Economic Weight

While showing a slight decline (in annual consumption per person) in rich countries, the market for ice cream, linked to the dairy industry has a considerable weight. The United States have produced their only 4.9 billion gallons of ice cream in 1988. Money spent on procurement of ice in the world each year is the amount of money that would be required to provide schooling for all children and adolescents of the planet, says UN.



The main importers of ice cream and other foods frozen in 2005 were the United Kingdom, France and Germany, followed by Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. She often approaches or exceeds 10 liters per capita per year, mostly bought in family size in countries with good infrastructure supermarkets. In some countries, including Canada, the market share of frozen yogurt, associated with a less fat content is growing rapidly (4% of sales in 2005).