Sea Salt
Assault.
Creamy sea salt ice cream with candied pecans and a flowing caramel swirl. The most decorated flavor in the café.
12%
Milkfat
16 oz
Pint
No Egg
Philadelphia Style
100%
Veteran Founded
The Story
The flavor
the café made.
Sea Salt Assault was developed in the Be Free Café kitchen and ran second in velocity to only one other flavor on the case, and earned more Google and Yelp reviews than anything else we’ve scooped.
The build is engineered for contrast: a creamy sea salt base, candied pecans for crunch, and a flowing caramel swirl that cuts the salt with a warm finish. Creamy, crunchy, sweet, and salty, all in the same bite.
Be Free was founded in memory of Kyle Milliken, a SEAL Team Six operator.
What makes it different
Built dense.
Built for the spoon.
Philadelphia Style
No Egg
Egg-free recipe lets the cream, sea salt, and real pecans dominate every bite, with no custard veil between you and the flavor.
Low Overrun
30–50%
We whip in less air than national brands, so each scoop lands denser, slower-melting, and richer-feeling on the spoon.
Café Validated
Most Reviewed
Second-highest velocity at the Be Free Café and the most-reviewed flavor across Google and Yelp before it ever hit a retail shelf.
The Ingredients
The whole
ingredient list.
Pulled directly from the pint. No marketing rewrite, no flourishes. This is exactly what’s on the back of the carton.
Contains
Milk, Pecans
- 01Milk
- 02Cream
- 03Sugar
- 04Nonfat dry milk
- 05Dextrose
- 06Pecans
- 07Vanilla extract
- 08Vanilla beans
- 09Sea salt
- 10Honey
- 11Tara gum
- 12Guar gum
Nutrition · Per Serving
The numbers.
Calories
270
per ⅔ cup serving
Per Pint
820
calories total
Total Fat
15g
per serving
Total Sugar
25g
per serving
Voice of Customer
Already the most-
reviewed in the case.
Sea Salt Assault is the most-reviewed flavor across Google and Yelp at the Be Free Café in Virginia Beach. These are real, unpaid quotes from customers.
379+
Google Reviews
78+
Yelp Reviews
200+
Posted Photos
"Some of the best ice cream I've ever had. Well thought out flavor combos, quality ingredients."
"Absolutely the best ice cream I've ever had. Perfect size, amazing fresh taste and texture."
"They don't skimp on the quality of the ingredients."
"Awesome flavor profiles. Definitely the best ice cream in the area."
Review counts compiled April 7, 2026 from Google Business Reviews and Yelp for the Be Free Café in Virginia Beach. Quotes are verbatim from public reviews.
Creamy. Crunchy.
Sweet and salty.
Get a Pint
Find Sea Salt
Assault near you.
Pints are available for café pickup in Virginia Beach. Online direct sales are planned but not live yet. Grocery distribution is in development, with no confirmed stockists or launch date.
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