Neil Howe and Christian Ford write about ice cream consumption:
Over the last 50 years, US ice cream consumption has steadily declined. In 1975, the average American consumed 18.2 pounds of ice cream. In 2025, that figure fell to only 12.0 pounds. That’s a -34.1% decline.
This is quite sad to me. One of my fondest memories with my grandparents is eating dinner and having a scoop of vanilla ice cream afterwards (usually with chocolate syrup on top). My grandfather would have a scoop as well. Some doctors even believe it helps prevent Type II diabetes.
