Nashville, Tenn., is known as “Music City.” But another Nashville — one situated in the state of Michigan — could be referred to as “Ice Cream City.” After all, Moo-Ville Creamery produces 60 flavors of the cold, creamy treat in this tiny village of just over 1,600 residents.
Opened in 2005 by the Westendorp family — who also operate WestVale-View Dairy in Nashville — the 10,000-square-foot plant can produce 400 gallons per hour of high-butterfat, super-premium hard ice cream, as well as soft-serve mix. (The Moo-Ville Creamery plant also processes homogenized and cream-line milk, butter, and cheese; see the Processor Profile.) The milk from the plant is supplied by WestVale-View Dairy cows, which produce only easier-to-digest A2A2 milk.