A lifetime of legal battles over OreosIce cream mogul, Ben & Jerry’s Ben Cohen, tells the fascinating tale of his lifelong relationship with the Oreo biscuit (and the legal department of its parent company, Nabisco) — from sticking them in ice cream to using them to explain economics to the Pentagon.
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Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream is totally gay
American ice-cream makers Ben & Jerry’s are the kings of seizing the zeitgeist to sell their products. For Obama’s presidency they created “Yes Pecan” flavour. Now it’s “Hubby Hubby” for Vermont’s legalisation of same-sex marriage.
Saving the planet, one ice-cream at a time
Unilever is creating a “low carbon” ice-cream, which will be sold at room temperature and frozen at home, to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of keeping the treats frozen during transportation and storage. But can ice cream really help cool the planet, or is “low carbon” just the new “low carb”?
Choose your own ice-cream adventure
Perfect Flavor is an online shop that lets you invent your own ice-cream. Choose a base first, like sweet cream or mousse, then go nuts (or chocolate sprinkles).
Watch out Wonka: ice-cream that doesn’t melt
Coldstone icecream have finally achieved what Willy Wonka promised so many years ago: invented an ice-cream that doesn’t melt.
Ice-cream hipsters
A snappy new business idea: combining ice cream with architecture, healthy eating and lots of hipster kids. Who could resist the Frank Behry flavour? Or how about mintimalism?
How Haagen Dazs tried to save the honey bees
Ice creamery Haagen Dazs depends on bee pollination for more than 40% of its flavours. So, with slumping market share, it decided to tie its brand to one of last year’s hot-button issues. Smart.
