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In the old days, people met in a park around a hand-cranked ice cream churn. These days, it's all about Facebook, Twitter, Flicker and YouTube.

A specific marketing subcategory of ice cream with less than 10% fat has recently come into existence.  Products in this category are generally called “premium light” (PL) products. They are

Wells’ Dairy Inc., Le Mars, Iowa, offers a number of lower-sugar ice creams.

The International Dairy Foods Association’s annual Ice Cream Technology Conference, which took place March 10-11 in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was sponsored by Dairy Foods magazine, announces the winners from

Unique Vending Carts offers outstanding carts for the mobile food industry, perfect for special events, fairs, special promotions, sports venues and in-store sampling programs.

Today’s ice cream processors are filling their products with trimming ingredients and tastier-than-ever flavors.

Target Corp., Minneapolis, simply lists coffee on the ingredient statement of its new Market Pantry Light Churned Coffee Ice Cream, which contains 45% fewer calories and 75% less fat than the national average coffee ice creams, according to the company.

Starbucks Coffee Mocha Frappuccino Ice Cream from Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, is a rich, velvety smooth coffee-flavored ice cream swirled with creamy decadent chocolate-flavored ice cream.

Boulder, Colo.-based Boulder Ice Cream Co., adds an Italian Espresso variety to its batch-churned 3.6-ounce grab-and-go organic ice cream cup line.

Oberweis Dairy is aiming to fill 100 sales jobs through viral networking.The company’s president Joe Oberweis said, “We have 100 great opportunities for work in a terrible economy. We’re asking