; Orange Vanilla Swirl is a creamsicle come true ($4).
Organic So Delicious Dairy Free - Turtle Mountain's soy milk ice cream; comes in 10 flavors; our kids dig Neapolitan (strawberry-chocolate-vanilla combo); sold at Whole Foods and Walmart ($4).

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Mama Biter Melissa Goldberg has no trouble selling bowls of coconut milk ice cream to Nathan, 2, and Elijah, 5. They're eager to dig in after a hard day of, um, playing.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Mama Biters buy 1 pint of organic, dairy-free frozen dessert rather than a nonorganic one, we'll keep the weight of 67 fair princes in GMO, pesticide-laden ice cream outta kids' bellies.

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Lisa on July 28, 2009 at 07:45 AM 1

Another alt. to ice cream or dairy products from the grocery store is local raw milk. Please do a page on, Campaign for Raw Milk. You guys are pro Weston A. Price right? Even the MSN page had article yesterday about how local traditional diets(which vary greatly) have proven to be healthy to said populations.

Gag13 on November 12, 2009 at 05:53 AM 2

Indulging allergy-free wishes. If your kids are allergic to milk proteins, lactose (milk sugar), and/or gluten, these alternatives let 'em enjoy frosty treats with no worries...except whether they can have another scoop.free games online

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