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CALGARY (March 30, 2026) – Foothills Creamery is committed to driving innovation in the dairy industry. Their latest entry is a high-protein ice cream that has 30 grams of protein per pint and contains 50 percent less sugar. Foothills Creamery Protein Ice Cream is the first high-protein ice cream in Canada and comes in 500 mL Coffee Bean and Chocolate Peanut Butter. They retail between $7.49 and $7.99 and are available at Freson Bros., and select Sobeys and Safeway locations across Alberta, with Calgary Co-op availability beginning in stores April 10.
“It’s an exciting time for our team at Foothills Creamery,” says Bill McKenzie, CEO of Foothills Creamery. “We have a very dedicated team that constantly comes up with new ideas that I believe will make the Canadian dairy industry more exciting, and our new Protein Ice Cream is leading that charge in 2026. As far as we know, this could be the first true ice cream, not a frozen dairy dessert, in North America that’s also high in protein. Refusing to compromise on the Foothills Creamery standards of excellence was a key goal when we set out to make this ice cream.”
The new high-protein ice cream is just the latest in a series of new butter and ice cream products. In 2025, Foothills Creamery launched single-serve ice cream (237 ml), available individually and in a 6-pack multi-pack. The Ice Cream Multi-Pack won the 2025 Alberta Food & Beverage Awards for Sweets and Candy, hosted by the Alberta Food Processors Association. Foothills Creamery also launched flavoured whipped butter, including Maple Brown Sugar and Cowboy Spice Blend varieties. Other new ice cream flavours for 2026 include Whisky Caramel (500 ml), Coffee Bean (500 ml), and Spumoni Twist (1.4 L).
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About Foothills Creamery
Foothills Creamery was founded in 1969 and has proudly produced butter and ice cream for Western Canadians for over 50 years. They continue to use the same old-fashioned, barrel-churned techniques as they did in 1969. It’s what makes Foothills Creamery ice cream and butter richer, creamier, and more full-bodied. Foothills Creamery supplies over 80 flavours of ice cream, sorbet, sherbet, and soft serve to over 1000 independent ice cream shops across Western Canada. Their ice cream is also available at grocery stores and currently offers 14 flavours in 1.4 L containers, 8 flavours in 500 mL, and 6 flavours of 237 mL single serve (also available as a multi-pack). For more information on Foothills Creamery, please visit .
