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made by freezing milk, cream, and eggs,
were made in Italy in the 16th century. -
Greece. In 50 AD, the Roman
Emperor Nero was sending slaves to collect snow to make his sorbets and in
the 13th century. -
The Italians were the most famous ice cream makers
in Europe, but ice cream was also very popular in the
United States of America. -
In 1843, Nancy Johnson
invented the first ice-cream churn (machine), and in
1851 the first factory-made ice cream was produced
by American dairyman Jacob Fussel. Immediately, ice
cream became cheaper and very popular. -
The first ice-cream cone was patented by Italo
Marchioni in New York in 1896. -
The choc-ice was invented by American confectioner
Christian K. Nelson. Nelson watched a boy in a shop
having problems deciding between ice cream and
chocolate. He experimented with ways of combining
the two, and in 1921, the first ‘choc ice’ was launched.