About Us

Our ice cream and sorbets are still being made on Fossfield Farm in Yorkshire, where we first started over 30 years ago!

Using traditional methods and the finest natural ingredients we produce rich and creamy dairy ice cream, Kefir, real fruit and alcoholic sorbets and a range of plant-based ice creams. Our herd of dairy cows graze on lush Yorkshire grass and because they only ever produce milk for Yorvale, the result is stress free cows that produce really creamy milk which is pasteurised on the farm before being mixed with the finest natural ingredients to create our exquisite products.

Our values

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Quality

We are passionate about our ice cream and believe that our customers only deserve the very best. We continuously test all ice cream we produce to ensure it meets our high standards. We are also accredited by the Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards (BRCGS) to AA standard.

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Traditional

We believe traditional is best, and we are proud to produce traditional creamy ice cream here on our farm in the Vale of York, using the milk from our small dairy herd. We only use natural ingredients in our products and we try to source these as locally as we can.

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Sustainability

As farmers we are responsible for taking care of our land and we feel it is important to do a good job. We farm using traditional methods, we recycle and store our waste water for organic fertiliser, our solar panels power the factory and our our plastic and cardboard is recycled.

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Fun

Our customers are at the heart of our business, we make decisions with our customers in mind and want them to have fun eating our products. Not only that but it’s important our staff enjoy their work, their passion and commitment tastes in the product.

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THE HISTORY OF YORVALE

Although Ian Buxton was not born into a farming family, he had a passion for everything rural and by the age of 21 he had graduated from Askham Bryan agricultural college and was managing Leeds University’s herd of 120 dairy cattle.
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In 1983 Ian married Lesley and in 1984 they rented an 80 acre dairy unit from North Yorkshire County Council. In 1986 the Buxton’s welcomed the first of their two children and Lesley chose to give up a career in food to raise the family and help Ian run the farm. It was at this time that they conceded there was little growth to be made in dairy farming and decided to pursue their mutual love of ice cream and in 1989 Yorvale Ice Cream was born.

From humble beginnings on their small rented farm the business has grown beyond their expectations. The farm was purchased in 1998 and it was at this time the expansion into purpose built manufacturing facilities on the farm started. We now have 1350m² of space to process our delicious fresh and nutritious cow’s milk which moves just a 100 metres from cow to dairy each day to be made into Yorvale ice cream and kefir drinking yogurt.