Ben & Jerry’s has been providing refrigerated confectionery since 1978. The company was founded in Burlington, Vermont in the United States, but now operates globally. Ben & Jerry’s, a subsidiary of Unilever, makes ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbets.
For a company that built its foundations on dairy, its ever-growing range of vegan flavors may seem surprising. But the message from the audience was loud and clear: There is a demand for non-dairy ice cream and that demand is growing all the time.
In 2015, Ben & Jerry’s announced that it was working on vegan options. The statement came in response to a petition filed by Pharm. The petition – which collected nearly 30,000 signatures – urged Ben & Jerry’s to offer dairy-free flavors for ethical and environmental reasons.
“We have been loyal customers of Ben & Jerry’s for many years, and love the socially progressive nature of the company: their fair trade policies, commitment to improving animal welfare, and their long-term support for marriage equality! Given all of that, we are amazed that a company as ethical as Ben & Jerry’s Do not make non-dairy ice cream,” the petition stated.
“It would be a huge sign of Ben & Jerry’s support for action against climate change if they offered non-dairy ice cream.”
Less than a year later, the ice cream brand announced its first all-vegan product line.
Which flavors are vegan?
Over the years, Ben & Jerry’s has updated and expanded the range. Now, the global company offers 21 vegan flavors. Here is your guide to them all:
American Dream
Candy-covered waffle cones and caramel swirls are hidden inside this non-dairy ice cream. The flavor made with almond milk is fortified Late Show Host Stephen Colbert.
Americone Dream proceeds go to the Stephen Colbert Americone Dream Fund, which works to provide nutritional and medical assistance to underprivileged children. It also helps veterans and their families.
Caramel Almond Crisp
This flavor ‘celebrates all things almond’, Ben & Jerry’s wrote on their website, honoring the almond milk from which many botanical flavors are made.
Includes crunchy pieces of almond brittle and salted caramel.
Sherry Garcia
This flavor originated in 1987 as a tribute to Jerry Garcia, known as the lead guitarist for the rock band The Grateful Dead. This came after a fan sent Ben & Jerry a postcard to order.
It includes cherries and fudge chips, and is certified vegan and gluten-free.
caramel chocolate block
Think chocolate, salted caramel swirls, fudge, and peanuts. Do we need to say more?
Chocolate chip cookie dough
This new version of the classic Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough flavor just tastes like it. You’ll find bits of chocolate chip dough and fudge chips throughout.
Chocolate fudge brownie
This comfort food-inspired flavor includes fudge from Greystone Bakery in New York. The bakery provides employment and training opportunities for low-income urban residents.
Rolled salted chocolate
Ben & Jerry’s refers to this non-dairy pint as a “love story.”
“It’s a non-dairy flavor you can count on forever, with dreamy chocolate, salted caramel, and chocolate cookies. Can’t wait to meet your parents,” he writes online.
Seven Layer Coconut Bar
Fudge and nut chunks and swirls of graham crackers and caramel make up this vegan treat. Since it does not contain animal products, it has 0 mg of cholesterol (the dairy version has 50 mg).
Fudge caramel coffee
Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Caramel Fudge is exclusive to the non-dairy range. It’s filled with chunks of fudge and a “rich” swirl of caramel throughout the Fair Trade coffee base.
Colin Kaepernick Change the Saboteur
This dairy-free flavor features caramel ice cream with chocolate chunks and cookie swirls.
Ben & Jerry’s Change the Whirled was created to honor Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice activism. Kaepernick donates his share of the proceeds to get to know your rights camp. The campaign, founded by Kaepernick, works to “promote the liberation and well-being of black and brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass mobilization, and the creation of new systems that advance the next generation of change leaders.”
Cookies on cookie dough
Ben & Jerry’s says the fact that this flavor is dairy-free is the reason to love this dessert.
This vegan version of one of the brand’s classic flavors contains caramel ice cream, bits of cookie dough and chocolate chips.
Cream Biscuits
Ben & Jerry’s steps away from the typical non-dairy almond base with this mixture.
Made with sunflower seed butter, this non-dairy Crème Brûlée Cookie features burnt caramel, brown sugar cookies, and salted caramel swirls. And pea protein, who would have thought?
Caramel Sutra Kor
According to Ben & Jerry’s, this flavor is the “ultimate experience.”
“Whether your primary urges lead you to soft caramel center or straight to fudge chips, you will be in complete control of your non-dairy destiny,” the brand says on its website.
Milk and cookies
Made with sunflower seed butter, this vanilla ice cream features chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate brownie swirls.
Mint Chocolate Cookie
For the mint chocolate lovers out there, Ben & Jerry’s serves this pint of non-dairy sunflower butter. Features mashed chocolate sandwich cookies.
This vegan flavor contains less fat, cholesterol and sodium than its dairy-based counterpart.
Netflix & Chill’d
Ben & Jerry teamed up with Netflix to create this non-dairy dessert.
This candy brand fills pints with sweet and savory swirls, as well as brownies. “It’s a delicious world,” Ben & Jerry wrote, “and everyone is welcome to take a spoonful.”
Half-baked peanut butter
This chocolate and peanut butter treat comes with brownies and scoops of peanut butter dough.
A tub contains 14 grams of protein.
Peanut Butter Biscuits
It is fair to say that this creation was inevitable. Ben & Jerry’s admits on their website that they have “always been in a love affair with PB and with cookies”.
The vegan pint comes with a crunchy peanut butter and chocolate biscuit sandwich,
Food Phish
Ben & Jerry filled this fan favorite with chocolate ice cream, sticky marshmallow swirls, caramel swirls, and fish-shaped fudge.
Like the original, the vegan version is supported by the WaterWheel Foundation, which supports nonprofit organizations that work on environmental and social issues. These include improving access to clean water, conserving land, supporting food banks, and helping women and children in need.
Save our hover now!
Ben & Jerry’s aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis with this dairy-free product. They include coconut-flavored ice cream, caramel, cookie swirls, and chocolate chips.
The company is encouraging people to sign the Climate Alliance Declaration urging the UK Prime Minister to take climate action. Specifically, to protect, restore and expand green and wild spaces, support those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change (in the UK and abroad), and “unleash the clean energy revolution”.
Tonight’s dough
Ben and Jerry’s collaboration with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to create this product. It contains caramel and chocolate ice cream, chocolate cookie swirls, lumps of chocolate chip dough and peanut butter batter.
Proceeds from the flavor go to SeriousFun Children’s network of global camps for critically ill children.