icy creams and sorbets have a taste of childhood and holidays … but to avoid “false” glaciers, with products stuffed with fat and dyes, here is our selection of the best crafts in France. To your Cornets!
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It’s hot, and a sudden desire takes you to eat a scoop of ice. But be careful not to eat anything! Did you know ? Most of the ice consumed in France are produced by industrialists, ie glaciers who have only the name. These “false glaciers” buy premix in powder full of dyes, stabilizers, synthetic aromas or vegetable fats (including palm oil). According to French legislation, you just have to assemble your products on site to benefit from the “home ice cream” label or have an employee holding a CAP Glacier to proclaim himself “glacier craftsman”. In order not to be mistaken, here are 15 master glaciers among the best craftsmen in the hexagon in the matter.
The most local: the Fleur de Milk ice cream by Philippe Faur
established for more than twenty years in the heart of Ariège, Philippe Faur favors above all local and perfectly traceable products, with an ultimate goal: to give back his letters of nobility Quality craft ice cream. Very little sweet, its ice cream has an immediately identifiable taste, have a very extensive length in the mouth and a creamy texture as desired. Its recipes are very short, with few ingredients and old-fashioned know-how. It has just developed “natural” sorbets, with only three ingredients (fruits, purified water and sucrose).
The perfume not to be missed: the ice cream flavored with whole milk from the farm located right next to the workshop. The novelty of summer: saffron ice cream. The top 3 sales: vanilla, mango, dark chocolate and raisins. Caumont (Ariège), Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val (Tarn-et-Garonne). Pot price: 2.90 €
The most detox: the full -fruit sorbet Green by Alain Chartier
Best worker in France and world ice champion, Alain Chartier has been delighting Breton palaces for thirty years through his seven points of sale. A real erudition well on sweet history, it has a range of very wide and varied frozen products: pots, verrines, lightning, cakes, sticks, bars, etc. His creations have a beautiful texture; They are perfectly balanced, addictive from the first bite. Now remains to choose from the forty flavors who are renewed regularly in the year. Also note a range of 100 % “made in Breizh” products.
The perfume not to be missed: the very refreshing Green sorbet, composed of green apple, pineapple, ginger and basil. The novelties of summer: the frozen sticks rich in taste and color. The top 3 sales: pure Cameroon chocolate, fleur de sel, mango and passion caramel. Vannes, Theix, Sarzeau, Arzon, Carnac. Price of a ball: € 2.80
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