How much ice cream do Germans eat?
Ice cream 2024: per capita consumption in Germany is 8.0 liters
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Industrial ice cream manufacturers sold 540.8 million liters of ice cream in Germany in 2024. This corresponds to a slight decrease in volume of -0.5% (2023: 543.6 million liters).
At 8.0 liters, per capita consumption in 2024 will remain unchanged compared to 2023 (also 8.0 liters). In addition to industrially produced ice cream (6.5 liters), the annual per capita consumption of 8.0 liters also includes an estimate for ice cream parlors and soft ice cream (1.5 liters).
At 487.5 million liters, Germans consumed by far the most ice cream at home, in the garden or on the balcony in 2024. Multipacks accounted for 252.3 million liters (47%), ahead of household/family packs with 235.2 million liters (44%). Sales of impulse ice cream such as ice lollies, ice cream bars or sandwich ice cream at petrol stations, airports, train stations, kiosks, swimming pools and amusement parks amounted to around 28 million liters (5%) in 2024. Sales of ice cream from branded ice cream manufacturers in the food service sector (restaurants, cafés, beer gardens) amounted to 20.2 million liters (4%) in 2024
"Consumers continued to enjoy ice cream as a little break from everyday life in 2024," says Dr. Mario Mundorf, Managing Director of the Branded Ice Cream Division at the BDSI. "Especially in politically and economically tense times, ice cream moments are indispensable for all consumers."
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