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Häagen-Dazs (pronounced /ˈhɑːɡəndɑːs/) is an American brand of ice cream, established by Polish immigrants Reuben and Rose Mattus in The Bronx, New York in 1961. Starting with only three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and coffee, the company opened its first retail store in Brooklyn NY in 1976 and then offered franchises throughout the United States and 54 other countries around the world. Häagen-Dazs produces ice cream, ice cream bars, sorbet, and frozen yogurt. The ice cream comes in many different flavors and is a "super-premium" brand, meaning it uses high quality ingredients, is quite dense (very little air is mixed in during manufacture), uses no emulsifiers or stabilizers other than...