I immediately got to “work”.Īny combo of peanut butter and chocolate usually can’t miss, so that’s where I started. They combine the dried proteins with plant fats, water, vitamins and minerals to make a lactose-free product that has the same properties - taste, consistency, and nutritional breakdown - of milk.Ī few days later, the flavor lineup that landed on my doorstep was as follows: Vanilla, Buttery Pecan, PB ‘N Fudge, and Hazelnut Chocolate Chunk. Perfect Day makes its dairy by genetically modifying microflora to produce the two main proteins in milk: casein and whey. In case you’re not familiar with the concept of animal-free dairy, here’s how Catherine Lamb described Perfect Day’s dairy, which is the same formula used in the new Brave Robot line up: I figured why not? While I may not be a professional ice cream critic, the hundreds of gallons I’d logged in my life solidly place me in the ice cream enthusiast category. Last month when the founders of Perfect Day announced they’d launched a spinout called The Urgent Company to create science-forward food products that are earth-friendly, I got an email asking me if I’d like to try their first product: Brave Robot ice cream.

Brave robot milk