July is Ice Cream Month!
thanks to the California Milk Advisory Board

Celebrate July Is Ice Cream Month with a "month of sundaes." Here are 31 ideas from the California Milk Advisory Board for how to deliciously top ice cream and make every day a sundae!

• July 1 A brownie topped with rocky road ice cream, warm chocolate sauce and a sprinkle of chocolate chips.
• July 2 French vanilla ice cream topped with seasonal fruit, such as plums and apricots.
• July 3 Coconut ice cream topped with fresh shredded coconut and savory pineapple sauce.
• July 4 Vanilla ice cream topped with blueberry sauce and fresh sliced strawberries.
• July 5 Mint chocolate chip ice cream with a combination of marshmallow sauce and hot fudge sauce.
• July 6 Pistachio ice cream topped with fresh chopped pistachio nuts and chocolate syrup.
• July 7 Butter pecan ice cram with warm caramel sauce.
• July 8 Peach ice cream garnished with mango slices.
• July 9 Chocolate ice cream with crumbled chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate sauce.
• July 10 Strawberry ice cream with fresh sliced strawberries and marshmallow sauce.
• July 11 Vanilla ice cream dressed with espresso and slivered almonds.
• July 12 Rocky road ice cream with marshmallow sauce, chocolate chips and nuts.
• July 13 Chocolate ice cream topped with crushed peppermint patties.
• July 14 A scoop each of chocolate and coffee ice cream topped with warm carmel sauce.
• July 15 Mint chocolate chip ice cream with hot fudge.
• July 16 Strawberry ice cream with fresh sliced strawberries and granola topping.
• July 17 Vanilla ice cram with crushed chocolate cookies and chocolate sauce.
• July 18 Peach ice cream with raspberry puree and slivered pecans.
• July 19 Vanilla ice cream with dried fruit topping.
• July 20 Coffee ice cream with malt powder and chocolate sauce.
• July 21 Chocolate ice cream topped with peanut butter and sliced bananas.
• July 22 Coconut ice cream with hot fudge.
• July 23 Pistachio ice cream topped with hot fudge and chopped walnuts.
• July 24 Vanilla ice cream with fresh cherry puree.
• July 25 Peppermint ice cream with chocolate sauce.
• July 26 Chocolate chip ice cream with hot fudge, marshmallow sauce and crushed chocolate cookies.
• July 27 One scoop each of vanilla and chocolate ice cream topped with pineapple and chocolate sauce.
• July 28 Coffee ice cream dressed with espresso and crumbled biscotti cookie.
• July 29 One scoop each of peach and strawberry ice cream topped with fresh sliced peaches and strawberries.
• July 30 One scoop each of strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream topped with sliced banana and hot fudge or strawberry sauce.
• July 31 French vanilla ice cream with yogurt-or chocolate-covered peanuts.

Information provided by the California Milk Advisory Board and Torme & Kenney in San Francisco.

California is the nation's largest ice cream producer. Last year, the state produced roughly 156 million gallons including sherbet and frozen yogurt.

Based on recent supermarket sales, *the top consumption cities in California are:

• Sacramento (2.ll gallons per person)
• San Francisco (2.10 gallons per person)
• San Diego (1.92 gallons per person)
• Los Angeles (1.63 gallons per person)

Just over l out of every 3 gallons of ice cream sold in U.S. supermarkets last year was vanilla and l out of every 10 gallons was chocolate. No surprises there. But what flavor was third in popularity? Try neopolitan, which accounted for l out of every 12.*

In terms of exports, where does the U.S. send the most ice cream? Try Japan: In 1995, Japan accounted for more than 30 percent of all U.S. ice cream shipments abroad (or 5.6 million gallons). Next was Mexico (8 percent) and Hong Kong (7 percent).

California produces slightly more than l out of every 10 gallons of ice cream produced in the U.S.*

It takes 12 pounds of whole milk to make l gallon of ice cream.

California produces more milk than any other state. In 1996, production totaled more than 25 billion pounds, or 16 percent of the nation's Milk supply.

*Data from International Dairy Foods Association. Sales data based on supermarket sales for 1995-1996.

Information provided by the California Milk Advisory Board
Contact: Jennifer Plant or Deneen Murrieta, Torme & Kenney, (415-956-1791)

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