Scotland’s favourite ice
cream brand has had its brightest idea yet by creating the country’s first ever
glow in the dark ice cream.
Mackie’s of Scotland will
showcase the first-of-its-kind creation at the 10th anniversary
of the Spectra Light Festival in Aberdeen.
The Aberdeenshire-based
family firm developed the “Light Up” Lemon Sherbet flavoured ice cream using
natural ingredients which cause it to glow under UV light.
The idea, inspired by the
Aberdeen’s Spectra Light Festival, was brought to life by Pauline MacLeod – NPD
Technologist at Mackie’s – who found that adding riboflavin, also known as
vitamin B2, made the ice cream glow.
The limited-edition
flavour will be available in Mackie’s 19.2 ice cream parlour, situated right
next to the Light Festival, as a one-off special for the festival weekend only,
with limited stock available.
Commenting on the
creation, Pauline said: “We wanted to do something memorable to celebrate the
festival, and what better way than a glowing ice cream?
“Despite it looking
unusual, it’s totally safe to eat, and made using natural ingredients. We also
felt a flavour like lemon sherbet perfectly summed up this treat, which has had
glowing reviews from the staff who have tried it!”
It’s not the first time
Mackie’s of Scotland has got creative. It’s 19.2 parlour has created weird and
wonderful flavours from Haggis & Marmalade for Burns night to Jaffa Cake,
Christmas Trifle and Pigs in Blankets over the festive season.
Parlour Manager, Yvette
Harrison who had the initial idea for the UV ice cream said: “To have such a
unique ice cream available for ice cream lovers over the weekend is really
exciting.
“On top of the delicious
taste, it brings a real wow factor, which fits in wonderfully with the Light
Festival next door, with customers taking part by placing their ice creams
under the light to see it glow.
“I was inspired by a
friend who is featuring in the festival this weekend, and was really impressed
that Pauline was able to start experimenting and manage to bring it to life in
time for the festival. We’re confident it will be a big hit across the weekend.”
As well as being the
largest independently owned ice cream manufacturer in the UK, Mackie’s is one
of the UK’s top ice cream brands, with its one litre Traditional tub among the
best-selling premium ice cream products in the UK.
Stuart Common, Managing
Director at Mackie’s of Scotland said: “We take our job of creating tasty,
premium sweet treats very seriously at Mackie’s, but the beauty of the ice
cream industry is that there is always scope to have a little bit of fun.
“Not only are we really
excited to be launching a new limited-edition product at such a well-attended
event, we’re overall just very proud of the team for executing and delivering a
technically challenging idea, which has resulted in a brilliant end result.
We’re sure festival-goers will agree!”
Mackie’s produces all its
ice cream using fresh milk and cream on its fifth-generation family dairy farm,
Westertown, near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.
To find out more about
Mackie’s, please visit: www.mackies.co.uk