The Owners' Manual | Issue 13 | Summer 2018

Vanilla is the #1 selling flavor.

It takes 12 lbs. of milk to make a gallon of ice cream.

Chocolate syrup is the favorite topping to put on ice cream.

The ice cream cone was invented in 1896. While popular lore claims that the ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, a New York City ice cream vendor – Italo Marchiony – actually seems to have created the cone in 1896 to stop customers from stealing his serving glasses. He patented the idea in 1903 and it took off in popularity at the World’s Fair the next year.

The major ingredient in ice cream is air.

July is National Ice Cream Month. It was created by Ronald Reagan in 1984. It takes approximately 50 licks to finish off a scoop of ice cream. The United States is the top ice cream consuming country in the world.

Source: National Ice Cream Retailers Association