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Look, I breastfed for years. Multiple kids, multiple years. I’ve leaked through shirts in public, pumped in bathroom stalls, and had my nipples ravaged to the point where I winced at the mere thought of another feeding. I’ve done it all in the name of nourishing my babies.
But taste my own breast milk? That was always a hard pass for me.
So when I heard Frida—yes, the same folks who brought us the genius NoseFrida and peri bottles that actually work—is launching “breast milk” flavored ice cream, I had some… thoughts.
To celebrate their new Frida Mom 2-in-1 Manual Breast Pump, the brand is answering the question that apparently everyone’s been secretly wondering: What does breast milk actually taste like?
Everyone except me, I guess.
Breast milk is… trending?
According to Frida, breast milk is having a moment. From colostrum powders (another hard pass from me) to celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian and Ashley Graham openly admitting to tasting their own liquid gold, curiosity about breast milk flavor is peaking. They suggest studies show that 70% of women have tried their own breast milk, while 29% of men are interested in sampling the goods.
I’m firmly in the 30% who never ventured there. I understand the cognitive dissonance. Yes, I happily pour cream from a literal cow into my coffee every morning. Somehow drinking my own bodily fluid just doesn’t compute for me.
A quick scroll through Reddit threads like this one reveals people describing breast milk as tasting like “cereal milk”—you know, the sweet leftover milk after a bowl of sugary cereal. Interesting description, but I’ll stick with the kind Christina Tosi’s crafting at Milk Bar.
What’s actually in the Frida breast milk ice cream?
To appease all these apparently curious minds, Frida is bringing “breast milk” to the masses with their Breast Milk Ice Cream. Don’t worry—it’s not actual breast milk (though given the current state of things, would anyone really be surprised?)
The ice cream promises to be a “pitch perfect representation of the sweet, creamy, nutrient-packed goodness” with similar nutrients to actual breast milk: Omega-3 fats, energy-boosting lactose, vitamins like iron, calcium, B and D, zinc, plus plenty of H2O for hydration.
I’m not sure adding water to ice cream is the selling point they think it is, but okay.
Related: Texas mom sets new Guinness World Record with nearly 13,000 bottles of donated breast milk
The waiting game
In a clever nod to motherhood, Frida announced the ice cream will be “due in 9 months.” I appreciate the attention to detail with their marketing.
If you’re among the curious masses dying to know what breast milk tastes like without actually having to produce any yourself, you can sign up at frida.com for details on the “first scoop.”
Meanwhile, I’ll be over here enjoying my regular, non-bodily-fluid ice cream, thank you very much. Ben & Jerry’s hasn’t let me down yet, and they’ve never once asked me to contemplate the flavor profile of anything that’s ever come out of my body.
I mean, it’s possible I’m missing out. But that’s a risk I’m willing to take.