Fun Facts

•  The aver­age per­son eats about 22 quarts of ice cream a year.

•  80 per­cent of the world’s Vanilla Bean used for ice cream is grown in Madagascar.

•  July is National Ice Cream Month

•  The most pop­u­lar top­ping for ice cream is.… choco­late syrup

•  Around 13% of men and 8% of women will admit to lick­ing the bowl clean after eat­ing ice cream.

•  Immi­grants at Ellis Island were served vanilla ice cream as part of their Wel­come to Amer­ica meal.

•  Bing­ing on ice cream in the mid­dle of the night is appar­ently done by 1 out of every 5 ice cream eaters!  Also, they’re usu­ally in the 18–24 year old age bracket and its claimed that men do this more than women!

•  Elvis Pres­ley is said to have loved ice cream – appar­ently his favorites were choco­late milk­shakes and peach ice cream.

•  One out of every five ice cream eaters share their treat with their dog or cat.

•  Top 10 Ice Cream Con­sum­ing Coun­tries in the World:
1. United States
2. New Zealand
3. Den­mark
4. Aus­tralia
5. Bel­gium / Lux­em­bourg
6. Swe­den
7. Canada
8. Nor­way
9. Ire­land
10. Switzerland