Ice cream that's better for you
We've introduced reduced-fat formulations for Solero and replaced nearly all the artificial flavourings in the children's range with natural ones.
Fun facts
- One portion of most ice cream contains less fat than an average chocolate bar
- A Pinipig vanilla contains a similar amount of sugar to a 150g pot of fruit yoghurt
- One scoop contains a similar amount of fat to two digestive biscuits or a small piece of cheese
- A portion of most ice cream products contains less fat than a slice of cheesecake, a piece of apple pie or even a croissant
- A cereal bar contains similar amounts of sugar to a Solero Exotic
- Ice makes ice cream the only food you eat frozen
- The very first ice creams were made over 3 000 years ago when the Chinese started mixing snow with fruit and honey
- We use the equivalent of between 15 000 and 20 000 tonnes of fruit in our ice creams every year in Europe alone. That's a lot of fruit!
- In a recent survey, around 70% of nutritionists said one of the reasons we're failing to stick to a balanced diet is because we tend to exclude fun foods, such as ice cream
- The US has the highest consumption of ice cream in the world at around 24 litres per person per year. The average consumption in Europe is around 6 litres per person.
