Lose It! — November 01, 2017

arin Loots, a self-proclaimed ice

cream addict, started producing

ice cream at home after switching

to low carb three years ago. She

got creative when sugar was

no longer an option and today

produces this guilt-free treat in amazing flavours.

‘When we started eating low carb, it became

a major problem because we didn’t want

to eat sugar or anything artificial any longer.

I experimented with Banting ice cream recipes

and bought a small ice cream machine to churn

for the family,’ she says.

Her family found it so delicious that Karin

eventually started selling at the Johannesburg

Banting Market, where it was such a hit the first

time round that it was sold out by 10am.

‘I needed more outlets, so I became the organiser

of the Banting Market in Pretoria!

‘It was a huge success for me, not only in

terms of ice cream sales. It’s very rewarding to

see that the need for healthy, clean food is being

addressed. My business has developed to a point

where we now supply more than 20 shops around

Pretoria and Joburg,’ she says.

After producing ice cream for more than a

year, Karin wanted to expand her knowledge, so

she enrolled in a gelato course at the Carpigiani

Gelato University in Bologna, Italy, where she was

exposed to a whole new world of producing the

best gelato. The strangest flavour Karin has ever

tasted was during that ice cream course: ‘Blue-

cheese gelato! Quite an interesting taste, but I

don’t think it would sell in South Africa...’

ICE CREAM IS

ALWAYS ON THE

MENU WHEN IT’S

MADE THE WAY

KARIN LOOTS OF

THE ICE CREAMERY

MAKES IT.

K

ICE

CREAM?

Of course!

BY SHIREEN FISHER

just the bizz