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LOCAL SUPPLIER “SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY”
e’ve been making the
world’s most perfect ice cream,
custard, gelato, sherbet, and
sorbet right here in Washington
for the past 15 years.
If you visit us at Snoqualmie
Ice Cream in Maltby,
Washington, you will quickly
see why we’re different. Our
founders, Barry and Shahnaz
Bettinger are passionate; they
are passionate about making
the world’s most perfect ice
cream to share with you.
We’ve been here in Maltby
for the past seven years after
small beginnings 15 years
ago in an industrial park in
Lynnwood, Washington. It has
always Barry and Shahnaz’s
dream to work together to
cultivate a meaningful business
and they are here every
day making that happen.
Originally from upstate New
York, they made the move to
Washington State in the nineties
with the dream of building
their ice cream business here
in the Pacific Northwest. Barry
grew up on a farm in New
York State and later came to
manage a large dairy factory
on the east coast. There he
learned the ins and outs of
the dairy business, learning
just about everything there is
to know about the dairy business
that he would later apply
to his own business.
How we make our ice cream
Here in Maltby you can find
a café, factory, kitchen, and
farm that comprise all facets
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of this dynamic
business. Producing
nearly
700,000 pints
of ice cream
annually, we
are growing at
a rapid pace.
From our busy
kitchen we develop
and test
new recipes
(we have over
800 recipes!),
bake ingredients
like ginger
snap, cookie
dough, and the
fruit ripples for
our ice cream,
while also fulfilling orders for
our customers throughout the
Puget Sound and the rest of
the country.
We take pride in our product
and produce it in the best
way possible. Our ice cream
has the highest cream content
of any of the market at
19%. Our vat pasteurization
process differs from the competitions.
We pasteurize the
milk and cream for a longer
time and at a lower temperature,
locking in the dairy flavors
that make our products
the richest, creamiest dessert
out there. In addition to
a marvelous mouth feel and
flavor, we seek to keep our
products as all-natural as possible
by leaving out additional
dyes, colorings or corn syrup,
unless by specific customer
request. We make our treats
Cherry Vanilla and Checkered Chocolate are the two
newest flavors in pints from Snoqualmie Ice Cream.
in small batches so it’s always
fresh to you. We don’t add a
lot of air to our ice cream so
we can deliver more cream,
more density, and more ounces
of rich, creamy goodness
to our customers.
Growing the Ingredients
for Success on our Farm
We always strive to source
the freshest ingredients as locally
as possible. We recently
completed our 1.5 acre minifarm
adjacent to our factory
where many of the ingredients
for our ice cream are
grown including: blackberries,
huckleberries, cherries, lavender,
strawberries, cucumbers,
quince, lemons, limes,
ginger, currant, peaches, apples,
pears, and much, much
more! In 2012 we added 200
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Sound Advisor • Fall 2012