Why is it called a 99? Ice cream that is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake

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Tis because it 99 percent right nobody has managed the full one hundred though they have tried with sprinkels strawberry toppings and what not.

If it wasn't called a 99 then what else would it be called?

an ice cream obviously lol

Wasnt it becuase it was 99p?

Wasnt it becuase it was 99p?

No, 99s were around long before decimalisation.

My theory is that the flakes are 99% the size of a normal flake. Could be wrong though....

I've always wondered this too.

Because they were packed, 99 to a box.

A quote from the Cadbury's website:

"Flake 99
The real reason for "99" Flake being so called has been lost in the mists of time, but this is an extract from an article which appeared in a Cadbury works paper many years ago.
At a recent Sales conference Mr Berry, a sales manager, told a story of how Flake became associated with ice cream and how "99" Flake came by its name.

"When I first came north in 1928 I found that some of the Italian soft ice cream makers in County Durham were trying ways of introducing other lines to increase their sales, which in those days were largely in the form of sandwich wafers. The possibilities were obvious if we could get a suitable line, both in shape and size and texture - and the most promising was Flake, which at that time only sold as a 2d line, and therefore had to be cut with a knife to reduce its size."

It proved very successful and its popularity quickly spread. After successive introductions of half penny and 1d Flake, both of which were sold with ice cream, the Sales Committee finally agreed to produce a special size to fit the sandwich and Mr Berry visited a number of Italian customers in the area. After this of course the cornet with the Flake placed temptingly in the top of the ice cream became very popular.

In the days of the monarchy in Italy the King has a specially chosen guard consisting of 99 men, and subsequently anything really special or first class was known as "99" - and that his how "99" Flake came by its name."

Source: http://www.cadbury.co.uk/Home/Pages/faqs.aspx#answer5

They were first made in 1947 on Kessler Strasse in Dusseldorf. Herr Helmut Meninger, a Westphalian confectionery magnate, and erstwhile Luftwaffe navigator accidentally dropped a flake in an ice cream cone. "Does zis look schtupids?" he asked his wife. "Nein, nein!" she replied.

I thought it was because the flake was 99mm long!

They were first made in 1947 on Kessler Strasse in Dusseldorf. Herr Helmut Meninger, a Westphalian confectionery magnate, and erstwhile Luftwaffe navigator accidentally dropped a flake in an ice cream cone. "Does zis look schtupids?" he asked his wife. "Nein, nein!" she replied.
I like that one best! :hihi:

Because they were packed, 99 to a box.

:thumbsup: give that person a flake :thumbsup:

So Herr Helmut Meninger of Dusseldorf is a fraud then!!:suspect: