Pomegranate Chip and a Delicious Dairy-free Ice Cream Giveaway

In honor of National Ice Cream Month, we're featuring a few of our delicious dairy-free ice cream flavors, and today it's Pomegranate Chip! We make two varieties: One for soy ice cream lovers and one for those who prefer their dairy-free ice cream made with coconut milk.

Why pomegranate? The humble pomegranate is one of the earliest cultivated fruits, and its history is rich with folklore as colorful as the fruit itself. Pomegranates have long been used in Ayurvedic medicine as a traditional remedy for everything from intestinal distress to toning up the skin. They are widely recognized for their antioxidant value and are also a rich source of potassium, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin K.


We love pomegranates because in addition to their bounty of nutrients and beautiful vibrant color, their taste is sweet, tangy, rich, and flavorful. We combine the refreshing taste of pomegranate with crispy flakes of deep, dark chocolate to create a uniquely delicious dairy-free ice cream-lover's treat. If you haven't tasted our Pomegranate Chip flavor, the heart of summer and National Ice Cream Month are a great time to give it a try!

More delicious information on pomegranates …

The carbonized outermost layer of the pomegranate has been found in Early and Late Bronze Age excavations in Israel and on Cyprus. Pomegranates have been depicted in the art of ancient Greece, Persia, Egypt, China, and elsewhere in the Middle East and Asia.

Glass vessel in the form of a pomegranate Mycenean, about 1400-1200 BC, Cyprus

In early English, the Pomegranate was known as "apple of Grenada," a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. Catherine of Aragon chose the pomegranate as her badge, and it became accepted into English heraldry when she married Henry VIII in 1509. The heraldic meanings of the pomegranate go back to the myth of Persephone, representing the persistence of life, fertility, and regeneration.

Badge of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England

Today wild pomegranate seeds are used as a spice in Indian and Pakistani cuisine and pomegranate syrup is a staple ingredient in Persian cooking. In Greece, pomegranates are used to make a variety of dishes including legume salad, eggplant relish, and avocado-pomegranate dip. In Turkey and Syria, you'll find pomegranates featured prominently in muhummara, a roasted red bell pepper, walnut, and garlic spread. Israel and Armenia produce pomegranate wines.

Here in the US, pomegranates are most often enjoyed by cutting them open and consuming the seeds and juicy bright red arils (seed casings) that surround them. In Iran and India people have enjoyed the juice of the pomegranate for centuries, but it has only become popular in the US and Canada in just the last decade.

Would you like to win a freezerful of your favorite So Delicious ice cream flavors?* Simply leave us a comment below telling us why you'd like to try our Pomegranate Chip, and you could win! And if you're already a fan, please tell us what you think, and you'll be entered, too. We'll pick a winner at the end of the month, so keep watching our blog for more chances to win! (Please make sure we have a way to contact you by leaving us your Twitter handle, Facebook page link, or email address!)

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