National Frozen Yogurt Day on February 6th recognizes a sweet frozen dessert that has gone from fad status to staple freezer item in a few decades.
- 5000 BC – While no one is quite sure of its exact origins, it is speculated that Mesopotamians began eating and/or drinking yogurt-like foods that are filled with healthy bacteria and active cultures.
- 1900s – Yogurt was brought to the United States in the 1900s
- 1930 – Dannon started selling yogurt in 1930
- 1970s – After several thousand years of staying mostly the same, yogurt undergoes a huge change when entrepreneur H.P. Hood figures out how to freeze this healthy food into a treat that tastes a lot like ice cream. Hood called his invention “frogurt”.
- 1979 – Yogurt giant Dannon was among the first to jump on the blossoming trend, with the release of “Danny,” a packaged, fruit-flavored frozen yogurt pop on a stick with a chocolate coating. Dannon’s pop is the first perishable frozen treat to be distributed nationwide.
- 1980S – Frozen yogurt first appeared on the scene in the 1980s with the advent of the yogurt chain TCBY.
- 1980 – Humphreys and Dannon release their frozen yogurt
- 1980s – In the ’80s, frozen yogurt manufacturers began to play with the dessert’s recipe, adding flavor and changing the texture.
- 1980S – Back when Fro-yo was first invented and sold, it was sold only in scoops like ice cream. When soft-serve frozen yogurt was first invented in the 1980s
- 1990 – Frozen yogurt constitutes 10% of the frozen-treats market.
- 1993 – The idea for the first Frozen Yogurt Day came from the most popular fro-yo company at the time. In 1993, TCBY launched the first celebration in June and it later moved to February.
- 1993 – In an episode of “Seinfeld,” the characters become obsessed with a new frozen-yogurt shop.
- 2010 – Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan clearly can’t resist froyo—she was responsible for the installation of the first frozen-yogurt machine in the Supreme Court. Kagan joked that she’ll be remembered as the “frozen yogurt justice” in the annals of history.
- 2010 – In 2010 Google’s Android release was code named “Froyo”. Frozen Yogurt proudly sits next to other code-names such as Marshmallow and Kit-Kat among others.
- 2013 – Created to encourage the success and quality of the frozen yogurt industry. The organization provides support and resources for those in the industry and is a great promoter of National Frozen Yogurt Day
- 2015 – TCBY ruled the froyo roost for decades. As of 2015, the front-runner is California-based Menchie’s, with 13.5 percent of the market and 300 U.S. locations—which is no mean feat, considering it was only established in 2010. TCBY trails with 10.8 percent of the market and 518 locations, and then Yogurtland, sweetFrog, and Red Mango round out the top five.
- Frozen yogurt has many names and old names, including: “froyo,” “frogurt,” “Humphreez Yogart,” and even “Danny.”
- Frozen yogurt offers plenty of health benefits, including: boosting the immune system, lowering cholesterol, preventing certain yeast infections, assisting with lactose intolerance and milk protein digestion, and is a great source of calcium, potassium, protein, and vitamins B12 and Riboflavin.
- Frozen yogurt doesn’t just come from cow’s milk. The milk of sheep, water buffalo, and goats is used to create delicious frozen yogurt across the United States.
- Additionally, in Western China and the Middle East, camel and yak milks produce this frozen dessert
- In addition to helping out your digestive and immune systems, the active cultures in fro-yo are known to improve bad breath!
- Sakura Was the First-Ever Black Fro-Yo Flavor. What’s Sakura? It’s a cherry blossom flavor that made for the first black fro-yo flavor ever! The black color came from a naturally activated charcoal
- A 1/2 cup of frozen vanilla yogurt contains approximately 117 calories.
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