Ice cream should be consumed in accordance with the same criteria we apply to other foods. Ice cream, in particular, should be consumed at regular meal times and avoided between meals. We recommend that when eating ice cream, you enjoy it a little at a time. Pause between bites and do not take it in great gulps, allow yourself to relish its flavour and enjoy it as you eat.

Ice cream is traditionally considered a dessert item, alternating with fruits or iced sorbets, which contain lots of natural fruits. If vegetables have figured large in your diet during the day, a dessert of ice cream is even recommendable. And if one should like an ice cream with afternoon tea, the ice cream will provide 50 percent of the calories assigned to this portion of your diet; the remaining energy and nutrients can be gotten from fruit.