ICE CREAM SUPPLIES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 November 1943, Page 3

ICE CREAM SUPPLIES

USE OF LESS BUTTER-FAT Auckland, Nov. 23. A request has been made to both the Minister of Health and the Department of Health for consent to reduce the percentage of butter-fat in ice cream from the present Government standard of 10 per cent, to 8 per cent. Unless this consent is granted, it is stated that some form of rationing to shopkeepers will be inevitable.

In an endeavour to prevent rationing the executive of the New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association recently approached the authorities in Wellington with this proposal. It was pointed out that the reduction of 2 per cent, would assist materially. The nutritive value of the *ice cream would not be affected, as the balance would be restored with other solids. * Ice cream manufacturers are rationed in their supplies to the amount produced last season, but the majority appear to be optimistic that no further cuts will be made on shopkeepers’ supplies. This does not mean that unlimited quantities will be available, but that retailers should be able to receive the same amount as last season. It was pointed out, however, that no ice cream would be available for private organisations, such as various bodies which held annual picnics and other gatherings.