Why bring up that Sunday is National Ice Cream Day? Because dairy cows are fed forage, corn and soybean feedstuffs (and more) to produce the milk that is turned into a delicacy that especially is satisfying on a hot July day.
Our colleagues at Cornell University shared these facts as we all “scream for ice cream”!
- In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. In the proclamation, President Reagan called for all people of the United States to observe these events with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
- Vanilla is the number one flavor. Most of the vanilla that is used to make ice cream comes from Madagascar and Indonesia
- California produces the most ice cream in America.
- It takes about 50 licks to finish a single scoop of ice cream.
- “Brain Freeze” occurs when ice cream touches the roof of your mouth.
- Ice cream is a frozen blend of a sweetened cream mixture and air, with added flavorings. It must contain at least 10% milk fat, 20% total milk solids, and may contain safe and suitable sweeteners, emulsifiers and stabilizers, and other flavoring materials.
- A cow gives enough milk to make approximately 2 gallons of ice cream per day. That’s 730 gallons of ice cream per year!
- It takes 3 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream.
- Almost 9% of all milk produced in the U.S is used to make ice cream.
Share a photo on the Indiana Forage Council’s Facebook page of how you will celebrate this great holiday!
