Popsicle meets yogurt in Unilever's Yosicle. The brand says the treat "combines the classic taste of Popsicle pops with the creamy deliciousness of yogurt." The frozen novelty will be in stores this month.
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.-based G.S. Gelato introduces Caramel Sea Salt, the ninth flavor in the G.S. Pint Collection. A pint retails for $4.29 to $4.99.
Every year Andy’s Frozen Custard Shops, Springfield, Mo., purchases hundreds of cases of Thin Mint cookies at full price to help local Girl Scouts meet their goals.
Honors for the most innovative ice cream flavor went to Carrot Cake Ice Cream entered by Perry’s Ice Cream, Akron, N.Y. Sensient Flavors, an ingredients company serving the ice cream industry, won most innovative prototype flavor for its Pistachio Brittle – Bourbon Caramel Ice Cream. Perry’s Ice Cream also took home the most innovative novelty award for its Pink Grapefruit Sorbet Bars.
Each flavor made by Salt & Straw Ice Cream includes local, organic and sustainable ingredients. The Portland, Ore.-based company opened in May 2011 with the goal of featuring the “best Oregon has to offer, through ice cream.” The owners call their business a “farm-to-cone” company.
Bacetti is a new line of bite-sized premium ice cream novelties developed by a brother and sister team who founded the same-named San Francisco-based company about a year ago.
Expect to see some new feature flavors—in both the natural and churned lines—this year from Velvet Ice Cream Co., Utica, Ohio. And while president Luconda Dager is hush-hush about other 2012 plans, she says what won’t change is the company’s continued focus on quality and value.
Mikawaya is a Vernon, Calif.-based candy maker and ice cream processor that is on the move with new products and formats backed by social media marketing. The company plans to expand its ice cream offerings with its first pint line — Mikawaya Exottics — to be released as early as this April.