Blue
River Dairy Products Ltd has launched New Zealand’s first Sheep’s
Milk Ice Cream; a first for the New Zealand Ice Cream market and a
first for New Zealand consumers!
Milk
Maid’s Vanilla, the first in a range of flavours, is made from 100%
Pure New Zealand Sheep’s Milk sourced from Blue River’s own farms
on the lush green pastures of Southland. With an ingredient list of
just sheep milk, sheep cream, emulsifier, vegetable gums and
natural vanilla flavour, this is some of the purest ice cream you
will find around. Not only does it taste delicious, but it is also
nutritious.
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The
purity of Milk Maid’s Vanilla is complimented by its pure white
colour, as white
as snow and the perfect accompaniment to favourite
desserts!
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Flavour
suggestions are more than welcome at icecream@blueriverdairy.co.nz
Milk
Maid's Vanilla is not available for sale online.
Media
Release 28 May 2009
It’s a
tough job but somebody had to do it.....
Last night in Palmerston North, the judging panel for the 2009 New
Zealand Ice Cream Awards announced this year’s winners and
Southland new-comer to the ice cream scene, Blue River Dairy
Products, was awarded a Silver Medal for their recently launched
Sheep’s milk ice cream, Milk Maid’s Vanilla.
Scooping the award in the category for Premium Vanilla Ice Cream
was a real coup for the company and Blue River Sales &
Marketing Manager, Kathryn MacDonnell was ecstatic about the
award.
“Some people have been a bit hesitant to try sheep’s milk ice cream
but now we know that it stands up well against other more
established cow’s milk ice cream brands. To get that recognition
from our industry peers is just fantastic!.”
MacDonnell added, “We consider our ice cream a premium product, not
only on a technical level but also as a concept as sheep’s milk has
a high milk solids content and is an extremely rich source of many
essential vitamins and minerals. Sheep’s milk is naturally sweeter
and this coupled with a refreshing creaminess makes it a
deliciously indulgent ice cream.”
The awards categories included a range of options including Kid’s
Choice, Export Ice Cream, Standard Vanilla and Standard Choclate
and included in the judging criteria were marks for appearance,body
and texture, flavour and melting defects. Southland veteran ice
cream award entrants, Deep South, also had a successful night
taking the Best in Category Award for their French Vanilla and
several Silver Medals to add to their collection of awards gained
over the years.
Milk Maid’s Vanilla is New Zealand’s first sheep’s milk ice cream
and has been well received since its launch with stores throughout
the country from Auckland to Napier, Nelson, Christchurch through
to Invercargill stocking the ice cream.
While Sheep’s milk products are nothing new for many Middle Eastern
and Mediterranean countries which, traditionally, have always used
sheep’s milk, they are something new for New Zealanders. However,
Blue River Dairy is leading the industry with their range of
cheeses and now their ice cream.
http://www.nzicecream.org.nz/aw
