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New dairy-free brand SweetPea has launched a range of plant-based frozen desserts made with chickpeas, which it claims are still ‘unbelievably creamy’.

The new US brand says its plant-based ice cream alternative contains half the calories, half the fat and all the taste of dairy ice cream.

SweetPea’s line of dairy-free frozen desserts comes in nine flavours: vanilla, peanut butter, cold brew, mango peach, cookies and cream, salted caramel praline, chocolate, cookie dough, and raspberry and pie pieces.

"We're excited to finally share SweetPea with ice cream lovers everywhere," said SweetPea co-founder Heather Romens.

She added: "It was important for us to provide a non-dairy frozen dessert that is both delicious and can be enjoyed by everyone. It took us a number of years, a lot of hard work, experimentation and taste tests to get SweetPea just right. I'm happy to report that it has been well worth the wait.”

SweetPea is now available to order online for nationwide delivery and the brand anticipates in-store availability later this year.