Ice cream today is more additives than food. This Bengaluru startup wants to change that

Ice cream was once milk, cream, sugar, and fruit. Now most tubs list polysorbates, carrageenan, CMC, mono and diglycerides, additives that extend shelf life and simplify manufacturing, but don't make the ice cream better. ELVN-ELVN, founded in Bengaluru in 2024 by Barath Akkihebbal and Akash Narain Mittal, is built on the premise that none of that was ever necessary.