Healthy and Nutritious Ice Cream Alternatives made with Upcycled Bananas
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The Frozen Dessert You Deserve
NanaShake is a proudly Toronto-based family-run business that is committed to developing a unique line-up of frozen desserts that will satisfy your sweet tooth and fuel your body with essential nutrients, healthy fats, protein and fibre that will leave you feeling great afterwards.
Our Healthy and Nutritious Frozen Dessert Line-up
NanaPops
NanaPops Singles
NanaTubs
NanaPops and NanaTubs Average Score
● 80 / 100 | Excellent
Other Ice Cream Brands Average Score
● 39 / 100 | Poor
Excellent rating on the YUKA App
We are on a Mission to Shake up the Ice Cream Category with Healthy and Nutritious Alternatives, and we’re not Monkeying Around!
Awards
Top 10 in Grocery, Best Frozen Product
Grocery Innovations Canada 2025
Special Display Competition 1st Place
UNFI Canada 2025
Local Innovation Award
Sobeys 2023
Best Vegan Ice Crean in Toronto
Taste Toronto 2019
Start-up CPG Gold Award
SIAL Canada 2025
Toronto’s Next Great Packaged Food Business
City of Toronto 2024
Pitch Slam Competition 1st Place
UNFI Canada 2022
Top 10 Vegan Ice Cream in Toronto
Blog TO 2018
Top 10 in Grocery, Best Frozen Product
Grocery Innovations Canada 2025
Start-up CPG Gold Award
SIAL Canada 2025
Special Display Competition 1st Place
UNFI Canada 2025
Toronto’s Next Great Packaged Food Business
City of Toronto 2024
Local Innovation Award
Sobeys 2023
Pitch Slam Competition 1st Place
UNFI Canada 2022
Best Vegan Ice Crean in Toronto
Taste Toronto 2019
Top 10 Vegan Ice Cream in Toronto
Blog TO 2018
Our Story
Why We Exist
When Tamara and Yazeed’s son was diagnosed with asthma at a very young age and they wanted to offer him a dairy-free ice cream alternative that he could enjoy, they were surprised that they couldn’t find any healthy options on freezer shelves.
Everything was loaded with dairy, sugar and questionable ingredients. Realizing there was a gap in the market for a truly healthy and nutritious ice cream alternative made with simple and natural ingredients, they decided to create their own.
Tamara started making NanaPops at home by blending frozen bananas and combining them with other natural ingredients. When they saw how much their son loved them and how it positively impacted his wealth and well-being, they decided to make the products available to their larger community.
In 2016, they opened NanaShake on the corner of Sheppard and Yonge as Toronto’s first vegan ice cream parlor. It was a hugely successful concept and when customers asked them to make their products available at more locations in Canada they pivoted into a Consumer Packaged Food Business in 2022 and their products are now available at more than 1,300 retail stores nationally across Canada.