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JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO LAUNCH
YOUR BUSINESS?
It took a good 6-8 months to get
the business off the ground, as
we carefully explored all of our
options. Once we determined that
we would start off modestly, and
not dive directly into having a retail
establishment, it took about 3 months
to build our ice pops factory in order
to obtain our frozen confection
manufacturer license.
TELL US ABOUT THE
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
A Healthy & Natural Treat
INTERVIEW WITH
LOLA’S ICE POPS
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE LOLA’S ICE POPS?
Everything that goes into our ice pops
is fresh and natural. We don’t use
powdered mixes, artificial flavours,
colouring, chemicals or preservatives.
So that actually makes our
manufacturing process quite simple. If
we are making a “Watermelon Basil”
ice pop, we blend up fresh watermelon
and basil, then pour the mixture into
popsicle molds and place them in
our high-speed freezing machine.
Although the process is simple, it can
be very time consuming since we make
everything from scratch. For example,
we make our own brownies in our
“Chocolate Fudge with Brownie Bites”
popsicle, and hand-make the caramel
in our “Green Apple Salted Caramel”
popsicle. It’s a lot of work to make
everything by hand and from scratch,
but we think it’s worth it.
Lola’s Ice Pops was founded by two friends - Sandra Wong (originally from
New York) and Julie Tuan (originally from San Francisco).
Sandra and I were both working as lawyers when we moved to Hong )-