Business success of WheyHey ice cream hailed

The business success of WheyHey, a high-protein, low sugar and healthy ice cream, was hailed at Cork Chamber’s monthly business breakfast.

A native of Blarney Street on Cork’s northside and holder of a master’s degree in human performance, physiology and biomechanics from Brunel University, 33-year-old Damien Kennedy was living in London in 2012 when he and best friend Greg Duggan spotted a gap in the market for a healthy treat.

They bought an ice cream-making machine online and after much trial-and-error, came up with WheyHey, which contains 20g of protein — the same as a chicken breast — and only 7g carbohydrate and fat. Following a successful tasting with family, they found a mass producer in Cork.