Last week Baby Gaga ice cream was launched in London. In a matter of days it was pulled from the market amid a storm of health concerns and public debate. “It is a global first and a good idea,” said creator Matt O’Connor of Icecreamists, but the public is still amid a firestorm surrounding the idea.
Despite Mr. O’Connor’s claims that this is a global first, breast milk ice cream is at least three years old, if not more. Local gelato artisan Gianluigi Dellaccio, chef and owner of Dolci Gelati made a breast milk gelato in 2008 for his baby daughter Valentina after her lengthy stay in the NICU, but unlike O’Connor did not consider commercially selling the ice cream. It remained a special treat made by a caring chef and father for his baby, and her parents tell me she loved it.
