Bubble O'Bill is a brand of packaged frozen dessert sold in Australia and New Zealand, manufactured under Unilever's Streets brand, and formerly available in the United States and United Kingdom under sister brands Good Humor and Wall's respectively.[3]
 A Bubble O'Bill with a yellow gumball | |
| Type | Ice cream |
|---|---|
| Inception | 1985 |
| Manufacturer | Streets |
| Available | Yes |
| Website | streetsicecream |
| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||||||||||
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| Energy | 1,030 kJ (250 kcal) | ||||||||||||
28 g | |||||||||||||
| Sugars | 23 g | ||||||||||||
13 g | |||||||||||||
4.0 g | |||||||||||||
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| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2] Source: Streets website | |||||||||||||
The name Bubble O'Bill is form of wordplay based on Old West figure Buffalo Bill, the ice cream resembles a cowboy, distinctive for having a gumball in place of a nose.
Composition
editThe Bubble O'Bill is a moulded ice cream on a stick, resembling a cowboy with a large hat, "Bill". Three flavours of ice cream are used to form the details of a Bubble O'Bill, strawberry for the face, caramel moustache details, and a chocolate hat, with a hole resembling a bullet hole. The reverse of the ice cream is coated with a layer of dark chocolate.
In the place of a nose, a gumball is used, giving the product its name. While its packaging depicts the Bubble O'Bill character with a pink nose, and most marketing shows the product with a green gumball,[4] a variety of colours can be found. The gumball also formerly featured printed "wild west" sayings, such as "Go for your guns" and, "It's a hoe-down".
History
editThe Bubble O'Bill was first introduced into the US market in 1985 by New Jersey company Good Humor,[5] but achieved particular success in Australia, where it continues to be available, popular for its unique shape and bubblegum nose.
For a period of time, a similar product depicting popular television character Agro with a bubblegum nose was produced by Pauls.[6]
Popular culture
editAustralian musical comedy trio Tripod have performed a song suggesting Bubble O'Bill's possible hero status.[7]
References
edit- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). "Chapter 4: Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy". In Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). pp. 120–121. doi:10.17226/25353. ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Trying harder to tempt the cooling consumer Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Australian Convenience Store News, Sep/Oct 2006
- ^ "Streets unveils new ads from campaign featuring cheeky Gaytime and Bubble O'Bill ad - mUmBRELLA". mUmBRELLA. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ Lacter, M. "The Hot New Ice Cream Craze", The San Francisco Chronicle, 19 June 1985.
- ^ "ALF and Agro Ice Creams". Toltoys Kid. 26 September 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Releases". 3pod.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
edit- Bubble O' Bill on the Streets Australia website
- Bubble O' Bill on Facebook