The first thing you should know is that the new product making waves doesn’t contain human milk; it’s just flavored to mimic it.
It’s breastmilk-flavored ice cream, from Frida, and you also won’t find it on the shelves at your local grocery, at least, for now. If you want to try it, you’ll either need to be in Brooklyn or act quickly, because it’s available for shipping for just a short time.
Here’s the whole scoop.
National Shipping, Limited Run
Frida offers this flavor at their pop-up in Brooklyn, so you can stop by there for a scoop, but if you’re anywhere else in the U.S., they’re currently offering shipping through August 10th, 2025. (If it’s popular, could that expand to a long-term option or even land the flavor on grocery shelves? There’s no official word.)
The company firmly establishes that this is an artificial flavor and there are no human bodily fluids in the container (two-pint minimum for shipping, $12.99 each).
How does it taste?
“Our ice cream is lightly sweet, a little salty, with hints of honey and a dash of colostrum. And while it’s not actually made with human milk, we think our recipe tastes pretty close to the real deal.”
What Else Should We Know?
Ingredients include milk, honey syrup, salted caramel flavoring, egg, and bovine colostrum (which somehow sounds much more animal than ‘milk’ despite just being ‘first milk’ from cows).
If the company name is ringing a bell but not quite reminding you of anything in the dairy aisle, that’s because Frida is not a food and beverage company overall. You know them for their baby products and their mom products, from ovulation tests to nursing pads to suction devices for baby noses.
In other words, they’re definitely in the right business to judge the flavor of breastmilk ice cream!
The launch of the product is timed to celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month, which has been celebrated in August since 2011, and is intended to advocate for better workplace breastfeeding protections and provide education and resources to moms.
If You’re Feeling Pumped, You Can Also Make Your Own
While Frida’s ice cream doesn’t contain human milk, there are recipes out there for making your own at home.
We found one on the Diary Of A Midwest Mom blog that uses breastmilk, banana, cinnamon, and optional vanilla. She freezes the banana and blends the ingredients together. (She says that if you’re using frozen breastmilk, you should only partially thaw it, leave it at a frosty consistency.)
She offers two other recipes that use the ziploc bag method many of us have tried as kids — ingredients go in a smaller inner bag, salt and ice in a bigger outer bag, tumble until the ingredients reach an ice cream consistency.
Most of these recipes are offered as a way to use up excess breastmilk and give your baby a treat, but you could certainly taste it yourself if you’re curious!
Yes, The Real Thing Has Also Been On Offer
While Frida isn’t selling human milk, a shop in London did offer genuine breastmilk ice cream in 2011.
According to the BBC, the dessert was sold under the name Baby Gaga (and yes, a lawsuit followed), made from milk expressed on-site by a London mom, Victoria Hiley, who said that more new moms would breastfeed if they knew how good human milk tasted.
At the time, Matt O’Connor, who founded Icecreamists, argued that “if it’s good enough for our children, it’s good enough for the rest of us,” and touted the product as “pure organic, free-range and natural.”
He said other women had also come forward to offer donations. The breastmilk ice cream was sold for £14 (not quite $19 in U.S. currency) per serving, but faced difficulty from health and safety inspections in addition to a lawsuit from Lady Gaga.