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In 1935, Fred and Harry wanted to get back into ice cream but needed a new name for their product. To drum up excitement, they ran a “Name That Ice Cream” contest in the Sioux City Journal with a cash prize of $25. John Vanden Brink submitted the winning name that we're all familiar with today: Blue Bunny.

Around 1925, Fred H. Wells and his sons began manufacturing ice cream in Le Mars, Iowa. As the popularity of their ice cream grew, they quickly branched out and began distributing their frozen confections in Remsen and Alton the following year.

Milk, Skim Milk, Buttermilk, Sugar, Cream, Whey, Coconut Oil, Fructose, Contains 1% or Less of Egg Yolks, Artificial and Natural Flavors, Mono and Diglycerides, Carob Bean Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Annatto Extract for Color, Caramel Color.

These are the five most popular flavors based on grocery sales:

• Vanilla. Vanilla.
• Bunny Tracks. Bunny Tracks.
• Peanut Butter Party. Peanut Butter Party.
• Super Chunky Cookie Dough. Cookie dough ice cream with a cookie dough batter swirl, chocolate chunks and cookie dough pieces.
• Cookies and Cream.

Many Blue Bunny products are technically not ice cream. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has specific rules on what can and can not be called "ice cream." According to the USDA, ice cream must not weigh less than 4.5 lbs per gallon and contain at least 20% milk solids and 10% milk fat.

Blue Rabbit Symbolism Blue rabbits may appear in your dreams and represent someone in your life bringing you joy and happiness. Dreaming of a blue rabbit also means that the people you surround yourself with are those you can trust the most.

A Sioux City man won the $25 cash prize for submitting the winning entry, "Blue Bunny," after noticing how much his son enjoyed the blue bunnies in a department store window at Easter time. The winner, an illustrator by trade, also created the first Blue Bunny logo, used on Blue Bunny packaging for nearly 70 years!

Ferrero After over 100 years of being a a family owned business, the folks behind Blue Bunny have decided to sell the company to Ferrero (the people behind Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher).

Blue Bunny Instead, you may see terms like "frozen dairy dessert." Why? Because many of their products are technically not ice cream. The brand is also guilty of relying on certain artificial flavors.

Blue Bunny Ice Cream - Sundaes, Cones, Bars - Blue Bunny.

Brands That Are Not Considered Ice Cream Breyers. Friendly's. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Chocolate. Turkey Hill.

Wells Enterprises, Inc. is an American food company and was the largest family-owned and managed ice cream manufacturer in the United States, based in LeMars, Iowa. It is the maker of Blue Bunny ice cream.

Rabbit Symbolism in Spirituality and Religion In Christianity, rabbits represent rebirth and resurrection, particularly during Easter celebrations. The rabbit's ability to reproduce quickly also signifies fertility and new life. In Buddhism, rabbits symbolize humility, kindness, and compassion.

The Leaping Bunny logo is issued for use by companies which produce cosmetics, personal care, household and cleaning products which are free from animal testing and comply with the Leaping Bunny certification criteria. The Leaping Bunny is the most trusted cruelty free certification for non-animal tested products.

Herodotus, Aristotle, Pliny and Claudius Aelianus all described the rabbit as one of the most fertile of animals. It thus became a symbol of vitality, sexual desire and fertility. The hare served as an attribute of Aphrodite and as a gift between lovers.