UK - This article gives you all the facts you will ever need to know about Ice Cream........ Interested? Read on.........

Top 20 Ice Cream Facts:

1) July 20th is National Ice Cream Day. Put the date in your diary and make sure you treat yourself to an ice cream

2) August 19th is National Soft Serve Ice Cream Day

3) Italo Marchiony sold his homemade ice cream from a pushcart on Wall Street. He reduced his overhead caused by customers breaking or wandering off with his serving glasses by baking edible waffle cups with sloping sides and a flat bottom. He patented his idea in 1903

4) It takes an average of 50 licks to polish off a single-scoop ice cream cone

5) Ice Cream is healthy and I bet this is a fact you didn't know! In reality today most ice cream only contains around 5% fat and includes plenty of calcium, minerals and vitamins. So maybe it should count as one of your 5 a day!

6) Men are more likely to choose ice cream as a dessert than women!

7) Ice cream became available to the general population in France in 1660

8) Every person in the UK eats an average of 9 litres of ice cream every year! Now we know this sounds a lot however the Scandinavians eat more than us and the people of American top the Ice Cream Eating chart at 20 litres per year! How much ice cream do you think you eat in a year?

9) People living in Scotland and Northern Ireland eat MORE ice cream on average than those in England and Wales

10) An average dairy cow can produce enough milk in her lifetime to make a little over 9,000 gallons of ice cream

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20) Royd Ices manufacture their our own award-winning ice cream, and serve and stock only the best-branded products from approved suppliers in their fleet of ice cream vans for hire for events, parties, weddings and celebrations

None of these facts can be confirmed as being true, however, through research are believed to be so. Apart from Number 20, which we know is true!

At Royd Ices we tailor our ice cream van hire costs to the preferences and financial budgets of our customers. Some customers ask us to serve a certain number of ice creams and some to serve a set number of people. Other packages we offer allow for each individual to decide on any product stocked in the vehicle.  We have the largest number of ice cream vans for hire in the UK, with over 40 fully-manned ice cream vans available. Each of our employees is “food hygiene trained” and we proudly display our 5- stars, the highest hygiene rating available where they are applicable. We have our own public liability insurance which covers up to £5Million so your wedding, party or event will be covered.

For information on our, Ice Cream Van Hire give us a call us on 01422 88 11 22 and one of the team will be happy to help.