Breyers®

It comes naturally

When you sit down with your family to enjoy Breyers® Ice Cream, you’ll discover the joy of real ice cream made from the finest ingredients. Breyers® All Natural ice cream is made from pure ingredients derived from natural sources, starting with rich milk, sweet cream and fine sugar, then adding real fruit, real chunks of cookie or other authentic ingredients for a rich, creamy taste. 

And the All Natural ice cream portfolio continues to expand. In 2009, Breyers® reformulated its Double Churn Light ice cream line to debut new Smooth & Dreamy ½ Fat ice cream, a now All Natural recipe that is half the fat and has at least 30 percent fewer calories than regular ice cream.

Breyers® most popular flavors, now with more…

Continuing the tradition of creating real ice cream made from only the finest ingredients, Breyers® All Natural ice cream has further refined many favorite flavors to deliver an even richer, more indulgent frozen treat. Many of the Breyers® All Natural vanilla varieties now include 33 percent more real Vanilla Bean and/or 33 percent more Dutch Cocoa including Natural Vanilla, Chocolate and Vanilla/Chocolate/Strawberry.  Breyers® All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip now has 20 percent more chocolate chips.

Delicious better-for-you desserts

Today, Breyers® offers several delicious better-for-you dessert and snacking options.  If you want less fat and calories without sacrificing flavor, try Smooth & Dreamy All Natural ½ Fat*, Smooth & Dreamy Fat Free and Smooth & Dreamy No Sugar Added extra creamy ice cream varieties. For our tasty single-serve treats, count on Double Churn Light ice cream bars and sandwiches or the Pure Fruit® bars. Breyers® Pure Fruit® bars are made with natural flavors, are naturally fat-free and a good source of vitamin C.

*versus regular ice cream

A rich history

In 1866, as America recovered from the Civil War, William A. Breyer of Philadelphia hand-cranked his first gallon of ice cream. It was a special ice cream consisting of rich cream, pure cane sugar, fresh fruits, nuts and other natural flavors – some of the very same ingredients used today. He sold it to his neighbors with the promise that his ice cream was made with the finest natural ingredients. Word spread quickly, and Breyers® ice cream was soon declared Philadelphia’s best.

Breyer opened his first retail ice cream shop in 1882. Within a short time he and his family opened four more shops. Breyer continued to make all of the ice cream in the back of one of the shops, cranking it by hand and delivering it with his horse-drawn wagon.

In 1896, 30 years after Breyer made his first gallon of ice cream, his family set up its first wholesale manufacturing plant. Breyer’s son, Henry, incorporated the business in 1908 and continued his father’s commitment to produce high quality ice cream. He added the now famous "Pledge of Purity" to every package of Breyers® ice cream as his personal guarantee that Breyers® was to use the highest quality, all natural ingredients available.

By 1918, Breyers® Ice Cream Company was producing more than a million gallons of ice cream a year and shipping it to New York City and Staten Island, New York; Newark, New Jersey; and Washington, D.C. In 1926, Breyers® Ice Cream Company became a division of the National Dairy Products Corporation (NDPC), a growing organization of well-known brands.

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