February 24, 2011

'Baby Gaga' breast milk ice-cream goes on sale

Victoria Hiley is a mother who is so passionate about breast feeding that she has had her milk turned into ice-cream at Icecreamists, a parlour in Covent Garden.

Victoria Hiley, one of the women who provides the breast milk for Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream at The Icecreamists shop. Photo: © Nick Obank/Barcroft Media

 

The 35-year-old has already donated a litre of her breast milk to the new ice-cream parlour.

She spotted an advert on the Mumsnet internet forum offering money to potential suppliers.

Now Mrs Hiley, who works with women who have problems breast feeding, has provided the raw material for a new concoction called Baby Gaga.

‘What’s the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash?’ said the mother of one from Leeds. ‘There’s nothing more natural than fresh mother’s milk.’

The London parlour pays £15 per third of a litre and already 15 mothers have taken up the offer.

Health checks for the lactating women are the same as those used by the NHS to screen blood donors.

Matt O’Connor, 44, who runs Icecreamists, blends the breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then freshly churned.

He said he was confident his £14 Baby Gaga would go down a treat with customers.

‘No one’s done anything interesting with ice-cream in the last hundred years,’ he said.

‘Some people will hear about it and go, yuck! But actually it’s pure, organic, free range and totally natural.’

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/856408-baby-gaga-breast-milk-ice-cream-goes-on-sale#ixzz1Ew7e31p1


I thought this article was really weird.  I wouldn't pay 14 pounds for a serving of ice cream which is equal to about $23 to $24 US dollars per serving.  I'd rather go eat a nice meal for $24.