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Ice Cream Varieties by Country
Ice Cream Varieties by Country: compare 16 countries on 2 metrics.
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16 countries
 Germany | Spaghettieis | Vanilla ice cream squeezed through a press so it resembles spaghetti, then topped with strawberry "pasta sauce" and white chocolate "parmesan". |
 India | Kulfi | Dense ice cream with flavors including pistachio, mango, cardamom, and saffron, frozen in cone-shaped molds and eaten on a stick. |
 Indonesia | Es doger | Coconut-milk-based ice cream with flavors such as mango or durian and topped with fruit, honey, or condensed milk. |
 Israel | Halva ice cream | Ice cream made with fruit, honey, and nuts. Recipes date to the 13th century, though some believe its history extends back thousands of years. |
 Italy | Gelato | Denser, richer, lower-fat variation of ice cream said to have been invented in the 1500s. |
 Japan | Kakigōri | Shaved ice sweetened condensed milk and flavored with syrup. Traces back to the 11th century. |
 Malaysia | Ais kacang | Composed of shaved ice, red beans (the name roughly translates to iced beans), jelly, and syrup. Condensed milk and ice cream, as well as nuts or fruits like mango and durian, can be added on top. |
 Mexico | Paletas | Bar-shaped frozen treat on a stick that comes in two basic types: juice-based fruit flavors and milk-based flavors such as chocolate, coffee, coconut, and chongos zamoranos. |
 New Zealand | Hokey pokey | Honeycomb toffee-flavored ice cream that is among the most popular flavors in the country. |
 Philippines | Sorbetes | Made with water buffalo milk, ice, and eggs. Flavors range from ube (yam) to cheddar cheese. May be eaten in a cone or sandwiched between slices of bread. |
 Russia | Plombir | Ice cream made with more condensed milk than most types, as well as sugar, which gives it high thickness and sweetness. |
 South Korea | J-cone | Correctly titled Jipangyi, this treat is a slender corn shell in the shape of an upper-case J (or an inverted candy cane) and filled with ice cream. |
 Syria | Booza | Dense ice cream whose ingredients include sahlab (orchid root) and mastic (resin), which give it a higher melting point. Called dondurma in Turkey. |
 Thailand | I tim pad | Known as rolled or stir-fried ice cream in the US, made by pouring sweet cream-based mixture over a frozen metal surface, then rolling it with a metal scraper. Offers a very wide variety of flavors. |
 Turkey | Dondurma | Dense ice cream whose ingredients include sahlab (orchid root) and mastic (resin), which give it a higher melting point. Called booza in Syria. |
 United States | Frozen custard | Variation on ice cream made with eggs, making it denser and creamier than dairy-only ice creams. |
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- Where does this ice cream varieties by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review.