Fun ice cream facts and other fun stuff you didn't know about the world's favorite frozen treat.
Farmer's All Natural Milk makes a premium 14% butterfat ice cream mix
Ice cream was introduced to America as a delicacy to high society in the 1700's
The first ice cream plant opened in 1851
The waffle cone reportedly made it's debut at the Worlds Fair in St Louis, MO in 1904
Rocky Road became the first 'widely' available flavor (besides vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.) in 1929
It take 3 gallons of milk to produce 1 gallon of ice cream
A dairy cow produces enough milk to make 2 gallons of ice cream a day - that's 730 gallons a year
About 9% of all milk produced in the US is used to make ice cream
It takes about 50 licks to finish a single scoop ice cream cone
The prefect temperature for scooping ice cream is between 6 and 10 degrees
"Brain Freeze' occurs when ice cream touches the roof of your mouth
Vanilla is the #1 flavor in America
87% of Americas have ice cream in their freezer at any given time
California produces the most ice cream in America
The top 5 ice cream consuming counties in the world are #1 New Zealand, #2 USA, #3 Australia, #4 Finland and #5 Sweden
1 in 10 people admit to licking the bowl clean after eating ice cream
1 in 5 people share their ice cream with a pet
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