Some traders got round it by serving it with syrup instead, calling it an 'Ice Cream Sunday' and eventually replacing the final 'y' with an 'e' to avoid upsetting religious leaders. Britain has the third highest consumption of ice cream in Europe at around 8 litres per person per year, but consumption has little connection with sunshine as we fall behind the Danes and the Swedes. None of us match the Americans though, who get through a staggering 21 litres per person each year. While many people are only aware of a handful of ice cream companies there are over 1,000 in the U.K. producing tens of thousands of flavours. Despite this fact, vanilla remains the favourite being chosen nine times out of ten.
Most ice cream contains more milk protein weight for weight than is present in milk itself.
King Tang of Shang had among his staff 94 ice men who helped to make a dish based on buffalo milk, flour and camphor. At the Feast of St George in 1671 the only table to be served ices was the King's, with one plate of white strawberries and one plate of ice cream. The people of Scotland and Northern Ireland eat more ice cream on average than those in England and Wales. Surveys have shown that men are more likely to choose ice cream as a dessert than women. The ice cream cone is the most environmentally friendly form of packaging.