Ice Cream is one such dessert that is loved by everyone, especially in scorching weather. You’ll be shocked to know that an average American consumes around 23 pounds of Ice cream per year. According to researchers, the origin of Ice cream can be traced back to 550 BCE. When Mughal ruled India in the 16th century, they used horsemen to bring ice from the Hindu Kush to Delhi. In the 17th century, Ice Cream was called ‘Cream Ice’ in England during the time of Charles I. The craziness of Ice cream can be seen from ancient history. Today, we have hundreds of Ice Cream flavors that are consumed globally in Million gallons per day. Here we will present you 10 such ‘brain freezing’ facts about Ice Cream, that every ice cream lover should know. Let’s look:

1. Tallest Ice cream in the world

Norway’s popular family-run ice-cream company Hennig-Olsen made the World’s tallest ice cream cone that measured 3.08 m (10 ft 1.26 in) in height. On 26 July 2015, this company got the Guinness World Records title for making such ice cream. That enormous ice cream was comprised of 1,080 liters of ice cream, 60 liters of chocolate, wafer cone (95.85 kg), and jam (40 kg). After getting measured, the cone was carried by helicopter from the ice cream factory to an event in Kristiansand, Norway, and was distributed to attendees. Previously, this record was held by Micro Della Vecchia and Andrea Andrighetti who made a 2.81-meter tall ice-cream cone.

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2. The person with the Million-Dollar taste Buds

An American ‘John Harrison’ is the person who performed for ice cream company Dreyer’s on the post of “Official Taste Tester”. All of Harrison’s paternal family was associated with the ice cream industry in some way or another and that’s why he also got involved in the same profession in his early life. In 1956, Harrison joined Dreyer’s ice cream company and on a daily basis tasted an average of sixty ice cream flavours. A surprising fact about him is that he doesn’t consume the ice cream, instead, spits it out and follows a very strict diet so that his tasting skills don’t get affected.

The company has insured his taste buds for a million dollars. Moreover, he got the American Tasting Institute’s Master Taster of the Year title in 1997. He is also known as the ‘most popular ice cream man in America’. Harrison has assisted in making over 100 ice cream flavours and according to Wikipedia, he had also invented Cookies n’ Cream flavour.

3. Why Ice Creams are served in Paper cups?

Ever wondered why ice cream is served in a paper cup? Or why a paper cup with ice cream feels normal in hand but steel cups feel colder in hand? There is a very interesting science behind this. Understand this with an example:

We pour the ice cream at the same temperature in two different cups. The first one is a paper cup and the second one is steel. A steel cup will feel colder than a paper one. This is because of the heat conduction process happening here. According to the science of heat conduction, heat flows through a hot object to a colder one.

As we know steel is a good conductor of heat. So, when we touch the steel cup, heat flows from our body to the steel cup which makes it colder. But this science doesn’t apply in the case of paper cups. Because paper is a bad conductor of heat which results in feeling normal to touch even with loaded ice cream.

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4. Maximum number of ice cream scoops balanced on a single cone

On 17 November 2018, a man named ‘Dimitri Panciera’ achieved the Guinness World Records title for balancing the most number of ice cream scoops on a single cone on the program of ‘La Notte dei Record’, in Rome, Italy. The enormous number is 125, which is unbeaten till date. He also got this record back in 2013 when he managed to balance 85 scoops on a cone. But this record was broken by Ashrita Furman ‘most Guinness World Record holder’ when he was able to put 123 scoops. Interestingly, Dimitri Panciera retakes his record by putting 125 scoops.

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5. ‘Eating Ice Cream makes you feel warmer’

We often eat ice creams to end up the scorching weather around us. And, ice creams make us feel colder from inside in hot weather. But, this is completely a myth. In actuality, ice creams make you warmer from the inside. When we eat ice cream, the colder substances present in it start breaking into usable energy blocks. Our body itself turns colder substances into the warmer digestive processes to maintain the optimum temperature of the body. As a result, this process makes our body warmer instead of making it cold.

6. A major component of ice creams is ‘Air’

If you make ice cream, you get to know about the ingredients of it which are mainly sugar, milk, cream, etc. But there is also one more main ingredient about which you may not have an idea because that ingredient is invisible and it is none other than air. Air makes up around 50% component of the Ice cream. When you try to melt the ice cream, the volume of the ice cream would simply go down. Also, when you refroze the melted ice cream and then eat it, possibly you see it does not tastes very good. These things are happened because of the presence of air in the ice cream. It also makes the ice cream lighter and fluffier.

7. The unimaginable ice cream flavours

If you think about the types of ice flavours available in the market, surely flavours like vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, etc. will stick in your mind. But did you know that these are just basics? Ice cream flavours are not limited to these basics, instead, they are available in endless flavours. Even some of you might not believe the availability of flavours we are going to tell you, but in reality, they are present. Ice cream flavours like Pizza, Tequila, Lobster, Goat Cheese Beet Swirl, Whiskey prune, Roasted garlic, Honey Jalapeño Pickle, Oyster, Ginger Pineapple, etc. are too accessible in the world. Even in Japan, the weirdest flavours like Octopus, Shrimp, Horseflesh, Cow tongue, etc. are available. Isn’t it is surprising?

8. The ‘Brain freezing’ effect of Ice Cream

Have you ever heard of Brain freezing after eating Ice Cream? If not, let me tell you that sometimes eating ice cream can cause Brain freezing. Brain Freezing is typically a headache caused by the rapid eating of Ice Cream. It mainly occurs when ice cream touches the upper surface of the inside mouth. Also, when we eat Ice cream too fast in very hot weather or surrounding, it causes you ‘Ice Cream Headache’.

9. The ‘Nutritious value’ of Ice cream

Do you know that ice cream is a healthy and nutritious option to have in dessert? Ice Cream is a very good source of multivitamins like A, B-6, B-12, C, D, E and K. Vitamin K present in ice cream prevents blood clotting. Not only this, but also ice cream is high in nutritional value which contains carbs, fats, and protein. This nutrition is all we need to build energy in our bodies. These are the good sides to eat Ice Cream. But we should eat Ice cream responsibly and wisely as excess eating is also bad for health.

10. World’s most expensive Ice Cream

What if I tell you that 1 scoop of ice cream will cost you more than gold? We’re talking about the world’s most expensive ice cream i.e. ‘Black Diamond’. There is a cafe called Scoopi Cafe in Dubai where they serve this ice cream. ‘Black Diamond’ is a Madagascar Vanilla Ice cream, Black Truffle with 23 Carat of edible gold and saffron. It is served in a Versace bowl and spoon which you can keep after eating. This ‘Gold’ Ice cream will cost you around US$840 (Rs. 61,000 approx) for just one scoop.

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