Ever the innovators in the ice cream category, even Ben and Jerry could not have imagined the variety of flavors that would show up in the ice cream case over the next three years. Today, the range of ice cream flavors has never been greater. With inspirations from all over the world and consumers expecting more from the food they eat, dairy manufacturers in every category are rolling out new flavors and products of ice cream aimed at reviving a category once thought to have peaked decades ago. Premium ice cream, an infinite number of inclusions and consumers’ imaginations have created the latest trend in ice cream, in which consumers design their own creations in stores such as Cold Stone Creamery and Maggie Moo’s International.

Milk, yogurt and cheese all have increased flavor variety, but none can claim to beat ice cream as the most innovative dairy category. Consumers have been indulging themselves with higher quality and higher priced ice cream in recent years. The premium and super premium categories now represent the majority of ice cream purchased, according to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA). These ice creams typically have lower overrun and use higher quality ingredients than regular ice cream. Increasingly, many premium and super premium products are referred to as frozen desserts to get around regulations that specify what constitutes ice cream. But Ice cream is still one of the most dominant frozen desserts, though, making up 90% of the frozen desserts category, according to IDFA. If you are interested to find more information about any of the ice cream, frozen yogurts and smoothies franchise opportunities listed here, please click at the green button.