The ice cream comes in many different flavors and is a "super-premium" brand, meaning it is quite dense (very little air is mixed in during manufacture), uses no emulsifiers or stabilizers other than egg yolks, and has a high butterfat content. Häagen-Dazs is also meant to be kept at a temperature that is substantially lower than most ice creams in order to keep its intended firmness. It is sold both in grocery stores and in dedicated retail outlets serving ice cream cones, sundaes, and so on.
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ArceDairy Ice Cream is made of the purest Carabao’s (water buffalo) milk and fresh fruits. Also available is the Sorbete de Caro line, a truly Filipino delight made of coconut milk. A treat that will surely tickle the taste buds of the balikbayans and the foreigners alike. To indulge the weight watchers and the health conscious crowd, not to miss, of course, is their Sherbet and Sugar Free Line.
In 1990, Dairy Queen began offering frozen yogurt as a lower-calorie alternative to its soft serve ice cream. According to a company representative, Dairy Queen's regular soft serve has 35 calories per ounce and is 95% fat free, whereas the frozen yogurt was 25 calories per ounce.
Creamline Dairy Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of a range of high quality ice cream products in variety of flavors at affordable prices. Creamline products are distinctively creamier than its major competitors because of its carefully researched special formulation and production process. The company maintains its prices at very competitive levels because of its efficient production process and a successful marketing strategy through effective distribution system. The company was incorporated on June, 2004 with its modern manufacturing facilities located in the Clark Special Economic Zone in Angeles, Pampanga. The company brought in brand new ice cream manufacturing equipment fromItaly to ensure high quality products under a carefully supervised production process. Some of the raw materials, notably milk powder, are imported from very reputable suppliers in Europe andAustralia. The company has succeeded in carving a market niche among Filipino consumers who want ice cream products with "real creamy goodness" and at prices affordable by everyone. The company's quality products, using the now familiar Creamline blue and yellow logo, have received good market acceptance in Metro Manila, Northern and Southern Luzon, Cebu and Davao. Significantly, Creamline has also started to export its ice cream to North America.
Clarke's Ice Cream Parlor
In December 1899, Clarke's Ice Cream Parlor became the first ice cream parlor in the Philippines when it opened its store at Plaza Moraga in Binondo, Manila. Metcalf Clarke owned it. Since there was no refrigerator in the Philippines at that time, ice was usually imported from abroad.
Magnolia Dairy Ice Cream is a Filipino brand that includes unusual tropical flavors and is sold domestically in the Philippines and in other markets such as Thailand, the United States, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Magnolia was founded in 1925 and the company's ice cream flavors include halo-halo (a mix of fruit and beans), Buko Pandan (young coconut with pandan), mais-queso (corn and cheese),avocado, jackfruit with cashew, taro and buko salad (coconut and fruit). The brand also offers mango and more typical flavors like chocolate,strawberry, and vanilla.
Magnolia is a division of San Miguel Corporation, a food and beverage company and corporate conglomerate.The Magnolia brand was relaunched by San Miguel in the Philippines in 2004 after a five year hiatus. San Miguel has a dominant presence in other dairy products such as margarine and also sells cheese, soda and San Miguel beer.
Upon reintroduction rocky road, cookies and cream, dulce de leche and double dutch were added as "gold label" flavors. In 2008 the company introduced Coffee Vienna and Waffle Cheesecake for the Christmas holidays. Flavors like purple taro ice cream, are said to be especially refreshing, and one reviewer compared it to cookies-and-cream. Other flavors are mango, jackfruit, macapuno (coconut), and ube (purple yam) flavors.