Glasgow is officially home to the best ice cream in the UK.
Loop and Scoop was crowned cream of the crop at the “Ice Cream Oscars”, when the Glasgow gelato creators took the top title at the National Ice Cream Championships 2022.
The ice cream and churro bar, which currently has two locations in the city and a third on the way, melted away the competition to scoop a Gold Medal and Trophy at the annual awards, according to Glasgow Live.
Following a cool taste-off against hundreds of products across 13 categories, founder Calvin Kayes’ dairy free sea salted chocolate gelato was judged as a winner in the Alternative category.
(Image: Loop and Scoop/Facebook)
Now in its 77th year and organised by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the championships saw judges blind-taste everything from dairy-free, low-fat, high-protein to no-sugar ice cream in search of the UK’s best alternative ice cream.
Calvin, who opened Loop and Scoop in 2017, said: “We’re thrilled for the recognition of all the hard work we have put in over winter in refining and tweaking our recipe.
“It will help towards demonstrating to our loyal customers how invested we are in what we do.”
“Our sea salted chocolate gelato is a new recipe we have been working on over the last few months. It reflects modern trends with how people want dairy free options without compromising the feel and taste.”
Loop and Scoop is the UK’s first ice cream and churro bar, making handcrafted churros accompanied by its own homemade gelato.
The first bar opened in 2017 at 665 Great Western Road. The second opened in 2021 at 157 Milngavie Road. A third is planned in the Queens Park area, opening later this year.
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