Loseley, the maker of luxury farmhouse ice cream, has developed a delicious new Eton Mess flavour by feeding its herd of Jersey cattle a diet of strawberries and meringues. The cattle which are housed at the Beechdean Dairies farm in Buckinghamshire, have been enjoying the ingredients found in the much loved dessert for over a year to ensure their milk supply is infused with the sweet flavours of the unusual treats, this has meant air freighting huge quantities of strawberries to ensure a supply through all seasons. Andrew Howard Managing Director of Beechdean Dairies adds: “We have been perfecting the quantities in the cattle feed for over 18 months to perfect the Eton Mess flavour. The cows need to be fed just the right quantities of meringues, strawberries, fat and hay to make the perfect Eton Mess ice cream. We believe ice cream should be great quality, tasty and interesting. Our products will always deliver against these criteria." “Loseley's flavour development process is cutting edge - I have tasted the product and it is delicious" said Vince Bamford, FMCG Editor at The Grocer, the UK's leading grocery trade magazine. "It is an exciting innovation for the ice cream category."Loseley, the ice-cream maker, has announced that it has developed a new way of making flavoured ice-cream by adapting the diet fed to its cows.

The first variety to be made using the new technique is 'Eton Mess', for which the company's herd is being fed a diet of strawberries and meringues.

Loseley says its cattle - which are housed at the Beechdean Dairies farm in Buckinghamshire - have already been feeding on the ingredients found in the much loved pudding for over a year, to ensure their milk supply is infused with the strawberry and meringue flavours. Apparently, huge amounts of strawberries are having to be air-freighted into the UK in order to ensure an uninterrupted supply through the seasons.

Andrew Howard Managing Director of Beechdean Dairies said: "We have been perfecting the quantities in the cattle feed for over 18 months to perfect the Eton Mess flavour. The cows need to be fed just the right quantities of meringues, strawberries, fat and hay to make the perfect Eton Mess ice cream. We believe ice cream should be great quality, tasty and interesting. Our products will always deliver against these criteria."

Vince Bamford, Fast Moving Consumer Goods Editor at The Grocer, the UK's leading grocery trade magazine said: "Loseley's flavour development process is cutting edge - I have tasted the product and it is delicious. It is an exciting innovation for the ice cream category."

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