We All Scream For Ice Cream

(Learfield) – Good news for ice cream lovers!!! Michelle Wilson a registered dietician with Branz Nutrition says that ice cream is absolutely ok to keep on a diet, and that since typically it’s a dairy product, it has nutrients like calcium and some protein. Doesn’t hurt that it’s delicious! She said positive hormones get released when we eat things we enjoy.

Labor stats show Missouri ranks in the top five nationally for workers in the ice cream making industry.

The North American Ice Cream Association is headquartered in Wildwood, located in St. Louis County.

Executive Director Steve Christensen said that one of the big challenges for the industry is pricing.

“As costs like fuel and transport and the butter index goes up and down, you know the raw product or the base product that a lot of ice cream shops use increases in price too.

Missouri is home to big factories like Prairie Farms. Add to that Good Humor, Breyers, along with smaller manufacturers like the Ice Cream factory in Lebanon and Clementines in St. Louis.”