Sublime Ice Cream
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Sublime Ice Cream and sorbets supplies an extensive range of luxury dairy ice creams and fresh fruit sorbets across Southeast England
. Based in the county of Kent
, Sublime is part of Subzero (2003) Ltd which also provides contract distribution services for chilled and frozen products.
and across the UK’s Southeast region. The company’s directors see provenance as key to the brand’s success.
s from around the world. The firm is committed to its ‘no junk’ promise, resulting in products with no artificial additives, colours, flavours or stabilisers
, as well as no preservative
s, GM ingredients, gluten
, bulking agents, milk powder or reconstituted whey.
than many of its competitors, resulting in products that are generally healthier. Unlike in mass manufacturing
, traditional ice cream
production techniques involve adding only sufficient air to allow the ice cream to be scooped. In contrast, many of the ‘soft scoop’ ice creams found in the UK
’s supermarkets contain more than 50% air to bulk out the product, a method known as ‘overrun’. According to gourmet
s, ice creams with less air have a greater intensity of flavour.
in Kent. The company’s Managing Director is Stewart Williams.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Based in the county of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, Sublime is part of Subzero (2003) Ltd which also provides contract distribution services for chilled and frozen products.
Brand
The Sublime brand is marketed under the strapline ‘Lovingly sourced, naturally flavoured’ to top chefs and restaurateurs in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and across the UK’s Southeast region. The company’s directors see provenance as key to the brand’s success.
Provenance
Sublime ice creams feature only natural ingredients, most of which are sourced locally. The company uses cream and milk from a local Kentish dairy, combining it with fresh fruit from farms in Kent, the county known as the ‘Garden of England’. Some Sublime ice creams also feature exotic flavours, aromatic spices and premium liqueurLiqueur
A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage that has been flavored with fruit, herbs, nuts, spices, flowers, or cream and bottled with added sugar. Liqueurs are typically quite sweet; they are usually not aged for long but may have resting periods during their production to allow flavors to marry.The...
s from around the world. The firm is committed to its ‘no junk’ promise, resulting in products with no artificial additives, colours, flavours or stabilisers
Stabiliser (food)
A stabiliser is an additive to food which helps to preserve its structure. Typical uses include preventing oil/water emulsions from separating in products such as salad dressing; preventing ice crystals from forming in frozen food such as ice cream; and preventing fruit from settling in products...
, as well as no preservative
Preservative
A preservative is a naturally occurring or synthetically produced substance that is added to products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological samples, wood, etc. to prevent decomposition by microbial growth or by undesirable chemical changes....
s, GM ingredients, gluten
Gluten
Gluten is a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat and related grain species, including barley and rye...
, bulking agents, milk powder or reconstituted whey.
Production
Ice creams from Sublime are handcrafted using traditional methods in order to create what the company claims to be the optimum blend of taste, texture and temperature. Sublime’s production process uses less sugarSugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
than many of its competitors, resulting in products that are generally healthier. Unlike in mass manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
, traditional ice cream
Ice cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
production techniques involve adding only sufficient air to allow the ice cream to be scooped. In contrast, many of the ‘soft scoop’ ice creams found in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
’s supermarkets contain more than 50% air to bulk out the product, a method known as ‘overrun’. According to gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...
s, ice creams with less air have a greater intensity of flavour.
Flavours
The Sublime range of real ice creams features over 20 flavours, some of which are subject to seasonal availability*:- Apple & Blackberry Crumble
- BaileysBaileys Irish CreamBaileys Irish Cream is an Irish whiskey and cream based liqueur, made by Gilbeys of Ireland. The trademark is currently owned by Diageo. It has a declared alcohol content of 17% alcohol by volume...
- Black Cherry*
- BlueberryBlueberryBlueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium with dark-blue berries and are perennial...
- Caramel Cream & Fudge
- CardamomCardamomCardamom refers to several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India and Bhutan; they are recognised by their small seed pod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds...
- ChocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
- CinnamonCinnamonCinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...
- Clotted CreamClotted creamClotted cream is a thick cream made by indirectly heating full-cream cow's milk using steam or a water bath and then leaving it in shallow pans to cool slowly. During this time, the cream content rises to the surface and forms 'clots' or 'clouts'...
- CoconutCoconutThe coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
- CoffeeCoffeeCoffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
- GingerGingerGinger is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family . Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal....
- Grand MarnierGrand MarnierGrand Marnier is a liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle. It is made from a blend of true cognacs and distilled essence of bitter orange. Grand Marnier is 40% alcohol . It is produced in several varieties, most of which can be consumed "neat" as a digestif and can be used in...
- HazelnutHazelnutA hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and is also known as a cob nut or filbert nut according to species. A cob is roughly spherical to oval, about 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm in diameter, with an outer fibrous husk surrounding a smooth shell. A filbert is more elongated, being about twice...
- HoneycombHoneycombA honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal waxcells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey...
- PistachioPistachioThe pistachio, Pistacia vera in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Persia , which now can also be found in regions of Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Sicily and possibly Afghanistan , as well as in the United States,...
- Raspberry Ripple
- Rum & Raisin
- StrawberryStrawberryFragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
- TahiniTahiniTahini or sesame paste , is a paste of ground sesame seeds used in cooking. North African, Greek and West Asian tahini is made of hulled, lightly roasted seeds. East Asian sesame paste is made of unhulled seeds. The Arabic word tahin simply means flour.Tahini is a major component of hummus and...
- ToffeeToffeeToffee is a confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of 300 to 310 °F...
- Turkish DelightTurkish DelightTurkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; the cheapest are mostly gel, generally flavored with rosewater, mastic, or lemon...
- Vanilla MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
History
Sublime Ice Creams and Sorbets is part of Subzero, a family-owned company established in February 2003. Subzero is based in the picturesque village of HorsmondenHorsmonden
Horsmonden is a village in Kent, on the Weald. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood, Horsmonden railway station having closed in 1961.- History :It was an important centre of the medieval...
in Kent. The company’s Managing Director is Stewart Williams.