1. Popular Ice Cream
Supermarket shelves, specialty dairy shops, dessert shops and even
convenience stores always have tubs and pints of ice cream all year
round. Rain, snow or sunshine, it’s there on the chiller encasing the
flavors of fruits, nuts, chocolates and vanilla, to be consumed as a
snack or as an after dinner dessert. Its presence everywhere at all times
of the day indicates just how popular ice cream is.
But it is during the summer months when ice cream is consumed the
most, not only to beat the heat but also because it’s a frozen treat that
speaks of the delights of summer. Children most especially love to have
a cone or two of this wonderful treat. Ice cream trucks and carts would
go round the corner, its loud melody alerting everyone their favorite ice
cream is in town.
Ice cream shops would have long lines from the counter all the way
outside. The ice cream store sellers busily fill scoop after scoop after
scoop from the glass counter, running to the back of the store for more
tubs of the flavor that has already sold out. You get your fill of popular
ice cream flavors whether in sugar cones, bowls or banana split boats.
Toppings like chopped nuts, cherries, chocolate syrup, candy sprinkles,
melted chocolate and whipped cream make these popular treats
even more delectable.
In a recent 2012 survey from the International Ice Cream Association
(IICA) of their member companies (which manufacture and distribute
ice creams in the United States), vanilla is still the most popular ice
cream flavor hands down. Tying for second place in popularity are the
chocolate chip mint and cookies-and-cream flavors.
Other popular ice cream flavors that have topped the IICA’s list in
previous years aside from classic vanilla include the chocolate, butter
pecan, strawberry and the three-toned Neapolitan ice cream flavors.
Aside from popular ice cream flavors, the IICA 2012 survey also listed
the premium type of ice cream as preferred by American consumers.
Premium ice cream “has a lower amount of aeration and a higher fat
content than regular ice cream,” which makes it thicker and creamier.
Belonging also to these popular ice cream favorites are the frozen
yogurt and soft serve ice cream. The first one is made with yogurt or
cultured milk while the other one has double the amount of air ,
(overruns, in the ice cream industry parlance) introduced into the
mixture, making it easier to serve from a machine with a spigot.