Ice-cream started around the time as the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Fruit juices were kept cold by being packed with snow but they were really ‘water-ices’ rather than the real ice-cream that we know.

First Frozen Creamy Mixture

In 1550 Blasius Villefranca found that freezing-point could be reached if salt were added to snow, and so he managed to produce a creamy, frozen mixture.

Ice-Cream in Europe

In England during the 17^th century, it’s been said that King James II in 1686, was served with something like ice-cream, while his exiled brother, Charles II, earlier in 1660, was known to have eaten ice-cream in Paris.

Ice-Cream in the US

In the United States, the US first president, George Washington, was said to be keen on ice-cream in 1790.

In 1832, Augustus Jackson, a confectioner from Philadelphia, created new recipes for making ice-cream, and in 1846, Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked freezer that established the basic method of making ice cream still used today. William Young patented the similar “Johnson Patent Ice-Cream Freezer” in 1848.

First World’s Ice-Cream Factory

In 1851, Jacob Fussell, a milk supplier of Baltimore, USA, set himself up as a supplier of ice-cream to other milkman, establishing the world’s first ice-cream factory.

Ice-Cream Factory in London

Around twenty years later, in 1870, an ice-cream factory was set up in London for the benefit of a large number of Italian immigrants who arrived about that time.

Ice-Cream Hit Popularity in 1922

Ice-cream is said to have become really popular in 1922, when British Thomas Wall, a sausage manufacturer in Acton, was worried that fewer sausages will be sold during the summer months, so he began to manufacture the first wrapped blocks of ice-cream as an alternative. It was an instant success.

Today, we have the enjoyment of ice-cream sundaes, ice cream on a cone, soft serve, and the ice-cream bars.