In 2022, the price of ice cream was approximately 1.58 British pounds per liter. This constitutes an increase, compared to previous years. Prices for ice cream peaked in 2016, at 1.45 British pounds per liter and have since decreased, until this year.
Manufacturing of ice cream in the UK
In 2014, sales volume of the ice cream manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom experienced a massive drop, by over a hundred million liters. Since 2018, there has been a sign of recovery in the industry. However, the sales from manufacturing of ice cream remain significantly lower than they were before 2014. In 2020, sales from the manufacture of ice cream in the United Kingdom amounted to 428 million British pounds. There are approximately five enterprises for manufacturing of ice cream with a turnover of 10 to 50 million British pounds in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, about fifteen ice cream manufacturers had a turnover of between two and five million British pounds in 2021.
Rising ice cream prices in Europe
The highest per capita sales of ice cream in Europe were in Belgium, with approximately 16.16 kilograms. Belgium was followed by Portugal and Poland, which had per capita ice cream sales of 14.18 and 13.6 kilograms, respectively. While sales prices of ice cream fluctuated in the United Kingdom, they have continuously increased in Sweden and Norway, during recent years. Germans have seen an increase in the the consumer price index of the individual consumption as well. In the Netherlands, the price of ice cream has steadily dropped within the last decade.
Sales price of ice cream* per ton manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022
(in GBP)
* Ice cream and other edible ice including sherbet and lollipops. Excluding mixes and bases for ice cream. Intermediate estimate (final estimate yet to be released). Based on PRODCOM (PRODucts of the European COMmunity) survey of production.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 11, 2023). Sales price of ice cream* per ton manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/481217/ice-cream-value-weight-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Sales price of ice cream* per ton manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2022 (in GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/481217/ice-cream-value-weight-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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