 Consumption - Each American consumes a yearly average of 23.2 quarts of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, ices and other commercially-produced, frozen dairy products
- The three cities in America that purchase the most ice cream on a per capita basis are: Des Moines, IA; Roanoke, VA; and Spokane, WA
- More ice cream is sold on Sunday than any other day of the week
- Ice cream consumption is highest during July and August
- July is National Ice Cream Month
- Children ages 2–12 and adults ages 45 and up eat the most ice cream per person
- The average number of licks to polish off a single-scoop ice cream cone is approximately 50
- 98% of all households purchase ice cream
- It takes 12 lbs of milk to make one gallon of ice cream
Toppings - The favorite topping is still chocolate syrup
- The biggest ice cream sundae ever made was on July 24, 1988 — it contained 20.27 tons of ice cream, 4.39 tons of syrup and 5.22 lbs of topping
Sales - Superpremium and premium ice cream represent about 64.8% of the total dollar sales of ice cream
- Ice cream is a $20-billion retail industry
- The five states that produce the most ice cream are: (1) California; (2) Indiana; (3) Pennsylvania; (4) Texas; and (5) Ohio
Vanilla - 80% of the world's vanilla bean used for ice cream is grown in Madagascar
Novelties - Ice cream novelties such as ice cream on sticks and ice cream bars were introduced in the 1920's
- Adults consume nearly one-half of all ice cream novelties
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